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Masturbation can be good for the over-50s

Masturbation 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 [...]

May 15, 2009 | Posted in Sexuality | Read More »

Hair loss drug can hide prostate cancer

The popular hair-loss drug Propecia can change the results of a common screen for prostate cancer, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, leading to skewed readings that might obscure the presence of disease, a new study found.
Men using Propecia “should be aware that their PSA will be falsely lowered” and that small changes upward could be [...]

March 15, 2008 | Posted in Hair Care | Read More »

Masturbation “cuts cancer risk”

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest.
They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly.
And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men’s cancer [...]