Oral sex linked to cancer...

raphaelS

I have a spam filter on my mail server, though I still get junk email... I got 2 this morning, the subjects were "stay hard for week..." and "How oral sex is linked to cancer". I was going to move these to the trash but the 2nd one caught my eye...

And here is the (serious and work safe, I swear!!) web site:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994712

Just a bit of advice for the week-end :The researchers think both cunnilingus and fellatio can infect people's mouths.

Raphael

Stark

Very well-balanced article. Guaranteed it will still be abused for the purposes of scaremongering teenagers off sex though.

aidan_walsh

The risk, thankfully, is tiny. Only around 1 in 10,000 people develop oral tumours each year, and most cases are probably caused by two other popular recreational pursuits: smoking and drinking. The researchers are not recommending any changes in behaviour.

How dare you try to scare us like this.... :mad:

hedgetrimmer

Quick! Somebody reference the articles that say it;s good for you, for skin n slimming n feel good buzz.

Where the deaths male or female?

Johnny Versace

Study anything and you'll find problems with it. Even "healthy" things like Milk and Water can increase the risk of certain cancers.

I remember reading an article and that girls who "swallow" suffer less from depression. They weren't sure whether this was a chemical thing, or whether it was because they were more "open minded" so less stressed.

So everything can be good or bad. Not an article I'm going to worry about!!

HarryD

Breathing oxygen Kills brain cells..
EVERYBODY HOLD YER BREATH !

whosurpaddy

down with sort of thing.

Stark

"sex is bad mmmmkay?"

mr_angry

I can see the bad porno titles on the way already...

"Fatal Ejaculation"

Auburn

There goes my social life

just joking

anthonymcg

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
down with sort of thing.

careful now

po0k

I saw a report whch claimed that women who gave fellatio had a lower risk of getting breast cancer.

D

Yeah and sleeping with syxpak means you'll live forever?

po0k

Whoever said anything about sleep?


Please form an orderly queue Ladies & Gentlemen

D

Well I don't know about the rest of you but at night after I have a sixpack i can begin to feel sleepy.

Agent Smith

/me cant think of baddly named title's....


i'll be back later

sceptre

Originally posted by Johnny Versace
I remember reading an article and that girls who "swallow" suffer less from depression. They weren't sure whether this was a chemical thing, or whether it was because they were more "open minded" so less stressed.

It's also good for the immune system of a foetus (at least that's what research in the mid to late 90s indicated) but only if the, er, depositor is the father of the child. No I'm not kidding, it's one of those clever science facts.

po0k

Originally posted by D
Well I don't know about the rest of you but at night after I have a sixpack i can begin to feel sleepy.

That'll be the semen you ingested earlier.
Just like warm milk and cookies

Auburn

Originally posted by sceptre
It's also good for the immune system of a foetus (at least that's what research in the mid to late 90s indicated) but only if the, er, depositor is the father of the child. No I'm not kidding, it's one of those clever science facts.

Mmm hmmm. Clever science facts, eh? And how did you just "happen" to come across this??

GuanYin

Originally posted by sceptre
It's also good for the immune system of a foetus (at least that's what research in the mid to late 90s indicated) but only if the, er, depositor is the father of the child. No I'm not kidding, it's one of those clever science facts.

Ya know, I'm 6 years in research and not once have I had an opportunity to work on a research project like that

Seriously, I would imagine the risk of this is pretty low. Most viruses, including the one in this case, have serious issues overcoming the conditions in the oral mucosa, especially saliva, and while they may not be killed, their infectivity and virility are significantly lessened.

D

no that wasn't milk on the cookies, i was playing [delete i think it's getting a bit sick delete] with the rugby lads.

MrNuked

The title is misleading. The article suggests HPV is linked to Oral cancer which isn;t surprising since it's linked to cervical cancer. HPV is the virus that causes genital warts and is an std. If you aren't sure your partner is std free then you shouldn't be going down on them in the first place. No reason at all not to perform oral sex on an uninfected partner.