London: Men, who have an orgasm every day, have lower risk of prostate cancer than men who do not ejaculate regularly. According to a study, men who ejaculated more than 21 times a month had a 22% lower risk of getting the disease.
The study doesn’t give any reasons why the practice of ejaculation may help to stave off prostate cancer, but there are theories which have been made public previously.
“While these data are the most compelling to date on the potential benefit of ejaculation on prostate cancer development, they are observational data and should be interpreted somewhat cautiously,” Jennifer Rider of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital said.
“At the same time, given the lack of modifiable risk factors for prostate cancer, the results of this study are particularly encouraging,” she added.
The prostate is a small gland found only in men. It’s about the size of a walnut and gets a little bigger with age. It surrounds the first part of the tube – or urethra – that carries urine from the bladder along the penis.
According to the World Cancer Research Fund International, in 2012, there were more than 1.1 million cases of prostate cancer, making it accountable for 8% of all new cancer cases, and 15% of cancers in men.