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Finger length predicts prostate cancer risk: study (a digit for your thoughts)
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 11/30/10 | AFP

Posted on 11/30/2010 6:00:03 PM PST by NormsRevenge

PARIS (AFP) – Men whose index fingers are longer than their ring, or fourth, fingers run a significantly lower risk of prostate cancer, according to a study published Wednesday in the British Journal of Cancer.

The chances of developing the disease drop by a third, and even more in younger men, the study found.

"Our results show that relative finger length could be used as a simple test for prostate cancer risk, particularly in men aged under 60," said Ros Eeles, a professor at the Institute of Cancer Research in Britain and co-author of the study.

Finger pattern could help identify which men should undergo regular screening, especially in combination with genetic testing or other risk factors such as a family history of the disease, she said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: academicbias; anotherstudy; cancer; finger; homosexualagenga; junkscience; napl; pravdamedia; predicts; prostatecancer; pseudoscience; quacks; risk
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To: al baby

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41 posted on 11/30/2010 10:24:59 PM PST by LayoutGuru2 (0BAMAC0RN)
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To: Slings and Arrows

How many times is this story about finger length going to get press attention? Are journalists obsessed with this issue? It keeps appearing every few months for one reason or another.

Once again, good thing I’m not a man because my index finger is longer on one hand and shorter on the other. I’m confused enough already without having to worry about that too.


43 posted on 12/01/2010 4:21:05 AM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; wagglebee

There is also a meme that finger length indicates homosexuality.

The researchers claiming this balderdash need to stick their fingers where the sun don’t shine and stop seeking grant money for dumb projects.

Body composition (along with BMI “standards”) all trace back to eugenic theory (that falsely called “caucasian” a race) and pushed somatotyping of body composition as an idicator of constitutional psychology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatotype_and_constitutional_psychology

and for those who think that the body scanners at the airports are intrusive, incoming students at Yale had to get naked to get their somatotype pictures taken up into the 1960s. Reportedly there are nude photos of Hillary Clinton, George Bush, and others although the school has claimed that they were destroyed long ago.


44 posted on 12/01/2010 6:57:40 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: TheOldLady

Life is tough when you have a prostate.


45 posted on 12/01/2010 7:54:33 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: a fool in paradise

http://tafkac.org/collegiate/ivy_league_nude_photos.html


46 posted on 12/01/2010 7:58:32 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: NormsRevenge; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon; SunkenCiv
Finger length predicts prostate cancer risk: study (a digit for your thoughts)

Phalanx a lot.

47 posted on 12/01/2010 7:58:38 AM PST by martin_fierro (Digital pun)
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To: NormsRevenge

I should be safe...........

48 posted on 12/01/2010 8:10:06 AM PST by OB1kNOb (China is the world's ant. America has become the world's grasshopper. Fear the coming winter.)
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To: martin_fierro; NormsRevenge; Charles Henrickson; SunkenCiv

All I know is when you prostrate on the examining table for a prostate exam, you’re prone to have a finger stuck up your butt....


49 posted on 12/01/2010 8:13:09 AM PST by mikrofon (The Dr gets the ring when he exits.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Here’s hoping you make it through all right. Oh wait...


50 posted on 12/01/2010 8:25:24 AM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: TheOldLady

Don’t take life too seriously - you’ll never get out of it alive.


51 posted on 12/01/2010 11:06:25 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

It’s like you’re accusing me of ever being serious.


52 posted on 12/01/2010 11:47:58 AM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: TheOldLady

Never!


53 posted on 12/01/2010 4:07:17 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: NormsRevenge

54 posted on 12/01/2010 4:12:27 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: NormsRevenge
And the lead researcher’s last name is Eeles. How perfect is that?
55 posted on 12/01/2010 4:14:49 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Slings and Arrows

;-D


56 posted on 12/01/2010 7:14:43 PM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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