They don't live in the land of OZ, I guess :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Critz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:25 AM Subject: Re: Masturbation Can Prevent Cancer
| oi Doug!! | | then why does anyone get prostate cancer anymore? | | | Crit | | | | | ------------------------------------ | Friday, July 18, 2003, 4:57:35 AM, you wrote: | | DW> They research important issues down under! | | DW> http://ksat-tvhealth.ip2m.com/index.cfm?pt=itemDetail&Item_ID=101902&site_cat_id=1 | | | DW> The more often young and middle-age men ejaculate, the less likely they are to | DW> develop prostate cancer, Australian researchers report in the journal New | DW> Scientist. | | DW> The Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne asked 1,079 men with prostate cancer to | DW> answer a survey describing their sexual habits, comparing those answers with | DW> 1,259 healthy men of the same ages. | | DW> Although the preventive effect held true for men between the ages of 20 and 50, | DW> the effect seemed greatest among men in their twenties, the researchers | DW> conclude. Those in their twenties who ejaculated more than five times a week | DW> were one-third less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer later in life, | DW> they say. | | DW> The latest findings appear to contradict previous studies, which found that | DW> having many sexual partners or a high frequency of sexual activity increased the | DW> risk of prostate cancer by up to 40 percent. | | DW> The Australian researchers have a simple explanation: "Men have many ways of | DW> using their prostate which don't involve women or other men," explains the | DW> study's lead author, Graham Giles. | | DW> The scientists speculate that ejaculation prevents carcinogenic substances from | DW> building up in the prostate, lowering a man's risk of cancer. | | DW> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
