I found this article and was fascinated with it. A new study
that is being done shows a link with certain types of cancer and height among
women. Of course this is not saying that women who are tall will get cancer but
it will help researchers look in to growth factors that may influence cancer. This
study has not only found a link with women, but also men. After what we learned in class yesterday about
environment actually being the main influence of cancer I am wondering how
height fits in. I thought height was mostly something you got from your
parents, with certain environmental factors only changing ones height a little.
Maybe they are going to look at how height is influenced through ones environment
as well as other factors, such as food intake?
I also wonder if they have done a study on shorter people to balance out
their findings. Are shorter people less likely to get cancer, or certain types
of cancer? Or are they more likely to get other types of cancers that taller
people are less likely to get? I am
interested to find out the results of this study after it has been going on for
a couple more years. I never would have thought to look into height when
thinking of cancer.
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