Masturbation could prevent cancer Who cares if you go blind? An Australian study has found that frequent masturbation may protect men against prostate cancer in later life. A team led by Professor Graham Giles, head of cancer epidemiology at the Cancer Council Victoria, questioned more than 2,000 men about their past sexual habits as part of a wider prostate cancer study. The men, half of whom had prostate cancer, were aged between 40 and 69 and recruited from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth between 1994-98. The study indicated that men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer. "What we found was men who ejaculated most in their twenties, thirties and forties had about a third less prostate cancer risk than men in the lowest category of ejaculation," Professor Giles told AAP. "The men who were the high performers in terms of ejaculating had a third less prostate cancer risk than men who were in the lowest category of ejaculation." He said one explanation for the apparent beneficial effects of self-pleasuring was that frequent ejaculation prevented semen from building up in the ducts, where it could potentially become carcinogenic. "For seminal fluid to be made it has to be concentrated about 600 times," Prof Giles said. "So semen is a very potent and strong brew of lots of chemicals which, because of their biological reactivity, could be carcinogenic if left to lie around." The research is set to appear in the British Journal of Urology this weekend. http://au.news.yahoo.com/030716/2/kvm0.html --- Seeing as 95% of all men masturbate, and the other 5% lie about it, it's a wonder prostate cancer is as abundant as it is! ....and here come the masturbation jokes....
It would be fantastic if this news led to some sort of cultural enlightenment on the topic. I recognize that we already live in a man's world, but to have masturbation deemed socially acceptable would be 'icing' on the cake.
Stroke a mean pole, lead a long life... That should be the 21st century male mantra. codell, I'm flattered that visions of my self love are always on your mind.
I guess it's either get prostate cancer or get some hairy palms! Maybe this will lead to more social acceptance for man's favorite pastime, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I guess that Adam Sandler skit could be used as a PSA for the benefits of masturbation? Maybe have Peewee Herman or Bill Clinton do a PSA on the subject?
I always thought about that for some reason. Scientifically it would seem that ejaculating would put you more at risk. My thought was always that the more genetics you introduce ( by whacking off - sperm getting replaced) the more chance for for an aberration like cancer. But clearly I was wrong. Perhaps the less activity the greater the chance that you leave a cancerous aberration in your testicles. Maybe that's the logic. What becomes even more interesting is breast cancer. Is is possible that the more sex women have the less chance they have breast cancer woo hoo
I'm gonna test this theory out. . ........................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... ...results incunclusive. More experimentation required
Well, I know I will be celebrating tonight by um, listening to some John Coltrane, yea that is what I will do.
According to Eastern medicine, excessive masturbation could lead to kidney failure. I always wonder if it's true or not.
Those guys are spanking the monkey greater than 5 times a week. WOW...what a bunch of wankers! Too much p*rn in their diet I guess. Get a grip...err...I mean...control yourselves. They must really like themselves.
