The results of some longitudinal studies, only tentative so far, appeared in the April 7, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). They indicate, however, that in a study group of almost 30,000 men, those who reported the two highest activity levels -- 13 to 20 ejaculations a month, and at least 21 a month -- were linked with decreased prostate cancer risks of 14 percent and 33 percent respectively.

Dr. Durado Brooks, prostate cancer director for the American Cancer Society, suggested that these results should be "reassuring to those men who may be more active than others." I don't know any guys who were worried on that score; I certainly wasn't. In fact, as previously indicated, I actually attribute both my continuing sanity (arguable), my general health (verifiable), and my youthful looks and sexual energy (manifest) to regular sexual release, both with my partners and self-induced.

So: Eat your broccoli, drink some red wine, take some aspirin, and have sex to orgasm (or jerk off) at least once every two days. I can live with all that (though I still don't much care for broccoli.)