September 27, 2005
Interesting and possibly scary
It's been a long time since I looked at Dienekes' Anthro blog but after coming across a couple interesting Anthro books on Amazon this morning I thought I'd see what Dienekes was up to.
Apparently, things aren't looking so good for left-handed women. According to this article left-handed women are over twice as likely to develope pre-menopausal breast cancer than their right-handed counterparts. This seems to be attributed to in-womb conditions such as hormone levels. Interestingly, homosexuality in both men and women has also been linked to similar differences inutero. And, it's been observed that there is a higher percentage of left-handers in homosexual populations.
Keep in mind the study doesn't say anything about any linkage between left-handedness and post-menopausal breast cancer.
Apparently, things aren't looking so good for left-handed women. According to this article left-handed women are over twice as likely to develope pre-menopausal breast cancer than their right-handed counterparts. This seems to be attributed to in-womb conditions such as hormone levels. Interestingly, homosexuality in both men and women has also been linked to similar differences inutero. And, it's been observed that there is a higher percentage of left-handers in homosexual populations.
Keep in mind the study doesn't say anything about any linkage between left-handedness and post-menopausal breast cancer.
// posted by Julie @ 4:56 PM 
