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An orgasm a day could keep prostate cancer at bay Men in their forties who orgasm every day are much less likely to develop the disease, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School...

telegraph.co.uk/men/active/...

Now that's what i CALL research! ahh but was it a ' randomised double blind control study' ?

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Curlygurly2 profile image
Curlygurly2Graduate

They're probably quite good for women too - ah, if only...

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to Curlygurly2

ahh but you DONT have a prostate ..... :P

but for you women I give you..

Love really can be intoxicating. Research shows that a hormone released by new mothers, lovers and even doting dog owners has many of the same effects as alcohol....

iol.co.za/scitech/science/n...

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AllieGGraduate

Oo-er!

Randomised double-blind control study?? Am I the only one thinking 50 Shades??

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AnaveragemanGraduate

naaah thats a ' double BIND' Control study Allie..

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Dunder2004Graduate

I have never had much faith in media reporting of health studies and this doesn't change that. There is hardly a foodstuff or activity out there that doesn't cause or prevent cancer/dementia etc etc. according to the Daily Mail.

Despite my scepticism, I might point Mrs. D in the direction of this article nonetheless ;)

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to Dunder2004

A LOT of it comes from an inherent misconception of what Science is about… People often think of it as some sort of discovery of ‘absolute truth’ , whereas , particularly in public health , its often about balance of probabilities , pro AND con.. with often no easy answer.... I confess when I read a health article ( in the press or online – or in things like ‘ running magazines’ ) I treat them all with a massive ‘ pinch of salt’ , or I would do if that wasn’t BAD for your blood pressure.

A good place to go on this is ‘Behind the headlines’ on NHS choices, where the ‘ headline’ is analysed properly, nhs.uk/news/Pages/NewsIndex...

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misswobbleGraduate

I had to laugh at that bit of research. Bet the women of the world were rolling their eyes.

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to misswobble

well I guess the women associated with some of the subjects in the research 'rolled their eyes' a lot too..

Rignold profile image
Rignold

We have to cut down to one a day? Damn.

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millwalki8Graduate in reply to Rignold

Are you talking about Runs or Orgasms?

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to Rignold

well you DID say you preferred doing it 'on your own' admittedly.. so yes the Doctor would say ' cut down'

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no-excuseGraduate in reply to Rignold

Oh lol! x ;-)

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TomasGraduate

Better safe than sorry is what I say. And talking about safe... after reading this paragraph, I decided to not share the article with the Mrs

"Last year, a study carried out researchers at the University of Montreal concluded that men who had sex with more than 20 women were 19 per cent less likely to develop the most aggressive form of prostate cancer."

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AnaveragemanGraduate

I appreciate your attention to detail..

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AncientMumGraduate

Bet that article was written by a man! ;)

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to AncientMum

well , the article doesn't say ( merely ' subbed ' as ' Telegraph Men's' section.. )

BUT lead researcher was a woman, a Dr Marie-Elise Parent

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Rob_and_his_westieGraduate

Id like you all to know that this reply originally contained at least two puns related to running and this article before I backspaced over the whole lot!

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to Rob_and_his_westie

lol dont you hate it when that happens!

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ViaMGraduate

It says:

For men in their forties, a daily orgasm can reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer by over 20 per cent, according to new research.

And then:

Researchers found that men in the 40-49 age range who ejaculated at least 21 times per month were 22 per cent less likely to develop the disease.

So, a daily orgasm is not necessary! :-P

As for the photograph, I wonder what this guy is thinking with this kind of a look on his face...

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to ViaM

Maybe they measured it in February.. not in a leap year... which would be approx 21/28 = 0.75 orgasms per day (opd) which would round up neatly to 1 opd

*simples*

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ViaMGraduate in reply to Anaverageman

0.75 is not an orgasm though, it is torture :-)

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AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to ViaM

and torture is a BAD thing then? ( just checking ;) )

Well i have two things to say about that, I guess though, if you have 3 or 4 successive ‘0.75’s, immediately followed by a’ 1’ that will make that 1 seem like a 9 or a 10? (in my humble opinion) Secondly, I am afraid I can’t comment on a ‘0.75’ I have little experience there, personally I find it hard restricting them to a ‘ low teens’ … but the disadvantage with THAT, is you may have blown your ' allowance ' for two weeks all in one go?

blimey, I thought this was a running blog, it gets better the more I find out...The article doesn't say if its more effective on your own or with someone else/ others... I wonder what the Kinsey institute would say?

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AnaveragemanGraduate

It is.. OK so i stretched the term (slightly) to include ' exercise'.. I'm BAD...

As to Kinsey, Before he became a celebrated s3x researcher, Kinsey was a zoologist who studied and collected gall wasps When he died, he had collected an astounding 7.5 million specimens!! and he had the ' gall ( get it) to comment on OTHER people obsessions? lol “Men,” Kinsey once said , “are just bigger, more complicated gall wasps.”

see cabinetmagazine.org/issues/... for pic

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