Taller women may face higher cancer odds after menopause

anmazon
anmazon Member Posts: 144
edited July 2013 in Kidney Cancer #1

As a six foot tall woman with a sick sense of humor, I almost put this in FunnyBonz.

 

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=172014#.UfZ4JyfrZyQ.email

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  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #2
    Cruel world

    No wonder we had "The Attack of the 50 foot woman"!

    There must be some material for you here, Neil - HGH, cancer risk in relation to height ...  Whatdya think?

  • NanoSecond
    NanoSecond Member Posts: 653
    #3
    Texas_wedge said:

    Cruel world

    No wonder we had "The Attack of the 50 foot woman"!

    There must be some material for you here, Neil - HGH, cancer risk in relation to height ...  Whatdya think?

    Interesting

    I don't think it is a slam dunk by any stretch.  For now it is an interesting observation/correlation but pure speculation as to the mechanism.  Too many other confounding factors and no control group.

    What do you think?

    Does being a tall women also lead to more basketball related injuries?  :)

  • Galrim
    Galrim Member Posts: 315 Member
    #4
    If I...

    ...sling a dead cat over my head standing one leg, in a cemetary at midnight, will my lottery ticket be drawn?

    /G

  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #5
    NanoSecond said:

    Interesting

    I don't think it is a slam dunk by any stretch.  For now it is an interesting observation/correlation but pure speculation as to the mechanism.  Too many other confounding factors and no control group.

    What do you think?

    Does being a tall women also lead to more basketball related injuries?  :)

    Interesting

    It's understandable why Annie might have thought of interring it with Gary's bones, isn't it,  but I guess we should recognise that it's not a joke, even though we can't have a clue what it might mean!  As you imply, at the moment it's not apparent how we would go about trying to find a way of getting traction on what it could tell us.  A classic example of the disjunct between 'correlation' and causation.

  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    #6
    Tall women

    Anne,

     

    This is way, way above my pay scale as my wife is only 4'9' and that other stuff was almost 20 years ago.

    I do like your suggestion on how to silence men.

     

     

    Icemantoo

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #7
    Galrim said:

    If I...

    ...sling a dead cat over my head standing one leg, in a cemetary at midnight, will my lottery ticket be drawn?

    /G

    dead cat

    Depends on which breed.

    Siamese? Fer shur!

    Annie

  • TillieSOK
    TillieSOK Member Posts: 252
    #8
    icemantoo said:

    Tall women

    Anne,

     

    This is way, way above my pay scale as my wife is only 4'9' and that other stuff was almost 20 years ago.

    I do like your suggestion on how to silence men.

     

     

    Icemantoo

    Damn!  I KNEW I shouldn't

    Damn!  I KNEW I shouldn't have joined the OKC Tall Club back 20 years ago!  Sealed my fate, right there, didn't I?  And I'm only 5'11". LOL

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #9
    icemantoo said:

    Tall women

    Anne,

     

    This is way, way above my pay scale as my wife is only 4'9' and that other stuff was almost 20 years ago.

    I do like your suggestion on how to silence men.

     

     

    Icemantoo

    thank you, Iceman

    I always thought the breasts were strictly ornamental, until I discovered they DO have a purpose!

    Annie

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #10
    TillieSOK said:

    Damn!  I KNEW I shouldn't

    Damn!  I KNEW I shouldn't have joined the OKC Tall Club back 20 years ago!  Sealed my fate, right there, didn't I?  And I'm only 5'11". LOL

    God, Tillie....

    It must be true!!!  Maybe tall women from the SW US!

    (Hee hee hee)

    Annie

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #11
    anmazon said:

    thank you, Iceman

    I always thought the breasts were strictly ornamental, until I discovered they DO have a purpose!

    Annie

    Purpose...

    Still involved with extensive research on that topic Wink

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #12
    garym said:

    Purpose...

    Still involved with extensive research on that topic Wink

    Please let me know if you find one, Gary.

    Innocent

    Or need a control group.

     

     

    Annie

  • GSRon
    GSRon Member Posts: 1,303 Member
    #13
    anmazon said:

    Please let me know if you find one, Gary.

    Innocent

    Or need a control group.

     

     

    Annie

    tall story

    Many years ago I was invited to a new years party. Lo and behold at 6'2" I was the shortest person there. Finally I found a girl that was only a few inches taller than me to dance with. I learned a lesson that night. Ron

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #14
    GSRon said:

    tall story

    Many years ago I was invited to a new years party. Lo and behold at 6'2" I was the shortest person there. Finally I found a girl that was only a few inches taller than me to dance with. I learned a lesson that night. Ron

    Lesson

    It wouldn't have anything to do with the subject of Gary's research, would it?

    Annie

  • MDCinSC
    MDCinSC Member Posts: 574
    #15
    garym said:

    Purpose...

    Still involved with extensive research on that topic Wink

    DANG IT GARY! 
    You always get

    DANG IT GARY! 

    You always get to the fun posts before me! Tongue Out

     

    I'll carry your books!

  • MDCinSC
    MDCinSC Member Posts: 574
    #16
    anmazon said:

    Lesson

    It wouldn't have anything to do with the subject of Gary's research, would it?

    Annie

    I'll provide a second

    I'll provide a second opinion!

    No one has to know my Doctorate is a PhD and not an MD! Innocent

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #17
    MDCinSC said:

    I'll provide a second

    I'll provide a second opinion!

    No one has to know my Doctorate is a PhD and not an MD! Innocent

    So the MD...

    ...doesn't stand for Medical Doctor?

    Annie

  • MDCinSC
    MDCinSC Member Posts: 574
    #18
    anmazon said:

    So the MD...

    ...doesn't stand for Medical Doctor?

    Annie

    Nope!  Michael D.
    Sorry!   

    Nope!  Michael D.

    Sorry!  Laughing  My Doctorate is Theatre History!

  • anmazon
    anmazon Member Posts: 144
    #19
    MDCinSC said:

    Nope!  Michael D.
    Sorry!   

    Nope!  Michael D.

    Sorry!  Laughing  My Doctorate is Theatre History!

    I suspected as much....

    Theater History?  Medicine?

    Can there be THAT much difference?

    My dentist is in musical theater, and I've had some docs over the years who would be excellent villians (like the one who tried to treat a fractured ankle via my mammalian protuberances).

     

    ;)

    Annie

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #20
    anmazon said:

    I suspected as much....

    Theater History?  Medicine?

    Can there be THAT much difference?

    My dentist is in musical theater, and I've had some docs over the years who would be excellent villians (like the one who tried to treat a fractured ankle via my mammalian protuberances).

     

    ;)

    Annie

    Must be big'uns...

    if they hang all the way to your ankles...didja trip over 'em? Wink

  • MDCinSC
    MDCinSC Member Posts: 574
    #21
    anmazon said:

    I suspected as much....

    Theater History?  Medicine?

    Can there be THAT much difference?

    My dentist is in musical theater, and I've had some docs over the years who would be excellent villians (like the one who tried to treat a fractured ankle via my mammalian protuberances).

     

    ;)

    Annie

    LOL!

    Interestingly, the Greek Theatre at Epidaurus is directly adjacent to the Temple of Asclepius where Hippocrates practiced I am told! For me that is not surprising.

    Hippocrates treated the body's ills, while the Greeks, I contend, used theatre to treat the society's ills!

    Frankly, I think the two go hand in hand.

    If mental attitude directly affects physical health as we seem to acknowledge, then theatre, a socially required activity for Greek citizens, certainly could affect one's outlook on life!

    Hmmm!

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