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2007-05-10 -Short Attention Span Theater-

NEW YORK: People who indulge in oral sex face the risk of developing throat cancer, says a new study.

Maura Gillison at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, the US, and colleagues collected blood and saliva samples from the throats of 100 patients diagnosed with cancers of the tonsils or back of the throat.

The scientists also took samples from 200 healthy people for comparison. All of the study participants provided information about their sexual history, including the number of people with whom they had engaged in oral sex, reported online edition of New Scientist.

People who have had more than five oral-sex partners in their lifetime are 250 percent more likely to have throat cancer than those who do not have oral sex, the study suggests. Smoking or drinking increases the risk of such cancer by about threefold, the researchers said.

Tonsil and throat cancers affect about two in every 100,000 adults in the US. The study has appeared in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-10 06:40|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Doctor will I be alright if I gargle while I get oral sex ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-10 09:13|| 2007-05-10 09:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I blame gingivitis.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-05-10 09:20|| 2007-05-10 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 The scientists also took samples from 200 healthy people for comparison

Huh? This is what passes for science? or a high school science fair project?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-05-10 09:27|| 2007-05-10 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I blame Bush.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-05-10 09:51|| 2007-05-10 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Will you help me if I get sick, Bill?

Posted by Monica 2007-05-10 10:14|| 2007-05-10 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 I Blame Dick

(Cheney)

Posted by Chomock Wittlesbach8440 2007-05-10 10:28|| 2007-05-10 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 This will be de-bunked after next week's study. Then verified, then de-bunked. They gotta keep the cash flow coming in.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-05-10 10:40|| 2007-05-10 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8 They may have a point, but it's not the whole picture. To start with, people have a unique and complex bacterial culture on and in them, as individual as fingerprints.

On the skin, it is not evenly distributed, with the area from about the knees to the navel having a much greater concentration of coliform, or fecal bacteria. While only a percentage of this bacteria is harmful, its density makes it much easier to spread. This is why people are told to wash their hands after using the restroom.

It also complicates sex. Females are already vulnerable to coliform "yeast" infections, due to the proximity of the mons pubis (vaginal opening) to the anus. But when they have sex with a male for the first time, they suddenly get perhaps 25 to 100 new types and strains of bacteria introduced, which is a shock to their immune system.

I said all that to explain why some amount of oral sex, especially at the onset of a relationship, is a good idea. It has been proposed that the introduction of a male's bacterial culture orally, with some days, or a week delay before vaginal penetration, would give the female's immune system time to adjust to the new culture.

This would not just lower the incidence of yeast infection, but would also make pregnancy easier, the body not having to fight a series of bacterial infections at the same time. The immune system is more capable orally, because the mouth is very septic.

Ironically, while this presents a biological reason for oral sex, it also supports a biological reason for monogamy. This is because after a couple have sex, both partners have increased their bacterial cultures significantly with the introduction of new bacteria and new strains.

However, if a person engages multiple sex partners over a period of time, they develop what has been called a "superculture" of bacteria. When a person with such a superculture has sex with a virgin, the virgin may get so many foreign bacteria at once that they would almost certainly get ill, or at least have their immune system strained and weakened.

Finally, the oral sex-throat cancer link is not too outrageous an idea, because several pathogens have been associated with cancers and other problems, often years after infection. In the article it notes that number of sex partners is also a factor, here.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-10 10:59|| 2007-05-10 10:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Couldn't find anything in Fred's photo archives to illustrate this article?

Posted by GK 2007-05-10 11:22|| 2007-05-10 11:22|| Front Page Top

#10 "Say Ah"

Posted by eLarson 2007-05-10 11:30|| 2007-05-10 11:30|| Front Page Top

#11 ________ why do they hate us?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-05-10 11:35|| 2007-05-10 11:35|| Front Page Top

#12 "People who indulge in oral sex face the risk ...."

Sorry, but that's just plain funny.

Posted by docob 2007-05-10 12:45|| 2007-05-10 12:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Dr. Moose PHD:
said all that to explain why some amount of oral sex, especially at the onset of a relationship, is a good idea. It has been proposed that the introduction of a male's bacterial culture orally, with some days, or a week delay before vaginal penetration, would give the female's immune system time to adjust to the new culture.

Dr Mooses, ima writing that one down... suggestion: on delivery, a low sincere voice would add sum convincing richness...

lol >:)

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-10 13:21|| 2007-05-10 13:21|| Front Page Top

#14 oral sex, especially at the onset of a relationship, is a good idea

"Honey Dew, thisn here is not only eggcellent fer yer skin but it builds yer immune system 12 ways too."

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-10 13:36|| 2007-05-10 13:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Here's another good excuse:

http://tinyurl.com/3djdue

"New research suggests oral sex may not only help a woman conceive but may make her pregnancy safer and more successful.

The Australian study found that semen contains a growth factor which helps persuade a mother's immune system to accept sperm.

It claims to have found evidence that regular exposure before pregnancy, especially by mouth, helps her immune system get used to her partner's sperm..."

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-10 13:58|| 2007-05-10 13:58|| Front Page Top

#16 Everyone should check out what oral sex with someone who is infected with HPV will do to you... HPV is one of the most commen sexually transmitted diseases.

Just saying...

Blackvenom-2001

Posted by Blackvenom-2001 2007-05-10 14:08|| 2007-05-10 14:08|| Front Page Top

#17 I'm sure you won't mind if I don't, Blackvenom dear. Sometimes there's just too much information here.

Related to your first post, Anonymoose, would your thesis explain the high number of girls who get terribly sick on their honeymoons?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-10 14:12|| 2007-05-10 14:12|| Front Page Top

#18 'moose, your breadth of knowledge continues to amaze me. Great link.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-10 14:19|| 2007-05-10 14:19|| Front Page Top

#19 This needs to be verified. I'm going to have to perform my own scientific study with an extraordinarily large sample size.

Posted by DoDo 2007-05-10 15:23|| 2007-05-10 15:23|| Front Page Top

#20 Maybe it was the cigar.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2007-05-10 15:24|| 2007-05-10 15:24|| Front Page Top

#21 I smell grant money!

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-05-10 16:19|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-05-10 16:19|| Front Page Top

#22 from Dr. Mooses Link:

He says, "the protective effect was strongest if the woman swallowed the semen".

Now, when advising couples who have difficulty carrying pregnancies to full term, he says: "I tell them, 'semen exposure's good, and you could think of oral sex".

O-M-Gawd with this document I will make every woman I like, healthy and happy!

>;-)

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-10 21:57|| 2007-05-10 21:57|| Front Page Top

#23 how can oral sex cause anything when oral sex isn't sex? Someone needs to get his is is's straight

Posted by Galloways Outcropping 2007-05-10 22:24|| 2007-05-10 22:24|| Front Page Top

#24 Tonsil and throat cancers affect about two in every 100,000 adults in the US.

I personally believe cancer is caused by cells which are deprived of oxygen. If your girl is gonna suck, make sure she catches her breath.

Posted by Uleremble Bluetooth1148 2007-05-10 23:23|| 2007-05-10 23:23|| Front Page Top

#25 PS- well not just Oxygen deprevation and anything that can change your DNA like ultraviolet rays and strong electromatic fields

Posted by Uleremble Bluetooth1148 2007-05-10 23:47|| 2007-05-10 23:47|| Front Page Top

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