Regular orgasms can reduce the risk of prostate cancer, a study has found.
Men who ejaculate more regularly throughout their lives lower their risk of the disease.
The researchers, from Harvard Medical School, did not explain why orgasms could lower prostate cancer risk.
However it has previously been theorised that regular orgasms may flush out cancer-causing chemicals in the prostate.
Another theory is that if sperm is regularly cleaned out to allow new cells to develop, it helps stop the build-up of old cells that might be more likely to turn cancerous.
The prostate is a small satsuma-sized gland located between a man’s penis and his bladder, whose main function is to produce a thick white fluid that is mixed with the sperm produced by the testicles, to create semen.
The new study is the largest to date on the frequency of ejaculation and and prostate cancer.
The researchers found that men in the 40-49 age bracket who ejaculate 21 or more times a month reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 22 per cent.
This was compared to men who ejaculate four to seven times a month
While the researchers said they were unclear as to why ejaculation lowers the chances of prostate cancer, they called the results ‘particularly encouraging.’
The study followed almost 32,000 healthy men for 18 years, 3,839 of whom later were diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Men were asked about their average monthly frequency of ejaculation between the ages of 20 to 29, 40 to 49, and in 1991, the year prior to the questionnaire.
They found that the more frequently a man ejaculated throughout his life, the lower his risk of prostate cancer at all three of these points in time.
This was the case even when they adjusted their results to take factors such as diet, lifestyle and a history of prostate cancer screening into account.
Dr Jennifer Rider, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said the results are ‘particularly encouraging’ but should be interpreted with caution.
She said: ‘While these data are the most compelling to date on the potential benefit of ejaculation on prostate cancer development, they are observational data and should be interpreted somewhat cautiously.
‘At the same time, given the lack of modifiable risk factors for prostate cancer, the results of this study are particularly encouraging.’
She added more research should be carried out into the specific changes in the prostate caused by ejaculation, to understand how it reduces the risk of prostate cancer.
The research was presented at the American Urological Society annual meeting in New Orleans in May.
More than 1.1 million cases of prostate cancer were recorded in 2012, accounting for around 8 per cent of all new cancer cases and 15 per cent in men, according to figures from the World Cancer Research Fund International.
The causes of prostate cancer are largely unknown, but the chances of developing the disease increase as a man gets older.
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The researchers, from Harvard Medical School, did not explain why orgasms could lower prostate cancer risk.
However it has previously been theorised that regular orgasms may flush out cancer-causing chemicals in the prostate.
Another theory is that if sperm is regularly cleaned out to allow new cells to develop, it helps stop the build-up of old cells that might be more likely to turn cancerous.
The prostate is a small satsuma-sized gland located between a man’s penis and his bladder, whose main function is to produce a thick white fluid that is mixed with the sperm produced by the testicles, to create semen.
The new study is the largest to date on the frequency of ejaculation and and prostate cancer.
The researchers found that men in the 40-49 age bracket who ejaculate 21 or more times a month reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 22 per cent.
This was compared to men who ejaculate four to seven times a month
While the researchers said they were unclear as to why ejaculation lowers the chances of prostate cancer, they called the results ‘particularly encouraging.’
The study followed almost 32,000 healthy men for 18 years, 3,839 of whom later were diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Men were asked about their average monthly frequency of ejaculation between the ages of 20 to 29, 40 to 49, and in 1991, the year prior to the questionnaire.
They found that the more frequently a man ejaculated throughout his life, the lower his risk of prostate cancer at all three of these points in time.
This was the case even when they adjusted their results to take factors such as diet, lifestyle and a history of prostate cancer screening into account.
Dr Jennifer Rider, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said the results are ‘particularly encouraging’ but should be interpreted with caution.
She said: ‘While these data are the most compelling to date on the potential benefit of ejaculation on prostate cancer development, they are observational data and should be interpreted somewhat cautiously.
‘At the same time, given the lack of modifiable risk factors for prostate cancer, the results of this study are particularly encouraging.’
She added more research should be carried out into the specific changes in the prostate caused by ejaculation, to understand how it reduces the risk of prostate cancer.
The research was presented at the American Urological Society annual meeting in New Orleans in May.
More than 1.1 million cases of prostate cancer were recorded in 2012, accounting for around 8 per cent of all new cancer cases and 15 per cent in men, according to figures from the World Cancer Research Fund International.
The causes of prostate cancer are largely unknown, but the chances of developing the disease increase as a man gets older.
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MISS Tanzania 2006/07 ambaye ni staa wa sinema za Kibongo, Wema Isaac Sepetu ‘Beautiful Onyinye’, amevunja ukimya kwa kuamua kuanika kisa cha yeye kummwaga aliyekuwa mwandani wake, nyota wa Bongo Fleva, Nasibu Abdul ‘Diamond Platnumz’.
Miss Tanzania 2006/07 ambaye ni staa wa sinema za Kibongo, Wema Isaac Sepetu ‘Beautiful Onyinye’ akipozi..
Akizungumza na Amani katika mahojiano maalum jijini Dar, juzikati, Wema alianza kwa kufunguka kwamba, kuna watu wamekuwa wakizungumzia ishu ya yeye kumtema Diamond huku kisa wakiwa hawakijui na wengine wamehamishia sababu kwa nyota wa Uganda, Zarinah Hassan ‘Zari’, jambo ambalo si kweli.
Wema alimwaga ‘ubuyu’ kwamba, yeye ameamua kumpa likizo ndefu Diamond ili kila mmoja aweze kufanya mambo yake ya maana kwa uhuru mkubwa hasa baada ya jamaa huyo kunukuliwa na magazeti pendwa akisema hana mpango wa kuoa jambo ambalo lilimkatisha tamaa na kumwacha njia panda.
SAFARI YAKE CHINA NAYO TATIZO
Kuhusu suala la kusema amempa likizo ndefu ili kila mtu afanye mambo yake,
Wema alirejea safari yake ya China hivi karibuni ambapo Diamond hakutaka asafiri ila akalazimisha. Hapo aliona anatakiwa kuwa huru zaidi.
Wema Isaac Sepetu akipozi kimahaba na 'Diamond Platinumz'.
MWISHO WA LIKIZO
Wema alipotakiwa kutaja mwisho wa likizo hiyo endapo ni ya siku 28 kama ilivyo
kwa sheria ya kazi ya Tanzania, aligoma kusema chochote huku akisisitiza amempa likizo Diamond.
AMZUNGUMZIA ZARI
Staa huyo asiyekaukiwa na matukio, alikwenda mbele zaidi kwa kumzungumzia Zari ambapo alisema kuna wanaodai mwanamuziki huyo tajiri yuko kimapenzi na Diamond, lakini yeye haoni ukweli wowote kwani anajua wawili hao wana ‘projekti’ ambayo ni mawazo ya muda mrefu.
BOFYA HAPA KUMSIKIA WEMA
“Kwanza naomba watu wajue kuwa, projekti ya Diamond na Zari ninaijua na bahati nzuri Zari ni shoga‘ngu tangu kitambo hivyo yote yanayofanyika mimi nayatambua hatua kwa hatua pamoja na kwamba sijaongea na Diamond siku nyingi,” alisema Wema.
DIAMOND AULIZWA KAMA ANAITAMBUA LIKIZO NDEFU
Baada ya mazungumzo na Wema, mwanahabari wetu alimtafuta Diamond kwa lengo la kutaka kumfahamisha kama anafahamu kwamba amepewa likizo ndefu.
“Dah! Nashindwa niseme nini hapo! Lakini ujue maisha kila mfa maji siku zote haishi kutapatapa, kiukweli mimi hapo naona Wema anatoa majibu ya kisiasa tu.
“Nashindwa kujibu kila linalosemwa na watu ila kuna kipindi mtu hutakiwi kujibu kila kitu. Kuna mambo mengine yanatakiwa uyaache yapite tu.
“Mimi nimeachwa na Wema, Zari ni rafiki yangu tu, acheni projekti iendelee,” alisema Diamond huku akichekacheka kwa ishara ya furaha akijiandaa kuachia ngoma kali mpya iitwayo ‘Nitampata Wapi’ leo.
KWENYE WHATSAPP
Wakati Diamond akisema hayo, baadaye kwenye maelezo yake mafupi (profile) ya WhatsApp aliweka picha ya Zari huku akiambatanisha na maneno yaliyosomeka:
“Unapokosa usisikitike, Mwenyezi Mungu kakuandalia kizuri zaidi.”
Wema na Diamond wamekuwa na kasumba ya kuachana na kurudiana hivyo kuna kila dalili wawili hao wakarudiana tena.
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The Ugandan beauty queen pulled all the right moves and before long she and Idris locked lips in a tender kiss. Watch their affectionate moment again:
What did you think of the kiss between the pair?
Were they just feeling vulnerable after hearing what Biggie had to tell them or is it pent-up passion that they finally decided to express? Here’s what you had to say:
Oliver Ilic, 22, from Macedonia, called for help after he was unable to stop the bleeding after he cut off his penis
A man in Macedonia blamed his small penis for his girlfriend breaking up with him and decided to chop it off with a razor.
But after cutting off his organ and throwing it in a bin, 22-year-old Oliver Ilic, was unable to stop the bleeding.
He called emergency services and was taken to a hospital in Kocani, Macedonia, where he told medics he had decided to cut it off because it was no use.
He explained his girlfriend had ended their relationship after telling him he was not good in bed.
Police searched his house and found the severed penis in a bin along with the razor blade he had used.
Local doctors were unable to reattach the organ and Mr Ilac was taken to another hospital in capital Skopje – where surgeons successfully reattached it in a five-hour operation.
But it is too early to know if Mr Ilac’s penis will function properly again.
Another Macedonian man recently chopped off his own penis.
But unlike Mr Ilic, the man flushed it away in the toilet so it was not able to be reattached.
The man, whose name was given as Ete Samuel, was a resident of 14, Ekpo Abasi Lane in Calabar South, while his sex partner, Miss Peace Idorenyin is a resident of 16, Target Street, close to the Calabar Zoo,
The two chose the cheap “short time spot” located at Atu Street for early evening sex session before the incident happened.
A source who witnessed the incident said he was called at about 5 p.m. by the owner of the short time spot to come and help him as he had a “situation which he alone could not handle. So as a good friend I had to get there fast.
“When I got there, I went into the room and saw a young man on the floor with foam coming out of his mouth and I called the police who came and took the corpse to the mortuary and the lady to Atakpa Police Station”.
“I did not kill him as many men have slept with me and they did not die and this was not the first time Ete Samuel was doing it with me.”
According to her, she could have “escaped but since I know I am not the cause of his death, I had to wear him his trousers before calling people to help me.”
She said she noticed that the man was shaking and she thought the man was about reaching orgasm “but when he did not make any move of coming down from my body after some time I pushed him and saw that he was foaming in his mouth.”
Sporting everything from Armani Prive to Dior, the singer stuns in the December issue of the magazine, showing off her amazing physique and killer fashion sense.
But it's the accompanying Q&A with the outspoken 26-year-old that really caught our attention.
While her answers to the rapid-fire 1:1 are short, they're also pretty telling. Here are a few of our faves:
ELLE: What’s your mantra?
Rihanna: “F**k bitches, get money!”
ELLE: Your worst fear?
Rihanna: Childbirth!
ELLE: The best hangover cure?
Rihanna: Ice, Chinese food! And an upside-down trash can and towels, preferably next to the toilet.
ELLE: If you weren’t a singer, what would you be?
Rihanna: A wife.
ELLE: What’s on your Christmas list?
Rihanna: A big, trimmed ****!!
We'll let you try and decipher which four-letter expletive she actually said there ...
The full interview hits newsstands November 18.
For now, check out Rihanna's epic Ninja Turtles look for Halloween below -- plus, all our favorite costumes from 2014!
A scandalous story by a certain blog has gone viral. The post is about Wahu and Nameless’ alleged end to their marriage.
The blogger revealed to his readers that Nameless and Wahu’s marriage is on the rocks and the two would be getting a divorce.
It is said that the reason for their so-called divorce is that Wahu cheated and had a child with another man.
He also went in to salaciously inform his readers that Nameless had gone to have a paternity test and to his shock and dismay the child was not his.
I have to admit, this article sounded a bit too fictional and it was time to call up Kenya’s beloved couple to get the details on this alleged divorce.
Nameless rubbished the divorce and infidelity rumour but what really drove him up the wall was that the blogger dragged his child into this mess.
Nameless said “I think it is unfair for the blog to make up such a story and drag our children into it .Even if it’s about getting hits dragging children into this is insensitive. In conclusion, Wahu and I are not divorcing as said in the blog.
Wahu could not be reached for a comment.
The blogger revealed to his readers that Nameless and Wahu’s marriage is on the rocks and the two would be getting a divorce.
It is said that the reason for their so-called divorce is that Wahu cheated and had a child with another man.
He also went in to salaciously inform his readers that Nameless had gone to have a paternity test and to his shock and dismay the child was not his.
Nameless rubbished the divorce and infidelity rumour but what really drove him up the wall was that the blogger dragged his child into this mess.
Nameless said “I think it is unfair for the blog to make up such a story and drag our children into it .Even if it’s about getting hits dragging children into this is insensitive. In conclusion, Wahu and I are not divorcing as said in the blog.
Wahu could not be reached for a comment.
Kim Kardashian shot the instantly iconic ass photo because it's her last stand before getting pregnant again ...
We know Kim is telling close friends and family she's about to get pregnant again, and wants to show off her body before the weight gain. She's proud she dumped the weight after North was born and wants to show her tight figure off.
As for Kanye ... we're told he's the opposite of jealous. He loves her public displays.
Our sources say there were a number of pics the photog took and they will be released soon. The photog -- Jean-Paul Goude, is famous for shooting nude celebs, including Naomi Campbell.
The Kim pic is actually a recreation of the famous champagne photograph that Goude shot in 1976. The model is Carolina Beaumont.
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THIS SO DANGER, A YOUNG LADY CAUGHT UNCONSCIOUS IN THE THE CAR AFTER OBSERVATION WE REVEALED THAT ITS BECAUSE OF DO ME I DO YOU FOR REAL THIS SO #MAJANGA GUY
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1. She Checking Out Your Hands And Nails.
This probably happens before you disrobe, but this is the moment of truth—and your mitts are about to be all over her. Of course she’s scanning them again. Are they clean? “Many women think a guy’s hands are se*xy. We imagine them all over our bodies and that can be a turn-on or a turn-off depending on how they look.
2. She’s Looking At Your Underwear Type.
She likes certain kinds of undergarments on her guy, just as you do on your gal. “Some of us like briefs, some boxers, and some boxer-briefs, but usually we like a particular type.
3. She’s Wishing The Lights Were Brighter
To help both of you be more comfortable, try candlelight, a dimmer, or the old scarf-around-the-lampshade trick. No one feels confident and sex*y in bright light. You want to be able to check each other out, too, so total darkness isn’t the way to go either.
4. She Is Looking At Your Erection.
She wants to know she turns you on. “If you don’t have one, the first thing she’ll think is that it’s her fault
5. She Is wondering Whether Your Asking Her For Se*x
The most important body part in bed is his mouth. She’s wondering whether you want to ask and talk about her fantasies, or what she likes and how she feels. The more women feel engaged and desired, the more they become aroused.
Building three "Great Walls" across Tornado Alley in the US could eliminate the disasters, a physicist says.
They would cost $16bn (£9.6bn) to build but save billions of dollars of damage each year, said Prof Rongjia Tao, of Temple University, Philadelphia.
He unveiled his idea at the American Physical Society meeting in Denver.
However critics say the idea is unworkable, and would create more problems than it solves.
Threat over 'forever'
Every year hundreds of twisters tear through communities in the great north-south corridor between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountain ranges.
The proposed walls would not shelter towns - they would not be strong enough to block a tornado in motion.
Instead, they would soften the clashing streams of hot southern and cold northern air, which form twisters in the first place, Prof Tao said."If we build three east-west great walls, one in North Dakota, one along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma, and the third in the south in Texas and Louisiana, we will diminish the threats in Tornado Alley forever," he said.
As evidence, he points to China - where only three tornadoes were recorded last year, compared to 803 in the US.
China too has flat plain valleys running north-south, but the difference is they are broken up by east-west hill ranges.
Although only a few hundred metres high, they are enough to take the sting out of air currents before they clash, Prof Tao believes.
Hotspot Back in the US, he notes that the flat farmlands of Illinois experience wildly varying risks of twisters.
"Washington County is a tornado hotspot. But just 60 miles (100km) away is Gallatin County, where there is almost no risk," he told BBC News.
"Why? Just look at the map - at Gallatin you have the Shawnee Hills."
These act like a barrier 200-250m (820ft) high, protecting Gallatin, he says.
"We may not have east-west mountain ranges - like the Alps in Europe - we can build walls."
"We've already been doing computer simulations and next we aim to build physical models for testing [in wind tunnels]."
Rather than create an eyesore, the walls could be "attractively" designed, says Prof Tao.
He cites the Comcast skyscraper in Philadelphia - also about 300m high, and built with a reinforced glass exterior.
"Our tornado wall could even be built of glass too. It could be a beautiful landmark," he told BBC News.
"I spoke to some architects and they said it's possible. It would take a few years to finish the walls but we could build them in stages."
Prof Tao has yet to approach government or environmental agencies with his scheme, but the reaction from meteorologists has been highly sceptical.
Harold Brooks, of the National Severe Storms Laboratory, said the great walls "simply wouldn't work".
Facebook's purchase of mobile messaging service WhatsApp has been opposed by privacy groups.
Mark Zuckerberg's firm is planning to buy the company for around £11bn.Opponents want US regulators to stop the deal until Facebook provides more information on what it plans to do with the personal data of WhatsApp's users.
But Facebook said it will operate as a separate company and honour existing privacy arrangements, which include not collecting user data for advertising.
"WhatsApp built a user-base based on its commitment not to collect user data for advertising revenue," read a complaint filed with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It was drawn up by two non-profit groups, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy.
They added: "Users provided detailed personal information to the company including private text to close friends. Facebook routinely makes use of user information for advertising purposes and has made clear that it intends to incorporate the data of WhatsApp users into the user profiling business model.
"The proposed acquisition will therefore violate WhatsApp users' understanding of their exposure to online advertising and constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice, subject to investigation by the Federal Trade Commission."
And the groups, which work on research and consumer protection online, asked the regulators to investigate the deal "specifically with regard to the ability of Facebook to access WhatsApp's store of user mobile phone numbers and metadata".
'Insulate'
Facebook, the world's top social network with 1.2 billion users, generates the majority of its revenue by showing ads that target users by age, gender and other traits.
"As we have said repeatedly, WhatsApp will operate as a separate company and will honour its commitments to privacy and security," Facebook said in a statement seen by Reuters.
Facebook announced its intention to buy WhatsApp, which has 450 million users who are able to send instant messages and other media over mobile, with cash and stock.
There is no charge for individual messages, which are sent using wi-fi or data connections, making it cheaper than SMS messaging in many cases. Other users pay around £0.60 per year subscription.
Referring to the business model, Jan Koum wrote on the WhatsApp website: "When people ask us why we charge for WhatsApp, we say, 'Have you considered the alternative?'"
Despite assurances by WhatsApp and Facebook that the privacy policies will not change, the groups noted that Mark Zuckerberg's social networking company has in the past amended an acquired-company's privacy policies.
Notably, it did so with the Instagram photo-sharing service that it bought in 2012.
Regulators must require that Facebook "insulate" WhatsApp user information from access by Facebook's data collection practices, read the complaint, which was dated 6 March 2014.
"WhatsApp users could not reasonably have anticipated that by selecting a pro-privacy messaging service, they would subject their data to Facebook's data collection practices," read the filing.
The FTC will decide whether the acquisition can go ahead and, if so, whether or not conditions should be imposed.
Margaret Atwood, Donna Tartt and Booker winner Eleanor Catton are among the novelists longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
The 2014 nominees include four British writers and seven US authors, as well as novelists from countries including Ireland, Canada and Nigeria.
Judge Helen Fraser called the 20-strong longlist "intensely readable, gripping, intelligent and surprising".
"The judges feel that this is a fantastic selection of books of the highest quality... that you would want to press on your friends, and the judges have been doing just that," said Fraser.
The judging panel, chaired by Fraser, includes Professor Mary Beard, newsreader Sophie Raworth and columnist and author Caitlin Moran.
Tartt's The Goldfinch is her third novel. The American author won international fame with her 1992 debut The Secret History.
Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood is longlisted for her fourteenth book, Maddaddam, while New Zealand-born Catton's second novel The Luminaries won the Booker prize in October 2013.
The list also includes two previous Orange Prize winners: Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, shortlisted for Americanah and US author Suzanne Berne, for The Dogs of Littlefield.
Fatima Bhutto, niece of the late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is longlisted for her debut novel The Shadow Of The Crescent Moon.
Also in the running is The Strangler Vine, the debut novel from MJ Carter, who has previously written biographies under the pseudonym Miranda Carter.
Other debuts on the longlist include Lea Carpenter's Eleven Days, Hannah Kent's Burial Rites, Audrey Magee's The Undertaking and Eimear McBride's A Girl is A Half-Formed Thing.
Last year saw US author AM Homes beat the double Booker-winning author Hilary Mantel to the prize with her satire May We Be Forgiven.
Homes became the fifth American writer in a row to win the £30,000 annual prize. The last British author to win was Rose Tremain, for The Road Home, in 2008.
Liqueur company Baileys took over sponsorship of the award last year. The prize was founded in 1996, and was sponsored by communications company Orange until 2012.
The shortlist will be announced on 7 April, and the winner revealed at London's Royal Festival Hall on 4 June.
And these days, businesses need every weapon at their disposal, as bedroom hackers give way to organised criminal gangs.
This week, US retail giant Target Corporation, which suffered a massive theft of customer data last year, offloaded its chief information officer, Beth Jacob, as part of a major overhaul of its security practices.
Stolen details of about 360 million customer accounts are now available on cyber black markets, according to security firms.
External data leaks affected more than 160 million people in 2012, according to KPMG's Data Loss Barometer, a rise of 40% on the year before.
And hacking accounted for 67% of the data loss by number of incidents.
Small needle, big haystack
"Big data is about pushing the needle out of the haystack irrespective of how big the haystack has become or how small the needle is," said Gordon Harrison, an industry consultant at data analytics specialist SAS.
Haiyan Song, vice-president of security at big data analysis firm Splunk, said analysing reams of data to spot security breaches had become essential because of the changing tactics of the criminals.
Hi-tech thieves have changed their tactics because security companies have got so good at spotting malware. Instead, the bad guys are relying on more subtle tactics and strive to slip inside a company unnoticed.
Big data analysis tools could help pick them out of the crowds of data, said Ms Song.
The 22-year-old from Lincoln and her guide Caroline Powell - who are making their Games debut - clocked one minute 34.28 seconds at Rosa Khutor.
They finished 2.73 seconds behind Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova and her guide Natalia Subrtova.
Britain's other competitor, Kelly Gallagher, finished in sixth place.
There was drama at the end of the race when Etherington crashed into the hoardings after she crossed the line but after a few anxious moments she got back onto her feet.
"I am delighted with the silver medal, I don't think it's sunk in yet," she told BBC Sport.
"We knew going down that it was a solid run, despite my little jump and crash at the end, but that's all fine and I'm really happy to get down and glad to have that confidence boost for the next four races."
It is Britain's first Winter Paralympic medal since the wheelchair curlers won silver at the Turin Games in 2006 and a first skiing medal since 1994.
Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday).
It had been expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT). The plane went off the radar south of Vietnam, according to a statement on the Vietnamese government website. Its last known location was off the country's Ca Mau peninsular although the exact position was not clear, it said.
Malaysia Airlines said it was "currently working with the authorities who have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft".
The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers, including two children, and 12 crew members.
In a brief press conference on Saturday, Malaysia Airlines chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the company was still working to establish the location of the plane.
He said the company was "deeply saddened" at the situation and that it would provide regular updates.
Both teams have four points in this year's Six Nations and meet again at Twickenham in World Cup Pool A in 2015.
"We play Wales twice before the World Cup and Wales play Australia [who are also in Pool A] - psychologically there will be things there," Lancaster said.
"It's a big game and we need to make sure we deliver on the field."
England have lost their last three internationals against Wales, who clinched last year's Six Nations title with their highest winning margin against England, a 30-3 triumph at Cardiff.
With two matches remaining in this year's tournament, Ireland and France also have four points, with the Irish team top of the table on points difference.
Lancaster's team recovered from a last-gasp opening 26-24 defeat in France to defeat Scotland 20-0 and Ireland 13-10 and are seeking their first Triple Crown since 2003.
Victory against Wales would also put them in position to win the Six Nations for the first time since 2011, with a visit to Italy in their final match the more favourable of the final fixtures amongst the leading teams. "You use every defeat as motivation on how to improve. We lost to New Zealand in the autumn and that was difficult to take, as was losing to France last month," Lancaster said.
"But we've bounced back from those games and learned, liked we learned from Wales last year. We've moved on since then.
"We respect Wales as opponents, the quality and experience they have and how well they are set up. It will be a tough game, but we're ready.
"All the talking is fine, it's the team that delivers on the day that matters."
The GB team were led by 15-year-old visually impaired skier Millie Knight.
"I call upon all those who experience these Games to have barrier-free minds," said International Paralympic Committee president Sir Philip Craven.
"Dreams do come true and, since winning the Games seven years ago, this part of Russia has undergone a monumental transformation.
The Ukraine team only confirmed on Friday morning they would take part in the Games after fears they would boycott the event following Russia's occupation of Crimea.
Ukraine Paralympic Committee president Valeriy Suskevich warned that any escalation of military conflict would result in the team leaving Sochi.
The Ukraine team were only represented in the athletes' parade by their flag-bearer Mykailo Tkachenko, with a number of his team-mates opting not to take part though they were elsewhere in the stadium.
The scenes of the ceremony were linked by the journey of the firebird, a mythical bird from Russian folklore said to be a symbol of wealth and happiness.
Featured performances came from 25-year-old Yulia Samoylova, the runner-up in the Russian version of the X Factor, Faktor A, who has been in a wheelchair since childhood, and blind accordionist Alexey Levchuk.
The show culminated in a huge ice scene, featuring an Icebreaker ship crashing easily through blocks of ice, before a spectacular lighting of the flame.
Sir Philip added: "If London 2012 has its Games Makers, then you the Sochi 2014 athletes, volunteers, officials and staff will be the Change Makers."
The British flag was carried by 15-year-old Mille Knight, making her Paralympic debut as the youngest member of the team, who said of the experience as: "That was the best moment of my life!
"The feeling of coming out of the tunnel is impossible to put into words. When they called out Great Britain, it made the moment real for me.
"Up until that moment, it hadn't sunk in that I was going to lead out my country onto such a huge stage, but tonight has just been amazing. I am so proud to have had this honour - only a few people can say they were a flagbearer and I'm so excited that I'm one of them.
"All my friends and family were watching at home and I just want to thank them for their support over the years."
Action starts on Saturday and runs until Sunday 16 March and the Games will feature 547 athletes from a record 45 countries, with 72 gold medals up for grabs across the five sports - biathlon, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.
The event is taking place less than two weeks since the Sochi Winter Olympics closed.
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