You knew they'd have a study like this eventually.

[Skidmore]

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/oral+sex+linked+to+throat+cancer/508662

Oral sex 'linked to throat cancer'
Oral sex can raise the risk of throat cancer by transmitting a virus linked to the disease, scientists have claimed.

A new study shows that human papillomavirus (HPV) spread by the sex act can trigger a specific type of throat cancer in both men and women.

HPV infection through sexual intercourse is normally associated with cervical cancer. But researchers found that the virus is also a powerful risk factor for oropharyngeal cancer, which affects the tonsils, tongue and throat.

This was especially true for people who had experienced oral sex with multiple partners. The study showed that having a history of HPV infection increased the chances of developing the cancer 32 times.

Previously smoking and drinking alcohol were considered the strongest risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer, which affects the tonsils, back of the tongue, and throat. But neither are any where near as hazardous as HPV infection, according to the new findings. Smoking raised the risk of throat cancer three times, and drinking 2.5....

[TahitiNut]

1. Ten times more likely to cause throat cancer than smoking??

Well ... better not allow this in restaurants, bars, or within 50' of a building entrance, then!!

:smoke:

... no more eating at the 'Y' I guess. :shrug:

[displacedtexan]

3. That's hilarious!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

But how do we protect the restaurant, bar, and office workers?

24/7 cameras?

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[TahitiNut]

11. What part of "both men and women" didn't you understand?

Why was "Oral sex - performed on both men and women ..." not clear? Don't people read in that "medical lab"??

[Warpy]

2. Not surprised.

It's called a CONDOM. Men would do themselves and their partners a world of good if they'd use them consistently unless they were trying to conceive a child.

[TahitiNut]

5. Did you notice that it's about oral sex on EITHER males OR females?

BOTH fellatio and cunnilingus are implicated.

(Never miss a chance to engage in male-bashing, though.) :eyes:

[Warpy]

15. Yeah, dental dams would be a good idea, too

even if it's a very minor means of transmission compared to fellatio.

By the way, what makes a suggestion that men protect themselves and their partners with condoms "male bashing?"

[dmallind]

4. Just a general thought

Never EVER take a study seriously that says X increases the risk of Y by Z percent without above all knowing what that risk actually IS.

Buying 3 lottery tickets instead of one increases your "risk" of winning the Powerball by 300%.

I am not a smoker, never have been, hate the things. But I once got tired of all the relative risk claims and used raw data to show that a 50-yr smoker exchanged a 99.88% probability of NOT getting mouth cancer for a 99.68% chance by smoking. Relatively speaking that's huge - something over three times the risk. Practically speaking it means the difference between "fricking unlikely to get mouth cancer" and "damned unlikely to get mouth cancer".

I'm not going to repeat the attempt but I suspect the same applies here. Probably even more dramatically since unless I'm mistaken this is a rarer cancer.

I'm not encouraging people to smoke cavalierly, (although I am encouraging people to have oral sex cavalierly - esp if they are in my neck of the woods and need some no strings relief :))

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. Good grief

DU will be a wasteland soon if oral sex kills :cry:

[Skidmore]

8. Good grief, indeed. You may be right about that.

Seriously, people need to be careful.

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. yes, in these matters

one should always err on the side of caution.

there are STDs out there that were never HEARD of when I was young and horny

[TahitiNut]

12. Sounds like that HPV vaccine is going to get VERY popular.

:dunce:

[zanne]

14. I can see the pharmaceutical execs plotting...

"Now let's see...what can we do to get more young people to take the vaccine?" (Rubs hands together).

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. They should offer badges to all those that have the vaccine

People could wear them whenever they're looking for action. They could say something catchy like, "sex with me is non-carcinogenic."

[zanne]

19. Wow. What a pickup line. nt

[chaska]

9. Un-be-lievable. These freaks will stop at nothing....

It's not like oral sex hasn't been around for hundreds of thousands of years.

This is just stupid.

[zanne]

13. What will Evangelical kids do for a social life now? nt

[Sapere aude]

16. Life causes death. A recent study found that all persons who died were born.

Being born increases the risk of dying 100% recent studies have shown.

[cullen2382]

17. UH OH

Since the abstinence only sex ed is forced on our kids, guess we're gonna see a HUGE surge in throat cancer in the coming years. Come on America, teach safe sex!!!!

[newyawker99]

20. Hi cullen2382!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: