# Flog the dolphin: It's good for yer health!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 16, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982 "2003-07-16T21:21:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982/1 "2003-07-16T21:21:32Z")

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So says [Australian scientists](http://www.health24.co.za/news.asp?action=art&SubContentTypeId=5&ContentID=23235).

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> Frequent masturbation, particularly in the 20s, helps prevent prostate cancer (news - web sites) later in life, according to new research.
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> Australian scientists have shown that the more men masturbate between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they are to develop the disease that kills more than half a million men each year.
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> They suspect that frequent ejaculation has a protective effect against the cancer because it prevents dangerous carcinogens from building up in the gland.

\<obvious joke\>  
No mention of hairy palms or blindness.  
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New ad campaigns?

“Who needs [Proscar](http://www.proscar.com/) when you have a working wrist?”

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982/2 "2003-07-16T21:42:38Z")

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I \*\*[beat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198152) \*\* you to it.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982/3 "2003-07-17T04:05:26Z")

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Damn, I was beaten to the punch!

[All I can add is the morons.org article on the subject.](http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=6&id=3635&_full=true#threadtop)

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982/4 "2003-07-17T05:18:38Z")

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And here I was ready with rope, a riding crop, and a full sonar setup.

_sigh_

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982/5 "2003-07-17T05:25:59Z")

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HEY!

Leave my wife **cadolphin** alone!

Besides, she could kick your ass…

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-dolphin-its-good-for-yer-health/188982/6 "2003-07-17T05:40:24Z")

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[**Great News!! Frequent masturbation lowers prostate cancer risk.**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198152)

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**Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator