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EARTHDATE: October 18, 2015

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REAL LIFE NEWS: SEE, I TOLD YOU BEING TALL WAS BAD FOR YOU!

by Hazed

A new study has found a link between cancer and height: it seems that taller people have a slightly higher risk of cancers, including breast and skin cancer, than shorter people do.

The Swedish study looked at five mission people, and found that for every 4 inches of height (in fully grown people) the risk of developing cancer increased by 18% in women and 11% in men.

Of course, those figures mean nothing without knowing what the risks are without taking height into consideration. Clearly many things influence your chance of getting cancer, such as smoking, drinking too much, being obese, genetic factors and so on.

It’s not like you can do anything to change your height if you want to reduce the risk factor. I suppose the point is that the taller you are, the more you should try to minimise all the other risk factors!

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34414446

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