that came out my last semester, spring 2003. Some kid on here made a spoof jpg (?) of a CNN/Health.com webpage with a story about how medical researchers had published a story showing that performing oral sex lowered a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.

then the story got picked up and published in non-english newspapers where they couldn't tell it was an obvious spoof.

Anybody have the jpeg or the text version of the story? I want to show some co-workers.....

11/29/2005 1:43:04 PM

that shit was awesome

he almost got sued also

it was a pretty big deal

11/29/2005 1:59:24 PM

Quote :

"(BW) -- Women who perform the act of fellatio on a regular basis, one to two times a week, may reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 40 percent, a recent study found. Doctors had never suspected a link between the act of fellatio and breast cancer, but new research being performed is starting to suggest that there could be an important link between the two. In a study of over 15,000 women suspected of having performed regular fellatio over the past ten years, the researchers found that those actually having performed the act regularly, one to two times a week, had a lower occurance of breast cancer than those who had not. There was no increased risk, however, for those who did not regularly perform. "I think it removes the last shade of doubt that fellatio is actually a healthy act," said Dr. B.J. Sooner of the Hopkins School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research. "I am surprised by these findings, but am also excited that the researchers may have discovered a relatively easy way to lower the occurance of breast cancer in women." The University researchers stressed that, though breast cancer is relatively uncommon, any steps taken to reduce the risk would be a wise decision. "Only with regular performance will your chances be reduced, so I encourage all women out there to make fellatio an important part of their daily routine," said Dr. Inserta Shafteer, one of the researchers. "Since the emergence of the research, I try to fellate at least once every other night to reduce my chances." The study is reported in Friday's Journal of Medical Research. In 1991, 43,582 women died of breast cancer, as reported by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Len Lictepeen, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Group, said women should not overlook or "play down" these findings. "This will hopefully change women's practice and patterns, resulting in a severe drop in the future number of cases," Lictepeen said. Sooner said the research shows no increase in the risk of breast cancer in those who are, for whatever reason, not able to fellate regularly. "There's definitely fertile ground for more research. Many have stepped forward to volunteer for related research now in the planning stages," he said. Almost every woman is, at some point, going to perform the act of fellatio, but it is the frequency at which this event occurs that makes the difference, say researchers. The reasearch consisted of two groups, 6,246 women ages 25 to 45 who had performed fellatio on a regular basis over the past five to ten years, and 9,728 women who had not. The group of women who had performed fellatio had a breast cancer rate of 1.9 percent and the group who had not had a breast cancer rate of 10.4 percent. "The findings do suggest that there are other causes for breast cancer besides the absence of regular fellatio," Shafteer said. "It's a cause, not THE cause." "The material located at this site is not endorsed, sponsored or provided by or on behalf of North Carolina State University." "

i'm sure if you did a better search than i did you could come across a mirror of the original site

11/29/2005 3:10:13 PM

http://www.billstevenson.org/news/gulp.pdf

So you can print it and give it to your significant other...

11/29/2005 3:40:45 PM

^ and ^^ thanks; it still cracks me up

11/29/2005 3:57:27 PM

I'm sure you're probably aware, but I saw DL Hughely either in his standup act or on his tv show on comedy central quoting and reading from this article...

11/29/2005 4:05:09 PM

^^^^ and ^^^ are slightly different...no mention of B. J. Sooner in that pdf.

11/29/2005 4:33:46 PM

people changed the article to make it look "more real" i guess

www4.ncsu.edu/~brwilli2/dlstudy.wmv

11/29/2005 4:45:47 PM

i remember all of this...

11/29/2005 4:47:34 PM

I lived through all of this...

I had exams the week that shit went down too.

11/29/2005 4:48:30 PM

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~brwilli2/dlstudy.wmv

11/29/2005 6:31:03 PM

^ yep, Im retarded

11/29/2005 9:22:13 PM

I saw a movie and sat between Muzition00 and FroshKiller and it was the best movie ever.

11/30/2005 9:28:50 AM

HAAAAHAHAHAHA!

^ Because of the movie or the people

11/30/2005 4:24:03 PM