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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 10:44 AM
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Heavy mobile use 'damages sperm'
Experts are calling for further research into the effect of mobiles on fertility
Heavy use of mobile phones may damage men's fertility, a study has suggested.

Researchers found those men who used a phone for four hours or more a day had fewer sperm and those they had moved less well and were of poorer quality.

The Ohio study involving 364 men was presented to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in New Orleans.

But a UK expert said it was unlikely the phones were to blame, as they were in use and not near the testes, and it may be being sedentary was the cause.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6079782.stm

conclusion : keep calling Republicans from a regular phone
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 10:49 AM
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1.  "not near the testes"
and the moral is : don't use a dictaphone - use your finger instead.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 11:17 AM
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3. finger
A dicktaphone?

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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 11:52 AM
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5. That's a
play on words which is at least 50 years old. :)
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neilepi Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 11:13 AM
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2. Probably not a great concern to Foley...
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 11:19 AM
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4. too much phone sex?
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tnlurker Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:08 PM
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6. A similar study was done in Europe
I read some time ago that a study was done in Europe for men that carried their phones in their pants pockets - near the testes that had the same results - low sperm counts
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