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Lemmy

Masturbating is good for you. Stop self harming.
satire?
Nah it’s good for prostate health to masturbate at reasonable intervals
I’m not taking a side, but unless there’s some new evidence, virtually every study I’ve seen is filled with little to no evidence this is true and sounds up with something to the effect of ā€˜results uncertain, more research needed’.

That was back in 2016 the case, but not anymore:

sperlingprostatecenter.com/can-masturbation-help-…

Can Masturbation Help Prevent Prostate Cancer?

Genomic changes reinforce previous evidence that frequent ejaculation may lower prostate cancer risk.

Sperling Prostate Center
Still doesn’t look like anything definitive. Words like may and could are littered throughout the article. It looks like the main evidence was a questionnaire.

You do know that honest science rarely makes definitive statements, right? It may be a spurious correlation, but the next most likely explanation is that all the men lied about their results in a way that perfectly mimicked the expected results, and they did so without any coordination, and over the course of years. Or it’s just a massive coincidence that is only true of those men.

…harvard.edu/…/ejaculation_frequency_and_prostate…

Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer - Harvard Health

Research into the connections between sexual activity and prostate cancer....

Harvard Health