{"id":4338,"date":"2026-04-10T12:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/health-campaign-urges-men-to-lighten-the-load-literally-to-cut-cancer-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:29:51","slug":"health-campaign-urges-men-to-lighten-the-load-literally-to-cut-cancer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/health-campaign-urges-men-to-lighten-the-load-literally-to-cut-cancer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Health campaign urges men to \u2018lighten the load\u2019 \u2014 literally \u2014 to cut cancer risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-10 12:29:49<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A new cancer\u2011prevention campaign is telling men to take their health into their own hands \u2014 quite literally \u2014 after research suggested that more frequent ejaculation could help reduce the risk of prostate cancer.<BR><br \/>\nFCancer, the nonprofit behind the eyebrow\u2011raising initiative, says its mission is to \u201cbeat cancer off, literally,\u201d encouraging men to ejaculate 21 times a month for potential health benefits. <BR><br \/>\nThe idea comes from long\u2011running research involving more than 50,000 men, which found that those who ejaculated 21 or more times per month had a 19\u201322 per cent lower risk of developing prostate cancer. <BR><br \/>\nDr Lorelei Mucci of Harvard\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who co\u2011authored the research, told the New York Post the number isn\u2019t magic \u2014 just where the data landed. <BR><br \/>\nEven men who ejaculated eight times a month saw a small reduction in risk.<BR><br \/>\nScientists still aren\u2019t entirely sure why it helps, but theories include \u201cflushing out\u201d potential carcinogens, reducing inflammation or influencing gene expression in prostate tissue. <BR><br \/>\nFCancer co\u2011founder Yael Cohen says the campaign uses humour because it gets men talking.<BR><br \/>\nShe said: \u201cYour hands don\u2019t replace your doctor; they get you to them.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nAnd while the campaign leans into the jokes, the message is serious: prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, and early detection saves lives.<BR><br \/>\nDr Mucci hopes the cheeky approach will push more men to get screened and understand their risk.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-04-10 12:29:49 A new cancer\u2011prevention campaign is telling men to take their health into their own hands \u2014 quite literally \u2014 after research suggested that more frequent ejaculation could help&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4339,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions\/4339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}