Heated car seats 'cook' male fertility - new study

[Super Nova]

OMG, have you ever had a heated car seat?

I have and after a few goes never bothered again to use it. It got really hot even when on the lowest temp.

Good decision considering that is the car I had when we conceived my daughter.

Also, don't use your laptop on your... wait for it.... lap if you want your swimmers to be fit for purpose.

Heated car seats 'cook' male fertility - new study

Miami, Florida - Men who want to start a family should steer clear of heated car seats, according to a new study published recently in the Netherlands.
Researchers Florida, in the United States, pointed to a clinical study that found sitting on a heated car seat for an hour increased the temperature of the male genitals by up to 0.6 degrees, potentially damaging sperm production.

Miami University scientists also found keeping laptops on laps could raise the temperature of the lap by one degree centigrade, from the heat generated by the computer battery.

The research, published in the journal European Urology Focus, based in Arnhem, the Netherlands, warned men who wanted children to avoid spending time in hot tubs too. The authors said: "These various factors should all be considered by clinicians when managing patients’ fertility issues."
Do not regard this as a reliable method of contraception, we say.

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[BigP]

I use mine on very cold days and enjoy it, Im not planning to have any more kids ,,

[freediver]

Don't use a laptop on a plane.

[BigP]

Don't use a laptop on a plane.

To heat your seat ?

[sprintcyclist]

heated car seats would be bad.
I really dislike electric blankets on a bed.

Cold is good for our manly bits

[BigP]

heated car seats would be bad.
I really dislike electric blankets on a bed.

Cold is good for our manly bits

Good on you Sprint, Might we come across you shaggin the odd snow person this winter ?

[cods]

when I was a kid.. we spent a good part of our day sitting on concrete steps....

we were told not to sit on them during hot and very cold days.....our internals such as kidneys could be harmed it is not normal...

I agree heated seating of any kind.. should not be allowed..

what the hell are we turning into?.....

[sprintcyclist]

when I was a kid.. we spent a good part of our day sitting on concrete steps....

we were told not to sit on them during hot and very cold days.....our internals such as kidneys could be harmed it is not normal...

I agree heated seating of any kind.. should not be allowed..

what the hell are we turning into?.....

I find sitting on concrete or steel to be very bad for my back.
I see why they use aluminium for park benches, but it makes them almost unusable.

[BigP]

when I was a kid.. we spent a good part of our day sitting on concrete steps....

we were told not to sit on them during hot and very cold days.....our internals such as kidneys could be harmed it is not normal...

I agree heated seating of any kind.. should not be allowed..

what the hell are we turning into?.....

I find sitting on concrete or steel to be very bad for my back.
I see why they use aluminium for park benches, but it makes them almost unusable.

And you will end up with piles

[Black Orchid]

Yeah it is the "piles" thing that I remember being warned about. Never had them though