Study finds link between women’s height and cancer risk

[dixiegrrrrl]

Among nearly 145,000 women between the ages of 50 and 79, researchers found that height was more strongly associated with cancer than such established risk factors as obesity.

The association held true for everything from thyroid cancer to melanoma, researchers reported in the latest issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Dr. Walter Willett, chair of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, said the study should not raise alarm for the tall, though it does provide additional evidence that greater height is associated with cancer.

“The increase in risk is modest and is balanced by a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in taller people, so there is no reason for those of us who are tall to panic,” Willett, who was not involved in the study, said in an email. “Most importantly, research to understand the reason for the extra risk in taller people may lead us to new ways to prevent or treat cancer.”

Now I don't feel bad about being the shortest one in the family.
Altho...only one relative died of cancer ( smoking and drinking a LOT)

[hlthe2b]

1. Finally... something beneficial about being short....

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2. "new ways to prevent or treat cancer"???

like what, removing a couple inches from your leg bones???