• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d be fascinated to see all the medical data of men who suddenly developed prostate cancer in December because they didn’t wank in November.

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      1 year ago

      It’s same data of men who suddenly develop lung cancer after their first month of smoking. Doesn’t mean it won’t come back and bite you in the long term.

      “In all, men who averaged 4.6–7 ejaculations a week were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 70 than men who ejaculated less than 2.3 times a week on average.”

      - a havard article, based on an australian study.

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        1 year ago

        “In all, men who averaged 4.6–7 ejaculations a week were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 70

        i can confidently not masturbate for the rest of my life and still not drop below this lifetime average.

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        1 year ago

        Note the word averaged. Given this quote (I’m not sure if the study gets more specific), you could just wank a bit more the other months.