Check your fingers

[Platypus]

Well I'm completely f$£@£ thanks guys - what else can cheer me up.

According to this:
BBC NEWS | Health | Finger size link to earning power

You'll earn more than the rest of us before dying of prostate cancer. Every cloud ...

[MaryPoppins]

Yep, but there are lots of other indicators of high or low testosterone, and surely all those should be eliminated before concluding that finger length indicates risk of prostate cancer?

Presumably. Perhaps it's just seen as the sort of 'breakthrough' that Joe Thicko Public might understand.

Researchers in Hurd's lab have collected reams of data on finger-length ratios, the length of the arms compared with body height, and facial measurement differences between men and women and among different ethnicities. But not all the findings agree with each other, which highlights that how genes are turned on and off is influenced by more than just prenatal testosterone exposure, he said.

Finger Length Could Point to Prostate Cancer Risk | My Health News Daily

[Mich the Tester]

I thought it was something to do with the amount of testosterone you're given in the womb, so I think there is some science behind it. Not sure I agree with Paddy's summation though.

Yep, but there are lots of other indicators of high or low testosterone, and surely all those should be eliminated before concluding that finger length indicates risk of prostate cancer?

[MaryPoppins]

I'm skeptical whether the researchers aren't confusing a statistical anomaly for a causal link.

I thought it was something to do with the amount of testosterone you're given in the womb, so I think there is some science behind it. Not sure I agree with Paddy's summation though.

[Mich the Tester]

I'm skeptical whether the researchers aren't confusing a statistical anomaly for a causal link.

[scooterscot]

Well I'm completely f$£@£ thanks guys - what else can cheer me up.

[thunderlizard]

Simple common sense. The longer your index finger, the further you can shove it up your arse in order to spot the early stages of prostate cancer.

[Paddy]

Now we know why MF was trying to shorten his finger. He wanted the health benfits but not the stigma.

[kandr]

The shorter the index finger; the more testerone you have and hence you are a male. If your index finger is longer then you should have been a woman. Most homosexuals have long index fingers.

I have nothing against you being gay.

Now we know why MF was trying to shorten his finger. He wanted the health benfits but not the stigma.

[Paddy]

BBC News - Index finger length prostate cancer clue

Good news .... for me anyway.

The shorter the index finger; the more testerone you have and hence you are a male. If your index finger is longer then you should have been a woman. Most homosexuals have long index fingers.

I have nothing against you being gay.

[gricerboy]

BAN HIM

[SupremeSpod]

Old news rehashed.

[kandr]

BBC News - Index finger length prostate cancer clue

Good news .... for me anyway.