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Men who frequently masturbate appear to have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, Australian researchers have reported.

Researchers from the Cancer Council of Victoria found that men who masturbated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop the cancer.

The study surveyed 1,000 men who developed prostate cancer and 1,250 men who did not, between the ages of 20 and 50, it is reported by PlanetOut.

Researchers told the BBC last week that the prostate produces one of the fluids involved in ejaculation and that frequent masturbation appears to flush out carcinogens.

Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because it increases the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could raise the risk of cancer, it is reported.

beastie wrote:

Men who frequently masturbate appear to have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, Australian researchers have reported.

Researchers from the Cancer Council of Victoria found that men who masturbated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop the cancer.

The study surveyed 1,000 men who developed prostate cancer and 1,250 men who did not, between the ages of 20 and 50, it is reported by PlanetOut.

Researchers told the BBC last week that the prostate produces one of the fluids involved in ejaculation and that frequent masturbation appears to flush out carcinogens.

Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because it increases the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could raise the risk of cancer, it is reported.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352276,00.html

Solution: Have lots and lots of sex with an undiseased partner. Got it.

beastie wrote:

Solution: Have lots and lots of sex with an undiseased partner. Got it.

I can tell YOU'VE never been married.

The statistical evidence would seem to show everything is fine. Married
couples say they have sex 68.5 times a year, or slightly more than once a
week, according to a 2002 study by the National Opinion Research Center at the
University of Chicago, and the numbers haven't changed much over the past
10 years. And at least according to what people tell researchers, couples who
could be classified as Duel Income, No Sex (DINS) are most likely an urban
myth: working women appear to have sex just as often as their stay-at-home
counterparts. And married people have 6.9 more sexual encounters a year than
people who have never been married.

But any efforts to quantify our love lives must be taken with a shaker of
salt. The problem, not surprisingly, is that people aren't very candid about
how often they have sex. When pressed, nearly everyone defaults to a
respectable "once or twice a week," a benchmark that probably seeped into our
collective consciousness with the 1953 Kinsey Report, a study that's
considered flawed because of its unrepresentative, volunteer sample. A
researcher's best guess: three times a week during the first year of marriage,
much less over time. When people feel they have permission to complain, they
often admit to having sex less than once a month.

William Schryver wrote:

beastie wrote:

Solution: Have lots and lots of sex with an undiseased partner. Got it.

I can tell YOU'VE never been married.

???

I can tell YOU'VE never been happily married.

Oh, that's right. Mormon married couples NEVER have sex, except to procreate. And when they do, it's extremely boring and unfulfilling -- especially for the women.

Why would anyone want to be part of such an oppressive religion?

The Nehor wrote:

beastie wrote:

Men who frequently masturbate appear to have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, Australian researchers have reported.

Researchers from the Cancer Council of Victoria found that men who masturbated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop the cancer.

The study surveyed 1,000 men who developed prostate cancer and 1,250 men who did not, between the ages of 20 and 50, it is reported by PlanetOut.

Researchers told the BBC last week that the prostate produces one of the fluids involved in ejaculation and that frequent masturbation appears to flush out carcinogens.

Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because it increases the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could raise the risk of cancer, it is reported.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352276,00.html

Solution: Have lots and lots of sex with an undiseased partner. Got it.

beastie wrote:Oh, for heaven's sake, have either of you even noticed the studies that affirm that married couples are not having sex more than five times a week? Are you both that clueless?

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro ... 7800&TICK=
NEWS&STORY=/www/story/06-22-2003/0001969545&EDATE=Jun+22,+2003

(you'll have to copy and paste the url, I lost my instructions on how to shorten it)

The statistical evidence would seem to show everything is fine. Married
couples say they have sex 68.5 times a year, or slightly more than once a
week, according to a 2002 study by the National Opinion Research Center at the
University of Chicago, and the numbers haven't changed much over the past
10 years. And at least according to what people tell researchers, couples who
could be classified as Duel Income, No Sex (DINS) are most likely an urban
myth: working women appear to have sex just as often as their stay-at-home
counterparts. And married people have 6.9 more sexual encounters a year than
people who have never been married.

But any efforts to quantify our love lives must be taken with a shaker of
salt. The problem, not surprisingly, is that people aren't very candid about
how often they have sex. When pressed, nearly everyone defaults to a
respectable "once or twice a week," a benchmark that probably seeped into our
collective consciousness with the 1953 Kinsey Report, a study that's
considered flawed because of its unrepresentative, volunteer sample. A
researcher's best guess: three times a week during the first year of marriage,
much less over time. When people feel they have permission to complain, they
often admit to having sex less than once a month.

I'm sure there's some percentage of men who have sex over five times a week. But it's a very small percentage, and I wouldn't bet my prostrate health on it, if I were a man.

And, by the way, I've never claimed that LDS only have sex to procreate. I have claimed that a significant number of LDS males are likely sexually frustrated. There's probably quite a few LDS females in that pool as well.