Arsip Mailing List Dokter Umum: Re: [Dokter Umum] Masturbation May Increase Risk of Prostate Cancer Post on Jan26, 2009

..and Not Mastubate may increase risk of stress and frustation for
non-married person...hehehe....

rgds,
-darwin-
muridmilisSehat

--- In dokter_umum@yahoogroups.com, "Dr.(Naturopathy) Ir. Donny
Hosea MBA. PhD." <puyuh23@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Since the post was pint out @
>
> "This theory has, however, not been firmly established and further
research is necessary."
>
> Then why not to learn the benefits of masturbations as follows:
>
> Masturbation Aids Prostate Therapy
>
> By wellness5
> Breaking News On Prostate Health
>
> What is the connection between an enlarged prostate gland and
> masturbation? Read on ....
>
> Masturbation has been a taboo subject and associated with a large
number
> of falsehoods. Perhaps it was believed that human beings are not
> entitled to have sexual pleasure unless it is shared !
>
> With a change in perceptions and the acceptance of the biological
need
> for sex, such myths have been discredited. Now, masturbation as a
tool
> for self stimulation and prostate health has become a subject
matter of
> studies conducted all over the world. While there is an inherent
risk of
> infections and sexually transmitted diseases during sexual
intercourse,
> masturbation is the manual, self-stimulation of the genital organs
and
> there is absolutely no risk.
>
> Research Study 1.
>
> The Cancer Council Victoria in Australia has just announced the
results
> of a study into the relationship between prostate cancer and
ejaculation
> in men. Masturbation is no longer a taboo subject and the study
> published in the British Journal of Urology International suggests
that
> frequent ejaculation by whatever means will keep the gland
healthy. The
> more the ducts from the gland are cleared of debris and toxins,
> including any carcinogens in the prostatic fluid, the better it is.
> ====================================================
>
>
> New findings on prostate cancer risk and sexual activity
>
> Thursday 17 July, 2003
>
> The Cancer Council Victoria has announced the results of research
> undertaken into the relationship between prostate cancer and
ejaculation
> in men aged under 70.
>
> A research team led by Professor Graham Giles, Director of the
Cancer
> Council's Cancer Epidemiology Centre, has found that there is
evidence
> that the more frequently men ejaculate between the ages of 20 and
50,
> the less likely they are to develop prostate cancer.
>
> The researched showed that the protective effect of ejaculation is
> greatest when men in their twenties ejaculated on average seven or
more
> times a week. This group were one-third less likely to develop
> aggressive prostate cancer when compared with men who ejaculated
less
> than three times a week at this age.
>
> Professor Giles said, "We looked at a number of different aspects
of
> sexual activity including the number of sexual partners, the
frequency
> of ejaculation, as well as the number of times men ejaculated at
> different ages, from their twenties through to their fifties.
>
> "The study looked at ejaculation in the context of intercourse
with
> another person, masturbation, nocturnal emissions etc.
>
> "This is a different approach from previous studies which have
mostly
> looked at links between sexual intercourse and prostate cancer.
>
> "Our research indicates that there is no association between
prostate
> cancer and the number of sexual partners, which argues against
infection
> as a cause of prostate cancer in the Australian population."
>
> "We also found no association between maximum number of
ejaculations in
> a 24 hour period and prostate cancer. Therefore, it is not men's
ability
> to ejaculate that seems to be important.
>
> "While it is generally accepted that prostate cancer is a hormone
> dependent cancer, apart from age and family history, its causes
are
> poorly understood."
>
> "For this reason, our explanations are fairly speculative - one
possible
> reason for the protective effects of ejaculation may be that
frequent
> ejaculation prevents carcinogens building up in the prostatic
ducts."
>
> "If the ducts are flushed out, there may be less build up and
damage to
> the cells that line them."
>
> "However, this is only one study and our findings require further
> corroboration in other studies.
>
> The research was conducted with men who were under the age of 70
when
> they were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and with a group of
similarly
> aged healthy men. There were 1079 men with prostate cancer and
1259
> healthy men in the study. The men were from Melbourne, Sydney and
Perth.
>
> The men filled in a confidential questionnaire which sought
details of
> their sexual activity at various times in their life. The results
of the
> survey were treated confidentially.
>
> Professor Giles said, "We believe that the men who participated in
the
> study were likely to have been honest about their sexual activity
> because of the way the research was conducted, particularly using
a
> questionnaire that men filled out themselves, and respecting their
> privacy."
>
> "The fact that we did not find any association with the number of
sexual
> partners argues against the possibility of the finding in regard
to
> ejaculation being due to bias, as if this was the case we would
have
> expected both associations to be positive."
>
> The project involved researchers from The Cancer Council Victoria,
The
> University of Western Australia, The European Institute of
Oncology and
> the Dunedin Medical School, University of Otago, New Zealand.
>
> The research was funded by the National Health and Medical
Research
> Council and supported by funding from Tattersall's and The Whitten
> Foundation, as well as The Cancer Council Victoria.
>
> The research is being published in the /British Journal of Urology
> International/ vol 92, p 211.
>
> *Ends*
>
> *Media contact: Leigh Raymond 61+3 9635 5191*
>
> *Professor Graham Giles is available for interview from 9 am 17
July 2003.
> http://www.cancervic.org.au/media/media-
releases/2003_media_releases/july_2003/new_findings_on_prostate_cance
r_risk_and_sexual_activity.html
> *
>
> ======================================================
> Research Study 2
>
> A recent US study - the biggest one to date- suggests that
frequent
> sexual intercourse and masturbation protects men against a common
form
> of cancer. The study, which followed nearly 30,000 men over eight
years,
> showed that those that ejaculated most frequently were
significantly
> less likely to get prostate cancer.
>
> In the US study, the group with the highest lifetime average of
> ejaculation - 21 times per month - were a third less likely to
develop
> the cancer than the reference group, who ejaculated four to seven
times
> a month. And just think ...Michael Leitzmann, at the National
Cancer
> Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues set out to test a
> long-held theory that suggested the opposite - that a higher
ejaculation
> rate raises the risk of prostate cancer. At the start of the
study, the
> men filled in a history of their ejaculation frequency and then
filled
> in further questionnaires every two years.
>
> Men of different ages varied in how often they ejaculated, so the
team
> used a lifetime average for comparisons. However, whilst the
findings
> are statistically significant, Leitzmann remains cautious.A
further
> reservation is that the benefit of ejaculation was less clear in
> relation to the most dangerous, metastasising form of prostate
cancer,
> compared to the organ-confined or slow-growing types.
> http://hubpages.com/hub/Masturbation-Aids-Prostate-Health
>
> Please be smart and think logically regarding the matter.
> Regards,
>
> cancertalk66 wrote:
> > Masturbation May Increase Risk of Prostate Cancer
> > Monday, January 26, 2009
> >
> > A new study finds men who are sexually active in their 20s and
30s are more likely to develop prostate cancer - especially if they
masturbate frequently.
> >
> > The message, perhaps: Hold off until middle age.
> >
> > The study also found that frequent sexual activity in a man's
40s appears to have little effect and even small levels of sexual
activity in a man's 50s could offer protection from the disease.
Most of the differences were attributed to masturbation rather than
sexual intercourse.
> >
> > The study, led by the University of Nottingham, looked at the
sexual practices of more than 431 men who had been diagnosed with
prostate cancer before the age of 60, together with 409 controls who
do not have prostate cancer.
> >
> > Among men with prostate cancer, 34 percent had masturbated
frequently in their 20s, compared to 24 percent among the control
group. A similar spread was found for men in their 30s.
> >
> > The results, based on questionnaires, are detailed in the
journal BJU International (the British Journal of Urology).
> >
> > The prostate gland secretes a milky fluid that mixes with sperm
and seminal vesicle fluid to become semen. Prostate cancer is the
second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United
States, after lung cancer, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. About 30,000 die from it each year.
> >
> > "We were keen to look at the links between sexual activity and
younger men as a lot of prostate cancer studies focus on older men
as the disease is more prevalent in men over 50," said lead author
Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, who is now at the University of Cambridge.
> >
> > "Hormones appear to play a key role in prostate cancer and it is
very common to treat men with therapy to reduce the hormones thought
to stimulate the cancer cells," Dimitropoulou said. "A man's sex
drive is also regulated by his hormone levels, so this study
examined the theory that having a high sex drive affects the risk of
prostate cancer."
> >
> > Other findings:
> >
> > * 59 percent of the men in both groups said that they had
engaged in sexual activity (intercourse or masturbation) 12 times a
month or more in their 20s. This fell steadily as they got older, to
48 percent in their 30s, 28 percent in their forties and 13 percent
in their 50s.
> > * 39 percent of the cancer group had had six female partners
or more, compared with 31 percent of the control group.
> > * Men with prostate cancer were more likely to have had a
sexually transmitted disease than those without prostate cancer.
> >
> > "A possible explanation for the protective effect that men in
their fifties appear to receive from overall sexual activity, and
particularly masturbation, is that the release of accumulated toxins
during sexual activity reduces the risk of developing cancer in the
prostate area," Dimitropoulou said. "This theory has, however, not
been firmly established and further research is necessary."
> >
> > * Original Story: Masturbation May Increase Risk of Prostate
Cancer
> >
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> >
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