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Masturbation and Prostate Cancer Risk
Masturbation Frequency Linked to Prostate Risk in 20s, Protection in 50s
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDJan. 27, 2009 -- Frequent masturbation in young men is linked to higher risk of early prostate cancer, but it lowers prostatecancer risk for men in their 50s, a study shows.

High levels of male sex hormones, or androgens, may increase a man's risk of prostate cancer. But different studies of this question, done in different ways, have reached different conclusions.

To look at the question in a new way, a team of researchers at England's University of Nottingham looked at whether men with more intense sex drives were at higher risk of prostate cancer.

Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, PhD; Rosalind Eeles, PhD, FRCP; and Kenneth R. Muir, PhD, obtained detailed sexual histories from 840 men. About half the men got prostate cancer by age 60, and about half did not have cancer.

The findings were surprising. Sexual intercourse did not affect prostate cancer risk. But frequent masturbation did -- in different ways, at different times of life.

"Frequent masturbation during men's 20s and 30s increased their risk of prostate cancer," Dimitropoulou tells WebMD. "But men in their 50s who masturbated frequently had decreased risk."

Of course, masturbation frequency is relative.

For men in their 20s, "frequent masturbation" was two to seven times per week. Compared to same-age men who reported masturbating less than once per month, 20-something frequent masturbators had a 79% higher risk of prostate cancer by age 60.

For men in their 50s, "frequent masturbation" was one or more times per week. Compared to same-age men who reported never masturbating, 50-something frequent masturbators had a 70% lower risk of prostate cancer.

What's going on? The study wasn't designed to answer that question. But Dimitropoulou and colleagues have some theories.

They suggest that young men genetically predisposed to have hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will be at higher risk if their bodies naturally produce high levels of male hormones -- the same hormones that give them an intense sex drive.

So it's not masturbation itself that's increasing prostate cancer risk in young men. More masturbation may just mean more sex drive -- and more androgens bathing prostate tissues.

That's not the case for older men. Dimitropoulou suggests that in older men, masturbation itself may actually be helpful, ridding the prostate gland of fluids that may contain cancer-causing substances.

"In mature age, it may be more important that toxins get flushed out of the system," she says. "And because the masturbation frequency was not as high in the men's 50s as it was in their 20s, even low levels of masturbation in the 50s has a protective effect."

These are just theories, Dimitropoulou warns. More research is needed to determine the exact role of sex hormones and sexual activity in prostate-cancer risk at different stages of life.

Meanwhile, Dimitropoulou, now at England's University of Cambridge, advises moderation for both younger and older men.

"It is kind of logical that a moderate level of masturbatory activity has to be maintained," she says. "Not too much, and not none at all."

Dimitropoulou and colleagues report their findings in the January issue of BJU International.

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[latitude55n]

how do i do proper tschuva for this sin

[ronennachman770]

Tha Alter Rebbe quotes the Ari Z''L in his Tanya and says that concentration during the bedtime reading of the Shma has the potential to make teshuva on this.

In a latter section of Tanya, he suggests multiple fasts (3 times 81 I believe) but says that since we are weak these days, you can give 3 "polish coins" (the curreny at the time) as a substitution for each fast or fast a half day and add those together.

But first and foremost, reduce the things in your life that lead to this.

[dazimo]

I am single and I jack avery night. I love it!

:-)

[ronennachman770]

Fair enough, friend.  Fair enough.

[dovidl17]

Hi, you are right that our body is borrowed to us from Hashem and that we are obliged to take care about it in the best possible way. For me it means that I am obliged to masturbate. Our testicles produce every day a huge amount of semen and our body needs to get rid of its surfeit. We do it by masturbation, and if not we have an emission. Similarly if our body needs to get rid of urine we go to urinate and if not we wet our trousers. Both the latter and the emission is wrong, both dirts us.

[ronennachman770]

How would you answer what it says in chapter 151 of the kitzur shulchan aruch? No need to answer me - just remember - G-d will question everything you did while your soul was in your body.

[guitarskatinwizard33]

I need your advice. My family is not religious at all - they watch TV on shabbat etc - while my dad is ultra orthodox - I keep shabbat, I keep kosher, I go to all 3 minyanim (sometimes not shacharit) I wear tzitzit but I am not shomer negeeyah at all - I'm sort of stuck in the middle and I also have a huge problem with masturbation - I try to stop because I know it is one of the worst sins but after about a month my hormones go crazy and I can't help myself .. Do you have any useful advice?

[rashroosha1]

i am amazed by how jews and muslims think a like and yet they are the worst enemies....

[tomcornhole]

what a bunch of prudes

[jacobtb1]

ur eyes are cool as fuck

[DangeloM27]

Thank G-d for the Faith and Witness of the Jewish People.

[arkendias3]

ronennachman770

I'll go straight to the question:

Is, masturbating considered as a sin wich is Karet?

And i always wondered if having a relation with a women (without a marriage, G-d Forbids) is it also Karet?

[arkendias3]

@ronennachman770 A relation with a married woman that is niddah, and an unmarried women that is niddah are they both considered karet both of them, no matter if you are married to the women or not?

[arkendias3]

@ronennachman770

The Halacha regarding the Niddah state is not something we usually study at the Yeshiva when we are young like me but i was just wondering also because my rabbi said that if someone, G-d Forbids, has a relation with a women in niddah state that didn't end the purifying process (Mikvah) he is karet.

[arkendias3]

@ronennachman770

I'll go straight to the question:

Is, masturbating considered as a sin wich is Karet?

And i always wondered if having a relation with a women (without a marriage, G-d Forbids) is it also Karet?

[Phytonspit37]

@ronennachman770

What do you mean fair enough? i tought it causes cancer... or does it?