Men who sleep with multiple women REDUCE their risk of prostate cancer

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2810910/Men-sleep-multiple-women-REDUCE-risk-prostate-cancer.html

According to a new study, men who sleep with multiple women are almost a third less likely to develop the disease.

Researchers found men who have more than 20 notches on their bedpost slashed their risk of prostate cancer by 28 per cent.

And the study also revealed that men who have slept with more than 20 women reduced their chances of getting the most aggressive tumors by 19 per cent.

Celibacy, on the other hand, doubles the risk of the disease.

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Great article, cynical-RN!

I lost my older brother and a cousin to prostate cancer when they were about the age that I am now, so this is an area of interest to me.

The PSA screening portion was also interesting. I never did give the test much validity after a Doc told me, "I've seen guys with full blown prostate cancer have normal PSA values and guys with no cancer have elevated levels!"

My brother's prostate cancer was identified due to trace blood with his yearly routine UA, so who knows?

Thanks again cynical-RN!

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Hmmm, if that's the case, my ex-husband will never have to worry about prostate CA. STDs, maybe ?

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I've heard this before. It's not the fact that you sleep with women as the toxic substances you expel with your sperm when you ejaculate, hence frequent masturbation is just as good. However, do get your eyesight checked regularly guys.

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29 minutes ago, Hoosier_RN said:

Hmmm, if that's the case, my ex-husband will never have to worry about prostate CA. STDs, maybe ?

Hilarious. Hahahaha! Thanks for the good laughter. 

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Interesting stats in that it's reversed for gay sex.

I wonder is it that men on the prowl have more sex and thus ejaculations  than married men and thus as was stated above able expel more toxic substances?  

 

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Haha. Daily Mail is something of a joke. Wishful thinking.

Seriously, nothing funny about the disease.

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1 hour ago, Davey Do said:

Great article, cynical-RN!

I lost my older brother and a cousin to prostate cancer when they were about the age that I am now, so this is an area of interest to me.

The PSA screening portion was also interesting. I never did give the test much validity after a Doc told me, "I've seen guys with full blown prostate cancer have normal PSA values and guys with no cancer have elevated levels!"

My brother's prostate cancer was identified due to trace blood with his yearly routine UA, so who knows?

Thanks again cynical-RN!

Sorry for your loss.

I had a friend with an elevated level but biopsy was negative for cancer and all other indications was that he didn't have it.  I guess it's not an exact science.

I have  a script for my annual labs for next February and was wondering why the doc included a UA and I bet this is it since I'm now getting up there in the risk age category.  

 

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37 minutes ago, DavidFR said:

 frequent masturbation is just as good. However, do get your eyesight checked regularly guys.

I can't read this.

Would you mind using a larger font, DavidFR?

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1 hour ago, DavidFR said:

I've heard this before. It's not the fact that you sleep with women as the toxic substances you expel with your sperm when you ejaculate, hence frequent masturbation is just as good. However, do get your eyesight checked regularly guys.

Not necessarily.  From the same article:

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It is the first study to suggest the number of female partners is what matters, rather than the amount of sex, or even masturbation.

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Having sex with more than 20 men also doubles risk of prostate cancer.

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1 hour ago, chare said:

Not necessarily.  From the same article:

 

 

Sadly I can't remember where I read that, but I did find this:

https://www.nhs.uk/news/cancer/frequent-ejaculation-may-decrease-prostate-cancer-risk/

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2 hours ago, Tweety said:

Interesting stats in that it's reversed for gay sex.

 

 

I wonder if they examined what kind of gay sex. If thats from passive anal intercourse, you're getting your prostate rammed so it makes sense; otherwise, I can't think why it would be reversed. 

 

Like the above poster I'm dubious that the source is the Daily Mail. Anybody who has ever  lived in the UK knows what an unreliable rag it is.

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