STAY HEALTHY OUT THERE:

Frequent sexual activity may reduce a man’s risk of prostate cancer, according to a study in the April 7 Journal of the American Medical Association.

Don’t take any chances, men. (More here.)

UPDATE: Doesn’t this call Ashcroft’s anti-porn crusade into question? He’s putting America’s health at risk!

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader “Mathgirl” emails:

In considering your post regarding sex and health, I have been wondering why politicians don’t pick the low-hanging fruit in their campaigns. If I were John Kerry, I would cite this new study and say, “When I am President, I will not only end John Ashcroft’s wasteful anti-porn crusade, I will use the freed-up funds to include Viagra in the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.”

Since the senior citizen’s lobby is the largest on Capitol Hill, this should be a surefire way to increase Kerry’s poll numbers, no?

I’m sure that Shrum is on top of this.