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SUMMARY: Researchers find that men who masturbate frequently are at a reduced
risk of cancer.
Frequent masturbation may help men cut their risk of contracting prostate
cancer, Australian researchers have found. It is believed that carcinogens may
build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported
on Wednesday. The researchers surveyed more than 1,000 men who had developed
prostate cancer, and 1,250 men who had not. They found that men who had
ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get
cancer. Men who ejaculated more than five times each week were a third less
likely to develop prostate cancer.
Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because of the higher risk of
contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could in turn raise the risk
of cancer. "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual
intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of
ejaculations," Graham Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, who led the
researchers, said in the article.
The prostate produces a fluid that is incorporated into ejaculation, which
activates sperm and prevents them from sticking together. Studies on animals
have shown that carcinogens like 3-methylchloranthrene can be harbored in the
prostate. Frequent ejaculation encourages the cancer-inducing fluids to "flush
out." (The Advocate) If you'd like to know more, you can find stories related
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