Ήρθε η ώρα της Ελλάδας να σώσει τον ανδρικό πληθυσμό! Η Πολυξένη Δημητροπούλου, ερευνήτρια στην Αγγλία, μας εξηγει ότι ναι, ο αυνανισμός είναι επικίνδυνος σε νεαρή ηλικία αλλά για όσους περάσαν τα σαράντα ίσως προστατεύει από τον καρκίνο του προστάτη! Σίγουρα το θέμα χρειάζεται μελέτη σε βάθος για να γίνει ξεκάθαρο με ποιόν τρόπο προστατεύει, εάν όλες οι μορφές είναι εξίσου αποτελεσματικές κλπ. Παραθέτω και τις σχετικές αναφορές:
άρθρο στην The Independent, Masturbation can be good for the over-50s
Removal of toxins built up over a lifetime reduces the risk of prostate cancerMasturbation may be good for you – or bad, depending on your age. The solitary sexual activity that is widely practised but little discussed, is linked with an increased risk of prostate cancer when practised frequently by young men in their twenties and thirties, doctors say.
But by the time men reach their fifties, it may protect against the disease because it helps remove toxins that have built up over a lifetime
Sexual activity and prostate cancer risk in men diagnosed at a younger age
Polyxeni Dimitropoulou et al.
Correspondence to Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, University Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Box 279 (S4), Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ, UK.
KEYWORDS
sexual activity • prostate • cancer risk • intercourse • masturbation
ABSTRACT
To examine, in a case-control study, the association between the frequency of sexual activity (intercourse, masturbation, overall) and prostate cancer risk in younger men diagnosed at ≤60 years old.
PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS
In all, 431 prostate cancer cases and 409 controls participated and provided information on their sexual activity. In particular, the frequencies of intercourse and masturbation during the participants' different age decades (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s) were collected.
RESULTS
Whereas frequent overall sexual activity in younger life (20s) increased the disease risk, it appeared to be protective against the disease when older (50s). Alone, frequent masturbation activity was a marker for increased risk in the 20s and 30s but appeared to be associated with a decreased risk in the 50s, while intercourse activity alone was not associated with the disease.
CONCLUSION
These findings could imply different mechanisms by which sexual activity is involved in the aetiology of prostate cancer at different ages. Alternatively, there is a possibility of reverse causation in explaining part of the protective effect seen for men in their 50s.
Μήπως έφτασε η στιγμή να προσθέσουμε κάτι ακόμα στην πρωινή μας ρουτίνα, μετά το πλύσιμο δοντιών και ξύρισμα? Με πολλές ευχές για χαρούμενες γιορτές και ευτυχισμένο 2010
