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Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Here's a fun medical article I just found online:

Quote:

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest. They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly.
And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men's cancer risk.
Australian researchers questioned over 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer and 1,250 who had not about their sexual habits.
They found those who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to develop the cancer.
The protective effect was greatest while the men were in their 20s.
Men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3072021.stm

Hehehe.

Fill in the blank:

A _____________ a day keeps the doctor away! :evil:

Woo hoo...cancer free since '93.

I knew my wrist was constantly sore for a reason.

Wait... it's just ejaculation. So wouldn't sex fulfill the same cancer-reducing purpose?

Honey! It's time for your daily... er... vitamin!

I guess I better send off a large check to the National Cancer Institute for basic research into a cure. :blush:

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick (Post 116238)

Wait... it's just ejaculation. So wouldn't sex fulfill the same cancer-reducing purpose?

From the article quoted by the OP:

Quote:

And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men's cancer risk.

What about mutual masturbation?

I love how the protective effect against prostrate cancer is best in a person's 20's ... when there's like zero natural risk of prostrate cancer.

I don't think I'll be letting this study affect my masturbation habits.

(but fortunately, I fall on the very safe side of the study's dubious results)

Spunk spanks cancer.