July 16, 2014
THE HIGH COST OF JUNK SCIENCE:
The vasectomy-cancer link made me wince. But ignorance is the real danger (James Mackenzie, 14 July 2014, The Guardian)
'I've never heard anyone discuss being impotent, yet the vast numbers of blue pills can't all be going to male sex workers and the weekend-long orgy crowd.' Photograph: AlphafranceWhen I had a vasectomy a few years ago it never occurred to me that it might have implications for my health. I just knew I didn't want kids. But men considering the snip now are likely to, as research from Harvard indicates it increases the chance of developing prostate cancer by 10%.And there's worse: Harvard's data suggests that vasectomies are associated with particularly aggressive varieties of prostate cancer, and a 19% higher risk of dying from the disease.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 16, 2014 3:41 PM