Dru Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Men Who Don't Shave Have Less Sex, More Strokes Thu February 6, 2003 09:08 AM ET By Richard Woodman LONDON (Reuters) - Men who don't shave every day enjoy less sex and are 70 percent more likely to suffer a stroke than daily shavers, a new study shows. A team at Bristol University who examined the link between shaving, coronary heart disease and stroke in 2,438 middle-aged Welsh men, said that men who did not shave every day were more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke. Over the course of the 20-year study, there were 835 deaths, they reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology. In all, 45% of the men who shaved less than daily died, compared with 31% of those who shaved at least daily. Many of the excess deaths were due to higher rates of smoking and the poorer lifestyles of men who did not shave daily but the scientists said this did not explain their substantially raised risk of strokes. The findings show that men who don't shave every day are less likely to be married and are more likely to be blue-collar workers. They also have fewer orgasms, tend to be shorter, and to suffer from angina. "The association between infrequent shaving and death is probably due to underlying smoking and social factors, but a small hormonal effect may also exist," Professor Shah Ebrahim, of the department of social medicine, said in a statement. He said the association with stroke did not fall away after discounting lifestyle factors and remained unexplained. Ebrahim told Reuters the link between circulating sex hormones and beard growth was first established when a man on a remote island in the Hebrides noticed that his beard grew vigorously when he was about to rejoin his girlfriend on the Scottish mainland. He said the low frequency of orgasm in men who did not shave regularly might be because they had low levels of testosterone or might simply reflect the fact that they were unmarried and had less opportunity for sex. One possible explanation for the raised risk of stroke was that levels of circulating sex hormones in the body might influence the atheroma process in which fatty deposits build up in the arteries. Quote
freeclimb9 Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Is that why pornstars shave their nutsack? Quote
Dru Posted February 6, 2003 Author Posted February 6, 2003 actually i bet richard woodman, the purported author, is himself a pornstar, with a name like that. Quote
RobBob Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 I think this has more to do with being a Welshman than anything else... Quote
COL._Von_Spanker Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 I wonder if this is more a function of the physiology of men that grow more hair, thus need to shave more as opposed to those who are less hairy. Or does the physical act of shaving prolong life? Sounds like BS to me. Shaving is boring. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Word, shaving is fucking boring. Quote
ScottP Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Many of the excess deaths were due to higher rates of smoking and the poorer lifestyles of men who did not shave daily but the scientists said this did not explain their substantially raised risk of strokes. Numerous studies have shown that smoking more than doubles the chances of having a stroke. Quote
chucK Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 This study is obvious evidence that the currently disregarded technique of blood-letting is efficacious in stroke prevention. I wonder if we could run a study that compared stroke risk in trad versus sport climbers? Have to wait a few years I guess til there's enough sport climbers old enough to have strokes. Quote
glacierdog Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Let's take the funding saved from the school lunch policing act and apply it to your study. Quote
Dru Posted February 6, 2003 Author Posted February 6, 2003 This study is obvious evidence that the currently disregarded technique of blood-letting is efficacious in stroke prevention. I wonder if we could run a study that compared stroke risk in trad versus sport climbers? Have to wait a few years I guess til there's enough sport climbers old enough to have strokes. better compare hikers too i hear trask does a lot of stroking Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Let's take the funding saved from the school lunch policing act and apply it to your study. Right on, Chuck! 73 cents of school-lunch program fraud-prevention funds will be yours to Einstein with as you wish! Quote
glacierdog Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 WOO HOO! We could invest it for ten years and get enough for a latte. At the end, we could just make up some findings and publish them as fact. Quote
sk Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 (edited) is that what they mean by "think out side the box" ? Edited February 7, 2003 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer Quote
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