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Okay, the blind part is a joke. But scientists think regular masturbation helps men reduce the risk of prostate cancer. The same is not true for regular intercourse though.

Australian researchers came to the conclusion form a survey of 1,000 men with prostate cancer and 1,250 healthy men. They found men between 20 to 50 years of age with frequent ejaculation were least likely to have the cancer. It is more effective for younger men in their 20’s, and a frequency of more than five times a week reduced the risk of prostate cancer by a third. They think ejaculation helps men flush out the cancer-causing chemicals that accumulate in the prostrate glad. One such chemical is 3-methylchloranthrene, also found in cigarette smoke. However, frequent intercourse with multiple partners actually increases the risk by 40% due to the increased risk of STIs.

This is similar to the connection between breast cancer and lactation: breastfeeding also helps to get rid of cancer causing chemicals in women.

Yes, trans-fat can double the risk of breast cancer. By now we all know trans-fat is bad, but researchers in Europe found the link to breast cancer.

The researchers recorded food habits of 25 thousands women for three years and studied them a long time for cancer. They compared the blood fat level of 363 women that have cancer with that of healthy women. They found that women with highest level of trans-fats are twice more likely to have breast cancer than those women with the lowest level of trans-fat. Those margarines which are supposed to be better than butter are no better, if not worse. Unfortunately, the good fat known as omega-3 does not help in reducing the risk of breast cancer.

I guess life is like Murphy’s laws. Things that claim to be better are usually worse. Things that taste good are either immoral, illegal, or cause cancer.