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Taller adults may be at increased risk for colorectal cancer (24% higher than for the shortest person within global population groups)
Medical Xpress / Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ^ | Mar. 3, 2022 | Elinor Zhou et al

Posted on 03/04/2022 7:54:49 PM PST by ConservativeMind

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Height now becomes a reason for colonoscopies.
1 posted on 03/04/2022 7:54:49 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 03/04/2022 7:55:18 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Quick! Somebody tell Shaq that he’s screwed. Coffee is bad for you. Oh, wait, coffee is good for you! Coconut oil is EVIL. Wait! Coconut Oil is good for you! LMAO.


3 posted on 03/04/2022 7:58:42 PM PST by ocrp1982 (In Christ All Things are Possible)
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To: ConservativeMind

Oh good grief.

So will medical AIs now be suggesting all sorts of stuff on the basis of mere numbers, instead of on individual biology?


4 posted on 03/04/2022 7:59:12 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ConservativeMind

They can have it.


5 posted on 03/04/2022 7:59:30 PM PST by Jonty30 (How can you claim to help me with my healthcare costs when you can't pay for your own?)
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To: ConservativeMind

So. Some genius figured out that taller adults have taller rectums and therefore an increased risk of cancer.

It took 20 years of schooling to figure that out.


6 posted on 03/04/2022 8:00:50 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: ConservativeMind

So if you walk around with your ass in the air, you can get cancer?


7 posted on 03/04/2022 8:01:08 PM PST by Adder (Proud member of the FJBLGB community: /s is implied where applicable.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Are taller people at higher risk simply because they have longer colons? Maybe the risk is constant per square inch of colon, but tall people simply have more square inches of it.


8 posted on 03/04/2022 8:03:17 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: ConservativeMind

Still rather be tall (6’4”) than short.


9 posted on 03/04/2022 8:05:00 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: coloradan

“One possible reason for this link is that adult height correlates with body organ size.”


10 posted on 03/04/2022 8:06:54 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: coloradan

Tall people have more skin too…..so more skin cancer.

They are dooooooomed.

.


11 posted on 03/04/2022 8:06:55 PM PST by Mears ( )
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To: coloradan

A skinny tall person would have a smaller colon in mass than an obese short person?


12 posted on 03/04/2022 8:07:36 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: ConservativeMind

Ok, I will go on a diet to shorten myself.


13 posted on 03/04/2022 8:14:43 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Berlin_Freeper

As a person who identifies as exactly a foot shorter than you are, I stand for all miniature people all over the world!

Short People Matter!


14 posted on 03/04/2022 8:15:51 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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'bout time us shorties got something nice.
15 posted on 03/04/2022 8:17:28 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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‘Saves getting beaten to a pulp...


16 posted on 03/04/2022 8:17:48 PM PST by Does so (Americans had no desire for war between 1939 and 1941. Rheinland? Sometimes War Finds YOU!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Get a Colonoscopy if you are 45 or older. I had 8 polyps in my colon when I had mine and it may have saved my life.


17 posted on 03/04/2022 8:18:23 PM PST by Pol-92064
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To: Responsibility2nd

By comparing Nigerians to pygmies.


18 posted on 03/04/2022 8:18:59 PM PST by anton
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To: coloradan

They should really look at torso height if the length of colon is the operative risk. Leg length shouldn’t matter but accounts for most differences in height.
Would the Dutch have a higher rate of colon CA than Filipinos or Peruvians?


19 posted on 03/04/2022 8:19:34 PM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: Jamestown1630

When I was 17 I had a Brazilian girlfriend for two years who was 5’4” and I admit we were a funny looking couple. I told people nice things come in small packages.


20 posted on 03/04/2022 8:19:35 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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