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| shirish |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 03:19 PM
Masturbation 'may prevent cancer'
By Judy Skatssoon
July 16, 2003
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 2000 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.
Prof Giles said the prostate may have more similarities with the breast than previously thought - particularly in relation to the development of cancer.
He said the prostate was a secretory organ like the breast, which produced milk, only it produced semen.
The researchers reasoned that just as breast feeding lowered a woman's risk of breast cancer, maybe liberal ejaculation could have the same beneficial effects for men.
Masturbation could also have the same positive effect on a young prostate gland as pregnancy had on breasts, Prof Giles said.
"It might be rather like a first full-term pregnancy forces the breast tissue to fully differentiate and become grown up cells," he said.
"Maybe intense sexual ejaculation at the time when the prostate has finished growing to maturity might actually help it bed down and become a fully developed gland, rather than having too many cells lying around in it."
Prof Giles said previous reports had found an increased risk of prostate cancer among prisoners and Roman Catholic priests, while other studies suggested that having large numbers of female partners may be a factor.
However, while the Cancer Council study found benefits from masturbation, it was unable to replicate the evidence about lots of sex with lots of women.
"In our study we found an effect for masturbation but we didn't find an effect for the number of female partners," he said.
Prof Giles said the study may have implications for prostate cancer patients who grew up at a time when the practice was frowned upon.
He said the findings of the study needed to be repeated by other researchers before they could be confidently claimed to be true.
Until then, men could breathe easy, he said.
"I really think that masturbation is a quite normal human activity, and if the habit can also be shown to be healthy and beneficial, why not?"
AAP
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| *****er |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 03:32 PM
hmmm..so I am less likely to develop Prostate cancer..
Points of interest:
- why is masturbation considered the "only" form of ejaculation above? Shouldn't frequent sex with his gf/wife result in the same consequences?
- why should this news be only for men?
feel free to add more..
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 03:52 PM
To check male and female cancer rates:
Maybe we need to declare a ceasefire in the war of sexes and begin a new era of gender collaboration to improve our collective health. In this scheme of things:
1) the females could help to increase the flow of the seeds of civilization and thereby help reduce prostate cancer;
2) the males in turn could increase their collaborative efforts to achieve higher rates of mammalary gland suction to reduce the risks of breast cancer.
The health authorities will soon start signing up for the volunteers, so get ready to do your part for humanity's survival on this lonely planet. The grapevine says Pam Anderson and Electra Carmen already volunteered, they need two two male subjects to get the campaign rolling.
A little bit of positive effort from both camps could go a long way in ensuring the proper propagation of the species. As they say, united we stand, divided we fail, right mate from Down Under?
I see dem Aussies doin som good research...keep it up, matey!
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| esl student |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 05:11 PM
Suva Chintak ji, you use definite article too often!
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| u_day |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 05:36 PM
Thats surprising! They couldn't find guys to volunteer in project involving pam anderson and carmen electra ?
DUDE! where did you get that news?
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| shirish |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 06:06 PM
here is the link
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6762437%255E13762,00.html
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 06:15 PM
esl jyu,
Tapain ko english ta sarai khatara lagyo. Malai tuson dina saknu huncha? Paiso trna tayar chu. Afule te gaon ko eskool ma padheko, ramro padhna paiyena kya.
u_day jyu,
It is not that they do not have enough applicants, it is just that these men don't have the minimum suction capacity required to extract the potential breast cancer cells from Ms Anderson and Carmen's upper region. So if you think you got a big mouth, this is the once in a life time opportunity you have been waiting for,
sign up buddy before someone else takes the slot. Good luck to you sir!
As to the news source, just check out the Royal Australian Cancer Institute at
www//:raci.as.gov
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| boke |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 08:48 PM
Or as Jay Leno put it,
if masterbation prevented prostate cancer in men, THERE WOULD BE NO PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN.
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| KaLaNkIsThAn |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 09:19 PM
>>WHO cares if you go blind? An Australian study has found that frequent masturbation may protect men against prostate cancer in later life.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! You go blind from masturbation??
Nobody told me! :(
ahem!!
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| KaLaNkIsThAn |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 09:21 PM
dayummm, that font size was supposed to be small
haha. haha. haha. okay!!!
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| GurL_Interrupted |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 09:58 PM
*Makes a surprised face!* Pp!
"- why should this news be only for men?" It can be for women also. I have some points, but I'm not jotting down coz....
This research should be for men only at this point becoz only men have prostate gland and only men produce semen!
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| acharya |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 10:03 PM
Even though the thread title says "for men only", Gurl_interrupted, you couldn't resist checking the thread out...so that shows how much interest "gurls" have on guys' issues...so why on earth should gurls not be enlightened about the new findings?
:=D!!
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| KaLaNkIsThAn |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 10:09 PM
Oh my god!
I am going blind! Is that you acharya jyu? hehe...! chaam chaam chummm chummm!!
Who do people treat masturbation as taboo?
Or is it?
Oh my god, I can't think either!
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| GurL_Interrupted |
Posted
on 16-Jul-03 10:21 PM
Lolololz! Funny!
Well, what can I do if God has blessed me with a curious mind :=D!
It shows, how thoughtfuL gurls/women are...They not only care 'bout themselves but everything else in the world also!
:=D!
Pp, what kind of blindness is that, where u can read and post messages. It sure isn't the one where everything turns dark! Aussie PpL. one more topic to research on! Is the blindnesss caused by ur research same as the blindness that we have known until now? Or is it different? :=D!
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| SimpleGal |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 01:39 AM
Acharya ji and GI:
Good going, both of you!! : )
Shirishjyu, perhaps you should remove the FOR MEN ONLY tag and let this be information for all....that's why research is done in the first place. it's good for ppl to be informed about "taboo" topics. Haina ta?
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| john doe |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 08:28 AM
Damn!!! So I gotta choose between going blind and dying from prostate cancer? Shirish, r u the Devil Incarnate???
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| shirish |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 08:47 AM
KaLaNkIsThAn said
"You go blind from masturbation??"
hi Kalikastan,
After reading the entire text, i have concluded there is no way you can go blind.
My suggestion to you:
READ THE TEXT AGAIN.
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| Poonte |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 09:24 AM
5 times a week re???? Damn! Someone had told me this a long time back (regarding masturbation):
Ages, 20-30: TRI-WEEKLY
Ages, 30-40: TRY WEEKLY
Ages, 40 above: TRY WEAKLY
eheheh...Now, where's 5 times a week???? Maybe 14-20 hola. But then again, I would imagine 14-20 would engage in masturbation 5 times a day!!! Senor, me very,very confuse! ehehehe
Anyway, as someone noticed above, I am also wondering if ejaculating via sex would have similar results as masturbation. If so, it's good news for all the married men--aba dekhi shreemati le "nai" bhani bhane, "malaai aba cancer hune bho...ma aba marne bho!" bhandine! eheheheh
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| Poonte |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 09:26 AM
Kalankiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
I am sure you can figure out where your "thingy" is even if you've gone blind. Yesso chham-chham...chhum-chhum gardai chyappai samaata ta...ani masturbate hai, feri aankha dekhchhou... :P eheheh
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| Echoes |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 11:17 AM
I bet more women read this thread than men just because of the way you've titled it!
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| babaji |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 01:34 PM
I knew there was something good about masturbation.
And no I don't think you will go blind. If that's the case then about 90% of nepali guys would have been blind by now.
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| phateko_kattu |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 01:57 PM
Hasthamaithun garda prostrate cancer baata bachna ta sakiyela tara yo yeuta Aprakritik bikriti bhayeko hunale yesh baata dherai defaaida haru pani chan .jastai ..
1.jati garyo uti garna mann laagnu
2.jiu thakit hunu
3.dimaag kamjor hunu
4.bhulakkad hunu
5.dhaad tatha anya haddi haru marna nasakne gari dukhnu .
"Ati le jahile pani khati garcha mitra ho tesaile yesta tala muntira (down under )baata ayeko samachar baata prohtsaahit bhayera hastamaithun garne raftaar lai kunai pani haalat baata nabadaau ."
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| acharya |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 05:02 PM
They had to do a 'research' on this?? Isn't it common sense? [analogical to removing the trash out of your room/house regularly in order to prevent diseases..?]
:)
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| lonely |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 05:15 PM
acharya jiu,
common sense re....that was funny....quick result....
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| dogz |
Posted
on 17-Jul-03 05:25 PM
Phateko_kattu bro, aauta arko fhahida- forearms kahttra banchha ni. Gym janai pardaina.
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| phateko_kattu |
Posted
on 18-Jul-03 03:16 AM
hahaha doz ji le mittho hasaunu bho ba !!!!!!!!!tara tespma pani befaaida cha ni .yeuta arm Arnold arko arm Gopalraaj mainali bhayo bhane k huncha ni ?:D
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| shirish |
Posted
on 18-Jul-03 11:07 AM
I wonder what would be the results in the strict muslim population !
They consider it as a "HARAM".
Do Jews think the same?
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