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Post by jonjel on Dec 1, 2010 15:16:56 GMT 1
Well well well.
I have just seen an item on the news and apparently if your index finger is longer than your ring finger you have a 30% less chance than average of getting prostrate cancer. Or was it the other way around?.......
Assuming you are a man of course. I understand women did not form part of the control group...
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Post by eamonnshute on Dec 1, 2010 15:30:54 GMT 1
And it has to be the right hand.....
Since the effect is not particularly large (and not very surprising), I don't see much use for this finding. You certainly couldn't justify basing medical action on it.
Good news for me though, my index finger is longer than my ring finger.
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Post by jonjel on Dec 1, 2010 15:43:41 GMT 1
Eamonnshute.
Go to your doctor immediately....
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Post by eamonnshute on Dec 1, 2010 15:53:52 GMT 1
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Post by carnyx on Dec 1, 2010 17:15:24 GMT 1
Yep; it's a sign of either Prostate or Heart trouble, both, or neither. And if you can't remember, it's Alzheimers for sure.
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Post by alanseago on Dec 2, 2010 15:15:17 GMT 1
I had 'the finger' last September. My wife was astounded that a 'lady' doctor would stuff her finger up my rectum. Don't know what these virgins made so much fuss about!
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Post by speakertoanimals on Dec 2, 2010 17:01:50 GMT 1
Finger lengths are intriguing, in that they are easy to measure, and seemingly can be significant. So, we have finger-length ratios, their supposed relation to pre-natal androgen exposure, and the effect of this on sexual orientation (I'm not kidding!).
Turns out that measuring 2nd to 4th finger length ratios on the right hand, lesbians has more 'masculine' ratios than straight women, which did not differ significantly from those of straight men. Whilst for gay men, they did not find any significant difference unless they looked at birth order as well, where apparently ratios influenced by how many older brothers a chap has, which apparently increases their chances of being gay as well.
Nature 404, 455 - 456 (2000), Finger-length ratios and sexual orientation.
This prostate thing seems to be similar, with the hypothesis being that fetal androgen exposure also effects a mans risk of getting prostate cancer.
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