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Hot Pepper Kills Prostate Cancer
brian0918 writes "U.S. and Japanese researchers have announced results of a study showing that capsaicin, the chemical that makes peppers hot, can cause prostate cancer cells to kill themselves. 'Capsaicin led 80 percent of human prostate cancer cells growing in mice to commit suicide in a process known as apoptosis, the researchers said.' This led to tumors one fifth the size of those in untreated mice."
In other news, cause for Mexican-food flatulence not determined yet.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the idea of Habanero suppositories just does not sit well with me...
(I can hear Johnny Cash singing "Ring of Fire"...)
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Sometimes the stuff in those peppers (on their way out...) makes me want to commit suicide!
My wife *loves* super hot foods, so if this is true, she'll never get prostate cancer!
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Well, sure, we can...but trust me, you're probably going to prefer the mouth to the urethra, when it comes to capsaicin treatments.
You can also masturbate for prostate health! Just make sure you do that before handling hot peppers. Trust me on that one.
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how much the Slashdot userbase is aging. Now where are my glasses? I can't find my Viagra without them.
"Trust me"? And you know this because...?
Having to choose between prostate cancer and jalapeño suppositories is definite proof that God exists and that he has a very sick sense of humor.
If a pepper-spray enema is the cure for prostate cancer, I'll swap you your haemmorhoids...
Loving spicy foods pays off! Finally, my wife will have to stop complaining when I aromitize the bedroom in the middle of the night.
"But honey, it's part of my health management program!"
Woman screaming in the middle of the night
Why?
Because cunnilingus is not so fun when the tongue hitting your clit is still swathed in hot sauce that is 100x hotter than anything you can buy at Safeway.
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You make me want to eat a habanero.
You're supposed to start with ginger and work your way up. Dammit, man, you've never heard of foreplay?
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
You're supposed to start with ginger and work your way up. Dammit, man, you've never heard of foreplay?
Ginger first, THEN Mary Ann!
This is typical for how scientists try to make the best out of bad experimental results. Yes, it's true that 80% of the cancer cells committed suicide, but that's because 80% of the mice themselves committed suicide when the capsaicin was "applied" to their prostates. You would, too.
Some of the mice hung themselves, while some others shot themselves; the scientists still haven't figured out where they got the ropes and guns, which only underlines how painful the treatment is.