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So, let's say you've just come from another marathon session of arm-wrestling the cyclops to the latest Vivid Video contract girl du jour. Waste of time, right?

Maybe, except that you may have just reduced your risk for prostate cancer.

Researchers in Australia have found that carcinogens can build up in the prostate if men do not, er, come to fruition on a regular basis. And not to knock your game, player, but sex doesn't necessarily count, what with those pesky STDs upping the cancer risk.

The study found that men who yanked it the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get cancer. (So that dry spell with the ladies you had right after college might finally pay off.) Plus, men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer. (And 100 percent more likely to be unemployed and/or girlfriend-less.)

Without getting into the, um, sticky details, the researchers determined that regular "flushing out" can remove carcinogens like 3-methylchloranthrene, which are harbored in the prostate.

(The team came to these findings by testing on animals, apparently. What a great use of nine years of med school.)

Unfortunately, science has yet to measure the correlation between heart attacks and your mom walking in on you with your pants down.