It’s men’s health week across North America (although we’d
probably get better attention from men if we declared a Men’s Health Year or
even a Men’s Health Decade.
So in conjunction with that calendar event, there are all
sorts of happenings and events to coincide with it all of which are geared to
getting men to pay more attention to their health, so in line with that, a
study out this week (one in which researchers claimed they looked at several
other studies on this issue) concluded that carrying a cell phone around can
affect a man’s sperm viability adversely, although it seems to have no effect
on sperm numbers.
The negative effect is not large, roughly 8 % less viable
sperm, these researchers say.
So for the average guy, this should not have much effect.
For a man dealing with borderline infertility issues, he
might consider ditching his cellphone, or at least carrying it an area – yup, a
man purse - that doesn’t likely translate into a problem for him down below.
