I should be safe...........
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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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.
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.
Life is tough when you have a prostate.
Phalanx a lot.
I should be safe...........
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....
Here’s hoping you make it through all right. Oh wait...
Don’t take life too seriously - you’ll never get out of it alive.
It’s like you’re accusing me of ever being serious.
Never!
;-D
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