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To: Cicero
"She died of ovarian cancer. Maybe it was ljust bad luck. Maybe it was STDs, picked up from her Margaret Mead type lifestyle. If you have multiple sexual partners with people who also have multiple sexual partners, it’s liable to have bad health consequences as well as moral consequences."

Yep. Most likely viruses carried to her ovaries by the 'issue' of her partners.

Cervical cancer is of the same origin and prostate cancer is probably a disease of promiscuity as well.

Increasing promiscuity would explain the increased rate for all of these cancers.

52 posted on 11/22/2008 5:11:49 PM PST by GourmetDan
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To: GourmetDan

“Cervical cancer is of the same origin and prostate cancer is probably a disease of promiscuity as well. “

You are saying 70-80% of men are promiscuous? You have your head firmly planted where the sun doesn’t shine. I am a prostate cancer survivor and I guarantee I am not promiscuous. And neither are the majority of men.

Speak not of what you know not!


71 posted on 11/22/2008 6:18:30 PM PST by dbacks (God help the USA.)
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To: GourmetDan

“Yep. Most likely viruses carried to her ovaries by the ‘issue’ of her partners.”

I don’t know where you are getting your medical information, but promiscuity is not a risk factor for ovarian cancer. Cervical cancer is caused by a virus that is transmitted sexually, but ovarian cancer has independent risk factors.

Age is the biggest, with most cases occurring in women who have reached menopause. Fertility drugs also seem to be a risk factor. Girls who develop early, and postpone childbearing until after 30 are at increased risk (it appears to be related to the number of complete menstrual cycles) and around 10% can be traced to a gene mutation.

Ms. Dunham may or may not have been promiscuous (I have no way to know this) but it is highly unlikely that her sexual activities were the cause of her ovarian cancer.


74 posted on 11/22/2008 6:29:08 PM PST by ga medic
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