Sex & Throat Cancer

Porn graphically makes oral sex look sexy, but it also ups your risk of throat cancer.

Oropharyngeal cancer, which refers to cancers that affect the back third of the tongue, soft palate, tonsils, and sides of the throat, is most commonly caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection in the United States.

This is an exceedingly common virus—in fact, most of us are exposed to it.

Historically, h…