Re: left handed twist on breast cancer


andy m wrote:
> "DVDfever Dom" <google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1136233724.390569.13440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > a.c. wrote:
> >> I'm not sure if this news item has yet featured within the uk, even
> >> though I heard mention of the British Medical Journal, (on Belgium news
> >> programme) but apparantly left handed women are 40% more likely to get
> >> breast cancer. How odd!
> >
> > They're not, it's just the results of a survey.
>
> They wouldn't have released the results if they weren't significant.

Doubtful. It's always a slow news day at holiday times unless the
media's got a natural disaster to get their teeth into.

Four kids in some European country might be that country's first humans
to contract bird flu. How interesting - not.
> > The Sun had one on Saturday about how only those with the starsign
> > Cancer can be funny (and mentioned Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Saunders
> > among the names).
> >
> > Then they revealed that of 300 comedy actors/writers/etc, 11% were of
> > that starsign.
>
> I'm sure the BMJ's methodology is somewhat different to the Sun's.

That line might've worked had the Sun commissioned the survey. They
didn't. Who did? Well, that's some homework for you

Dom

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