Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Pipe cleaning
Cleaning your pipes is good for your health: (h/t Jacqueline)
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The team concludes that the more men ejaculate between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they are to develop prostate cancer.The protective effect is greatest while men are in their twenties: those who had ejaculated more than five times per week in their twenties, for instance, were one-third less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer later in life (BJU International, vol 92, p 211).....
"It's a prostatic stagnation hypothesis," says Giles. "The more you flush the ducts out, the less there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them."
As a large fraction of polyscifi's readership are males in their twenties, I offer the following link for our readers' health. (not work safe, but it's good for your health).
For our female readers, there was a related beneficial process noted in the article:
"His findings suggest an intriguing parallel between prostate cancer and breast cancer, as recent studies indicate that lactating reduces a woman's risk of breast cancer, perhaps because this also flushes out carcinogens."
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