High lifetime number of sexual partners linked to increased cancer risk

[andrewv]

People who have had 10 or more sexual partners during their lifetime may have increased odds of being diagnosed with cancer, a new study suggests.

Women, in particular, had nearly twice the risk when they had 10 or more past partners compared to when they had one or none, researchers report in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health.

While the study team expected to find an association between number of sexual partners and cancer, they were surprised to find a gender difference.

"Previous research has shown that specific STIs (sexually transmitted infections) may lead to several cancers," said study coauthor Lee Smith, a reader at the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK.

"It is interesting the risk is higher in women when compared to men," Smith said in an email. "This may be because the link between certain STIs and cancer is stronger in women."

To look at how the number of sexual partners might impact health, Smith and colleagues turned to data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, a nationally representative study of adults aged 50 and older.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN207312/#:~:text=Compared%20to%20women%20who%20reported,wi th%20one%20partner%20or%20none.

[andrewv]

Not only WL fucking 20 to 50 different men a week, but some regular office girls today are “hooking up” with 2 or more men a week on Tinder for sex. Up to 100 men a year, if not more.

[andrewv]

** More sexual partners, more cancer?**

Harvard article: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/more-sexual-partners-more-cancer-2020042819658

[Riff888]

Great...
Still, no one here will stop what we're doing.

[Abracadabra]

Looks like we're all fukd .... literally.

[Spanky69]

What doesn’t give you cancer if taken in excess?

Perhaps you could furnish a list andrewv?

Btw you’re doing a sterling job on keeping us updated, Mr Bond.

[nosytt]

The majority of those with high sex partners probably also get involved with other high risk activities that have a higher cancer rate, like smoking etc thus the correlation.

[andrewv]

The majority of those with high sex partners probably also get involved with other high risk activities that have a higher cancer rate, like smoking etc thus the correlation.

I didn’t do the research. Harvard did, and it’s in the public domain. Researchers do include many factors and data points when looking at an issue. They’ll never run research by asking just one question like “how many sexual partners have you had?”

[BearOrigin]

Article says STI combined with alcohol and smoking increased rates of cancer in those with multiple partners but did not specify what type of STI...

[ColesBag]

What a load of complete garbage.

[andrewv]

Article says STI combined with alcohol and smoking increased rates of cancer in those with multiple partners but did not specify what type of STI...

Without getting too medical, most STIs are viral infections. Most viruses cause lasting damage on the immune system and some even damage the body’s ability to replicate healthy cells.

When a disease is treated and a person recovers, they don’t go back to the baseline before the infection. Their system degrades in very small and subtle ways.

Alcohol is a poison. There is no other medical way to describe it. Cigarettes damage everything and are the biggest contributor to ageing.

[Grissle Piston]

What a load of complete garbage.

Could not agree more...

[personaa]

Hugh Hefner died at 91 and cause of his death was Sepsis (E-Coli infection). He should have died in his 20s according to these Harvard researchers.

In an interview with Esquire, the 86-year-old (By then) confesses to sleeping with thousands of women over the years!

[BearOrigin]

Hugh Hefner died at 91 and cause of his death was Sepsis (E-Coli infection). He should have died in his 20s according to these Harvard researchers.

In an interview with Esquire, the 86-year-old (By then) confesses to sleeping with thousands of women over the years!

E-coli comes from the arse. So you could say Hugh Hefner died from eating arse

[Meng]

Here's the important part of that article to take away:

The study can only show an association, not prove cause and effect, Zakashansky said. Further, it did not specify which cancers were diagnosed and the data depended on people's self-reports

These dumb "studies" if you could even call them that basically look at correlation between demographics and certain data sets.

If there's one thing people should take away is the maxim that "correlation does not equal to causation".

[GoldfishMan]

They need to do another research about how likely people would tell the truth when asked these types of questions.

I reckon the results might actually be the opposite of what they found. Men would tend to exaggerate their number of partners, women tend to do the opposite. Especially because the research subjects appear to be older generation folk.

[bjl0v3s]

If you drink water, you will die too

[Timeis629]

Most viruses have an impact the most well know is liver cancer from Hep C? Covid will probably cause grief for some of us? We all nearly have Herpes simplex 1. Just completed two STI checks (3 months apart) and I guess I’m lucky I am all clear - perhaps the study is also looking at the overall exchange of bodily fluids, saliva, semen, smegna, vaginal fluids, Candida albicans, apart from the other zillion viruses - if it is the frequency of sexual activity including most males would ve dead by the age of 21.
I guess we all take our chances could be hit by the proverbial Bus or the incessant wife.

[BDU]

Absolute drivel......

Don't get me started on the immune system garbage ....the whole world has dumbed down.....again....

Pretty sure breathing is the number one risk factor.....every dead person took at least one breath before dying?

[andrewv]

Absolute drivel......

Don't get me started on the immune system garbage ....the whole world has dumbed down.....again....

Pretty sure breathing is the number one risk factor.....every dead person took at least one breath before dying?

You must be under 50 years old, @BDU. Most compromised immune system related issues show up over 50....... then the fun starts.

[dotcumdotinyou]

Its ALWAYS the good things like alcohol or steak or bbq that give you cancer.

Its NEVER the shit tasting stuff like tofu or kale or green tea.

[andrewv]

Its ALWAYS the good things like alcohol or steak or bbq that give you cancer.

NEVER the shit tasting stuff like tofu or kale or green tea.

The Gods Must Be Crazy

[Geoff the playboy]

That s bullshit, I should be dead by now.

[andrewv]

That s bullshit, I should be dead by now.

I suggest you should never say that. I worked with a chain smoker who bragged about how he has not taken a day sick in 10 years despite his smoking habit. Then one day he got really ill and died within 30 days. We should all count our lucky stars because in reality it is not all bullshit!!!

[rooter]

A lot of things will kill you. The moment we are born we begin to die.

[GoldfishMan]

Its ALWAYS the good things like alcohol or steak or bbq that give you cancer.

Its NEVER the shit tasting stuff like tofu or kale or green tea.

Bro, what's wrong with tofu? I love it. Not so much the kale though. Now THAT is shit, lol...

[Timeis629]

The truth of the matter is that 30% of cancers are caused by know things tobacco alcohol genetics etc and the other 70% of cancer is just bad luck and I guess bad fucks

[rooter]

I think its fair to say that nobody really fully understands cancer.
If somebody did then we would have a cure by now.
Clearly we know there is a connection between some things and cancer.
Sun exposure and skin cancer, smoking and various cancers, alcohol and various cancers, HPV which is sexually transmitted and cervical and oral cancer.
And I totally agree we should adopt behaviours to try and avoid those cancers.
But sometimes cancer is just fucken random or genetic or whatever.
My little brother died of leukemia/blood cancer.
He was a beautiful boy and I miss him every day of my life.
My uncle was a crazy cool dude and died of lung cancer and he never smoked a cigarette in his life.
Shit happens.

[PELTERS]

I think its fair to say that nobody really fully understands cancer.
If somebody did then we would have a cure by now.
Clearly we know there is a connection between some things and cancer.
Sun exposure and skin cancer, smoking and various cancers, alcohol and various cancers, HPV which is sexually transmitted and cervical and oral cancer.
And I totally agree we should adopt behaviours to try and avoid those cancers.
But sometimes cancer is just fucken random or genetic or whatever.
My little brother died of leukemia/blood cancer.
He was a beautiful boy and I miss him every day of my life.
My uncle was a crazy cool dude and died of lung cancer and he never smoked a cigarette in his life.
Shit happens.Bring the cunt on. Where're my 10 chicks?

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[andrewv]

I think its fair to say that nobody really fully understands cancer.
If somebody did then we would have a cure by now.
Clearly we know there is a connection between some things and cancer.
Sun exposure and skin cancer, smoking and various cancers, alcohol and various cancers, HPV which is sexually transmitted and cervical and oral cancer.
And I totally agree we should adopt behaviours to try and avoid those cancers.
But sometimes cancer is just fucken random or genetic or whatever.
My little brother died of leukemia/blood cancer.
He was a beautiful boy and I miss him every day of my life.
My uncle was a crazy cool dude and died of lung cancer and he never smoked a cigarette in his life.
Shit happens.

I don't want to pontificate here about cancer in layman's terms, but here is a brief summary. There are tens of thousands of scientists that understand it. The real issue is "cancer" is parts of the body going haywire and reproducing cells in a strange way (it is a person's own body cells), then these deformed cells grow because they feed on the blood supply from primitive blood vessels that evolve around the cancer cells to feed it. In short, cancer is not a foreign body invading a person's (patient) body.

The challenge for science is two folds:

a. understanding the triggers that get cancer started. For example, smoking and alcohol, but this always depends on the quality and health of the body's immune system. In most cases of cancer, it's understood today what the likely triggers are. It is not a mystery. Stress is one cause. Another cause is the microscopic plastics humans eat and inhale because in the West we use a lot of plastics (from food wrappers to containers,..... )

b. treatment of cancer is complicated because when the genie is out of the bottle, reprogramming the body's processes that create/reproduce cells is very difficult still. Hence why most treatments use the nuclear bomb strategy (chemo and radiation therapies), but gene therapy is evolving.

Key ways to keep the immune system strong: no alcohol (it's a poison, period), no smoking or other social drugs, no or minimum sugar, and reduced calorie intake of food. People that cut down 30% of their food intake live longer than those who indulge in food.

[BearOrigin]

Key ways to keep the immune system strong: no alcohol (it's a poison, period), no smoking or other social drugs, no or minimum sugar, and reduced calorie intake of food. People that cut down 30% of their food intake live longer than those who indulge in food.

I don't think I can cut down my food intake by 30%... I don't mind going vegetarian (removing meat but keeping eggs & dairy) but if I don't eat up to 90% capacity I feel like I'm about to die. Maybe it's because of my metabolism and energy needs since I do carry around roughly 100-160kgs of machinery as part of my work. Maybe when I'm retired I'll be able to cut down on my food intake but 30% seems quite a lot.

I quit smoking more than a decade now, never regretted that moment. Alcohol, I'm restricting myself to once a week not drinking on a weekday. I don't normally consume sugar or junk foods except on certain celebrations.