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Masturbation may reduce risk of cancer
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:22 pm
by Sionnach Glic
SUMMARY: Researchers find that men who masturbate frequently are at a reduced risk of cancer.
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Frequent masturbation may help men cut their risk of contracting prostate cancer, Australian researchers have found. It is believed that carcinogens may build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The researchers surveyed more than 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer, and 1,250 men who had not. They found that men who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get cancer. Men who ejaculated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer.
Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because of the higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could in turn raise the risk of cancer. "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations," Graham Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, who led the researchers, said in the article.
The prostate produces a fluid that is incorporated into ejaculation, which activates sperm and prevents them from sticking together. Studies on animals have shown that carcinogens like 3-methylchloranthrene can be harbored in the prostate. Frequent ejaculation encourages the cancer-inducing fluids to "flush out." (The Advocate)
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:35 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Good to know.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:35 pm
by Monroe
Phew I'm safe.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:32 pm
by Blackstar the Chakat
Is there anything like this for females?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:36 pm
by Tsukiyumi
ChakatBlackstar wrote:Is there anything like this for females?
Females don't have a prostate, but the paraurethral gland is similar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraurethral_gland
Female anatomy is one of my hobbies.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:34 am
by Teaos
Really? Most people have, you know golf or something.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:40 am
by Tsukiyumi
Teaos wrote:Really? Most people have, you know golf or something.
I also enjoy golf.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:40 am
by Aaron
Teaos wrote:Really? Most people have, you know golf or something.
Dual purpose clubs, man.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:42 am
by Teaos
I just like playing with the ball cleaner.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:43 am
by Aaron
Teaos wrote:I just like playing with the ball cleaner.
Yeah but it's hard to get up on that little stand.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:46 am
by Teaos
And if they get caught the grounds keeper has to help you out...
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:48 am
by Aaron
Teaos wrote:And if they get caught the grounds keeper has to help you out...
I try and get the drink girl to do it, it's her fault their in there anyways.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:45 am
by Duskofdead
Rochey, actually this info is rather old. I guess this is just a new study on it or whatever. In fact for a very long time the name used for prostate cancer was "Priest's Disease", and it is surmised that the taboo on any sexual activity, including masturbation, was a prime factor.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:59 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Oh, right. It was the first I'd heard of it, and it was reported in the news, so I just assumed it was new. *shrug*
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:32 pm
by Jim
I own no porn... I guess I am screwed!