A bitter blow?

Subject: A bitter blow?
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 10 May 07 - 10:08 AM

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.

Researcher Dr Gypsyamber D'Souza (correct), from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, US, said: "It is important for health care providers to know that people without the traditional risk factors of tobacco and alcohol use can nevertheless be at risk of oropharyngeal cancer."

Oral sex - performed on both men and women - is the chief way HPV enters the mouth, said the scientists.

Study participants who had more than six oral sex partners in their lifetime and evidence of HPV infection were 8.6 times more likely to develop the cancer than those who had never engaged in oral sex.

The possibility of mouth-to-mouth transmission of the virus, for instance by kissing, could not be ruled out, said the researchers. HPV can be passed on by skin contact and may be found in the genital tract, the saliva, urine and semen.

The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that the HPV-16 strain of the virus was present in the tumours of 72% of cancer patients taking part in the study. People whose immune systems had produced detectable antibodies against HPV molecules were 58 times more likely to have oropharyngeal cancer.

RtS

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 10 May 07 - 10:09 AM

Sorry, not Obit, should be BS and below the line

RtS

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: alanabit
Date: 10 May 07 - 10:16 AM

Thanks Roger, you have really cheered me up!

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 10 May 07 - 11:21 AM

So wouldn't the genital warts put you off, sort of?

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Wesley S
Date: 10 May 07 - 11:48 AM

Getting up in the morning is risky. I'll take my chances.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 May 07 - 12:09 PM

Does it matter if you swallow? This is a real question - I would assume it would, but it would be good to know.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: gnu
Date: 10 May 07 - 03:08 PM

No... not me. Too easy. I'll leave it for someone else.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 10 May 07 - 03:49 PM

I can't think of anything funny to say. It's a bit difficult to swallow, mind you.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Peace
Date: 10 May 07 - 03:55 PM

Has anyone told Monica?

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 10 May 07 - 03:57 PM

Suck and BLOW, Bruce ??

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 10 May 07 - 04:55 PM

Reckless reporting by stupid journalists. They are talking about relative risk increase instead of absolute and don't even mention the baseline risk.

If 3 in 10,000 humans get one type of cancer and a certain lifestyle makes that 4 in 10,000 may get that type of cancer that is a relative risk increase of 25%!!!

The baseline risk (mentioned in the study) to get throat cancer is 0.013 %. The risk among the study participants admitting(?) to have had oral sex is 0.11 %. You need a headline? OK, calculate by which factor you have to multiply 0.013 to get 0.11. That's a nice big figure (relative risk increase) that may sell the paper. People enjoy to be scared.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: gnu
Date: 10 May 07 - 05:06 PM

..... Suck and BLOW, Bruce ??

"Suck Marybeth, suck! Blow is just a figure of speech." (Playboy cartoon.)

Hey, I thought it was funny.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Bill D
Date: 10 May 07 - 06:13 PM

Ith nod a pwobwem if you weah a condum on youah tung.

...anyway, beyond the silly jokes, I like to see information put out for those who might need to know...and I like that information put in PERSPECTIVE like Wolfgang's post.

(remember the Strontium 90 in cranberries scare? Turned out you'd need to eat several pounds of cranberries a day for years to the amount of Strontium 90 that affected lab rats.)

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: frogprince
Date: 10 May 07 - 07:58 PM

It was bad enough when they told us how unhealthy a nice juicy hamburger is; this is downright disheartening!

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Peace
Date: 10 May 07 - 08:03 PM

I am trying to get a picture here of how you eat hamburgers, frogprince, and it does indeed conjure an image that would be best left unwritten.

"Get back, gnu, get back from the edge of that platform NOW! The train gonna come along and suck you off!"

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: frogprince
Date: 10 May 07 - 08:13 PM

ROFLMAO, Peace. And after the first reaction, I went on to get a flashback to a co-worker at a job 30 years ago, and the way he ate oranges at lunch; it looked so much like oral sex, it was just about unbelievable.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 May 07 - 08:57 PM

That little piece of news really sucks.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 May 07 - 09:12 AM

Is it only the fella tios, or do the cunning linguists have this trouble too?

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 May 07 - 09:22 AM

What is the difference between a Juggling Troupe, and the front row of the Follies Bergeire?

Well, one is an array of cunning stunts...

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 May 07 - 01:02 PM

Hmm. Well, I wonder what Chongo will think about this?

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 11 May 07 - 01:39 PM

I think its worth the risk

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Cruz
Date: 11 May 07 - 01:39 PM

Well, this gives the news business an alltogether different meaning to reporting "HEADline" News.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 11 May 07 - 04:38 PM

Ant there was the shy girl, who always ate her bananas side on in public

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 11 May 07 - 04:41 PM

One small blow for man, one giant blow for mankind.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 11 May 07 - 08:34 PM

Thanks, Wolfgang, for providing some perspective.

I suppose if I were really worried I could put a condom on my tongue, as well as on my southern parts...

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 May 07 - 09:47 PM

Better yet, put one over your entire head...

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Greg B
Date: 11 May 07 - 09:51 PM

Just remember---

The bird of peace is the dove.

However, the bird of love is the swallow.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 11 May 07 - 10:14 PM

luckily, there is now a vaccine for this. Its becoming mandatory in some states for girls 15 and over. Perhaps the boys should get it too.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Eduard
Date: 12 May 07 - 08:35 PM

Geneviève Emery: I'm pregnant, Mother.
Madame Emery: Pregnant by Guy? This is horrible! How is it possible?
Geneviève Emery: Well, just like with everybody.
Madame Emery: Don't joke. This is serious. What are we going to do?
Geneviève Emery: What do you mean?
Madame Emery: What are we going to do with the child?
Geneviève Emery: Raise it.
Madame Emery: What are we going to say?
Geneviève Emery: To who?
Madame Emery: Our friends, our neighbors!
Geneviève Emery: We have no friends, and you never speak to the neighbors.

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 May 07 - 08:38 PM

Full Body condoms have been on sale for ages...

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Eduard
Date: 12 May 07 - 08:46 PM

But, doi they proivide adequate safety?

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 May 07 - 09:01 PM

Eduard

can you tell where that quote is from?


"But, do they proivide adequate safety? "

In Australia they are normally give to the Office Dickhead, and once worn they provide adequate safety to everyone else...

Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Eduard
Date: 12 May 07 - 09:41 PM

Sorry, I normally list them. Forgot this time.

Memorable quotes for
Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les (1964)
Film, FOR ALL THE YOUNG LOVERS OF THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD...

writer Jacques Demy

Also Known As (AKA)
Chapéus de Chuva de Cherburgo, Os         Portugal
Cherbourgin sateenvarjot         Finland
Guarda-Chuvas do Amor, Os         Brazil
Paraguas de Cherburgo, Los         Spain
Paraigües de Cherbourg, Els         Spain (Catalan title)
Parsolki z Cherbourga         Poland
Pigen med paraplyerne         Denmark
Regenschirme von Cherbourg, Die         West Germany
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg         USA

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Subject: RE: A bitter blow?
From: GUEST,Eduard
Date: 12 May 07 - 09:59 PM

"You know the worst thing about oral sex ? The view."
Maureen Lipman.

"If you're not into oral sex, keep your mouth shut
Helmet sticker.

"She was sucking so hard the sheets were going up my ass..."
Unknown

"When the surgeon came to see her on the morning after her operation, the young woman asked how long it would be before she could resume her sex life. 'I really haven't thought about it', gulped the stunned surgeon. 'You're the first patient who's asked me that after a tonsillectomy!'"
Joke