Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk By Sleeping With Lots Of Women - But Not Men
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 15:01
in Health & Medicine
Men who have had sex with more than 20 women have a 28% lower risk of getting prostate cancer than those who have had only one partner - but males having more than 20 male partners face a 100% higher risk of getting prostate cancer than those who have never slept with a man. The results were obtained as part of the Montreal study PROtEuS (Prostate Cancer&Environment Study), in which 3,208 men responded to a questionnaire on, amongst other things, their sex lives. Of these men, 1,590 were diagnosed with prostate cancer between September 2005 and August 2009, while 1,618 men were part of the control group. Risk Associated with Number of Partners read more