Men who frequently masturbate appear to have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, Australian researchers reported. Researchers from the Cancer Council of Victoria found that men who masturbated more than five times each week were one-third less likely to develop the cancer. The study surveyed 1,000 men who developed prostate cancer and 1,250 who did not, and all were between the ages of 20 and 50, according to a report on Monday on the gay and lesbian news site PlanetOut. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352278,00.html
Well, it looks like sex with a dedicated (pun intended) partner will do the same thing, since their only objection is the risk of STD's. Us married guys now have a medical reason to ask for more sex!
I heard about this on Conan last night. The punchline was, the only downside to frequent masturbation is...NOTHING.
wow that was an old study, I remember hearing that like two years ago... you guys must have been missing out
Actually, its usually premature ejaculation. But I'd rather be the "Minute Man" than have prostate cancer. Hell, I'd rather be the "Minute Man" than have to have my prostate checked.
I think you got it backwards, I'm not sure how frequent masturbation can cause premature ejaculation. If anything it's the opposite.
When one waxes their lance, they concentrate, fantasize, and try to get it over with as fast as possible. When you do that over and over and over again, your body learns to do just that when the "real thing" comes along. The opposite as you say, does happen if you are by yourself all the time or if you do it just before a date (Ben Stiller in Something about Mary). Of couse everyone is different. I used to do alot of manuscript reviews for several index medicus journals, and a nutty collegue sent me an abstract of this once.
So I guess the proper procedure is foreplay first, maybe a little dinner before that, then go slow and think of baseball and dead kitties.
