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| July 17, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From HMG - Health Newswire Consumer)

LONDON

By Health Newswire reporters

In a finding likely to be welcomed by teenage boys worldwide, Australian researchers say frequent masturbation could help protect against prostrate cancer.Scientists from the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne asked 1,079 men with prostate cancer about their sexual habits. Their answers were then compared to those given by 1,259 healthy men who were free of the disease.

The researchers found that the more men ejaculate between the ages of 20 and 50, the more they seemed to be protected against prostate cancer.

This protective effect also seemed to be…

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