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In a 2001 follow-up to the Queens University study mentioned above, researchers focused on cardiovascular health. Their finding? That by having sex three or more times a week, men reduced their risk of heart attack or stroke by half. In reporting these results, the co-author of the study, Shah Ebrahim, Ph.D., displayed the well-loved British gift for understatement: “The relationship found between frequency of sexual intercourse and mortality is of considerable public interest.”

Men who have sex twice or more a week had a lower risk of heart attack than men who had sex less often.

In a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, British researchers examined whether sex affected the heart health of about 900 middle-aged men. They found that over 10 years, men who had sex twice or more a week had a lower risk of heart attack than men who had sex less often. The findings suggest that sex offers a cardiovascular boost – though it’s also possible that men who are already in better physical health simply have more sex.
Source:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/health/men/Benefits_of_Sex.html
03/11/09 08:58:59 PM
First Published: Aug 28, 2008 1:40 PM CDT
Title: Benefits of Sex
By CHRISTINE HARAN
Updated 7:59 AM CDT,
Mon, Oct 6, 2008