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Urban Legends and Folklore
Ogling Breasts Makes Men Live
Longer?
From the online rumor mill comes
a bit of news some will find too
good to be true, and others will
find too stupid to be true. Odds
are, gender will be the deciding
factor.
This is not a joke. It came from
the New England Journal of Medicine.
Great news for girl watchers: Ogling over women's breasts is
good for a man's health and can add years to his life, medical
experts have discovered.
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, "Just 10
minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female is
roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out" declared
gerontologist Dr. Karen Weatherby.
Dr. Weatherby and fellow researchers at three hospitals in
Frankfurt, Germany, reached the startling conclusion after
comparing the health of 200 male outpatients - half of whom were
instructed to look at busty females daily, the other half told
to refrain from doing so.
The study revealed that after five years, the chest-watchers had
lower blood pressure, slower resting pulse rates and fewer
instances of coronary artery disease.
"Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood
circulation," explains Dr. Weatherby. "There's no question:
Gazing at breasts makes men healthier."
"Our study indicates that engaging in this activity a few
minutes daily cuts the risk of stroke and heart attack in half.
We believe that by doing so consistently, the average man can
extend his life four to five years."
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Critics say, don't bet on it. No
such study was published in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
And that a search of the
thousands of international
medical journal articles
contained in the Medline
database turned up zero items on
this topic and zero items
authored by "Dr. Karen Weatherby,"
who presumably does not even
exist.
If the story seems to smack of
tabloid journalism. It goes
without saying — I hope — that
it's unwise to take medical
advice from tabloids. Males who
wish to increase their life
spans should consider practicing
common sense as an alternative —
it's more likely to achieve the
desired result than any amount
of breast ogling.
Admittedly, I don't have a
medical study to back that up.
Volunteers?
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