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Can Wi-Fi Connections Reduce Sperm Activity?

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    Drs. Siegel, Samadi weigh in

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Wanna keep your laptop she put them on your lap you know when you're doing a lot of work or kids doing home works well a new study suggests that using Wi-Fi.

Could damage sperm and decrease millions fertility doctor -- in we've heard rumors about this is a good idea to keep don't you Wi-Fi laptop and a lap.

Well look back to somebody treats a lot more fertility issues than I do his business in his daily practice but I actually use the laptop a lot and I have a lot of patience to do as well I think.

That this is a very preliminary study I mean -- literally took the scene outside the body we're talking about a real long term study with a large number of men.

This is very preliminary before there was another study that looked -- heat from the laptops.

You know anything that applies heat that the somebody and I talked about this before -- came on anything that applies heat -- that to that area.

Can affect fertility.

But overall you know I don't really think this is really convincing evidence and I would say to people if you're using your laptop too much.

You have another problem besides that you should try talking to -- Talk to somebody like cell phones in a man's trouser pocket also there are warnings about that is -- the radiation or the heat is doctor -- mention.

I think number one is the radiation and -- the heat also plays -- -- to a one of the reasons why.

Testicles of -- spurs are outside the body as opposed to over -- is because they have to have a lower temperature by four degrees of -- that's very important.

Because this cell phone and the heat from this can actually be affected.

Now we're all guilty of using this we've talked about the cell -- in the brain cancer now -- laptop but look.

You cannot wait for a long term studies we -- look for these placebo double controlled his long stuff.

But some common sense goes very far in in life and if you see that is heating up.

It's not a good thing for you put that -- of a site -- the good thing is that to have these small ball.

More about desk where you can actually put the laptop so you treat and prevent yourself from getting any kind of -- Your point is well taken as of today there is no scientific data to show that -- causes infertility or to -- -- cancer.

Or cell phone causes brain cancer but use common sense.

When -- think that is one out of six couples have fertility problem lot of them end up going to see Doug -- -- of the urologist to try to figure this out.

Anything you can do to maximize your --

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