Masturbation & Prostate Health (Revisited)

[Vinnig]

Hi There!

 

I saw this one on the current front page "Handlines" at JackinWorld (www.jackinworld.com); succinctly stated, Australian researchers suggest that regular masturbation between the ages of 20-50 will reduce the likelihood of prostate cancer later in life.

 

The following article can be found at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030716/od_uk_nm/oukoe_health_masturbation_1

 

 

Yahoo! News Sun, Jul 20, 2003

It's official: Masturbating good for men's health

Wed Jul 16, 6:36 PM ET

 

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Frequent masturbation, particularly in the 20s, helps prevent prostate cancer (news - web sites) later in life, according to new research.

 

 

 

Australian scientists have shown that the more men masturbate between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they are to develop the disease that kills more than half a million men each year.

 

 

They suspect that frequent ejaculation has a protective effect against the cancer because it prevents dangerous carcinogens from building up in the gland.

 

 

"The more you flush the ducts out, the less there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them," Graham Giles, of the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne, told New Scientist magazine on Wednesday.

 

 

In a survey of 1,079 prostate cancer patients and 1,259 healthy men, Giles and his team discovered that men who ejaculated more than five times a week in their 20s were a third less likely to develop an aggressive form of the disease.

 

 

The findings contradict previous studies, which suggested that having a variety of partners or frequent sexual activity could increase the risk of prostate cancer by 40 percent.

 

 

But Giles said the earlier research concentrated on intercourse, whereas his study focused on masturbation. Infections caused by sexual activity could account for the different findings.

 

 

"Men have many ways of using their prostate which don't involve women or other men," he added.

 

 

 

 

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There is a related story at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20030719/hl_hsn/docsmumonmasturbationtherapyforprostatecancer

 

In this story, a noted American urologist suggests that revealing this information to young men could be dangerous. He suggests they were assume it is a license for unbridled, multi-partner sex. Perhaps the good doctor didn't read the original article closely: the operative words are regular masturbation. In fact, the last line in that article (above) clearly states that the prostate may be exercised without employing other men or women in the process. Of course, it's probably more fun with another person, but then many things involving sex are—or so I'm told.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ace711]

Sounds interesting and fun

[F. LaCid]

Did not read it all, but is it fair to say Ozzie males are all wankers? May be true but boy can they play Test Cricket!

[Vinnig]

Wow; talk about an "oldie but goodie". I'd long since forgotten I  posted that one.

[canuck45]

On 7/20/2003 at 3:47 PM, Vinnig said:

American urologist suggests that revealing this information to young men could be dangerous. He suggests they were assume it is a license for unbridled, multi-partner sex.

Some educated people still living in the dark ages or babble outside their field of expertise (sorta like actors)

[Guest]

Since we're discussing masturbation, what's the harm in multi-partner hand jobs?

Edited December 29, 2021 by pfm
typos

[new2day]

Group therapy takes on a new meaning.

[F. LaCid]

Is this circular?

Or circulating?