Significant Link between Cancer and Height – Study | Medicine | Sci-News.com

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Scientists from the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Stockholm examined 5.5 million men and women in Sweden, born between 1938 and 1991 and with adult heights ranging between 3.3 feet and 7.4 feet (1 – 2.25 m).

They followed the group of individuals from 1958 (or from the age of 20) until the end of 2011, and found that for every 3.94 inches (10 cm) of height, the risk of developing cancer increased by 18 percent in women and 11 percent in men.

Additionally, taller women had a 20 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer, whilst the risk of developing melanoma increased by approximately 30 percent per 3.94 inches of height in both men and women.

Previous studies have shown the same association between height and cancer. That is to say, taller individuals have a higher risk of developing different types of cancer, including breast cancer and melanoma. However, this association has never been studied in men and women on such a large scale before.

“To our knowledge, this is the largest study performed on linkage between height and cancer including both women and men,” said study lead author Dr Emelie Benyi of Karolinska Institutet.

“The data on adult heights was collected from the Swedish Medical Birth, the Swedish Conscription, and the Swedish Passport Registers, whereas the cancer data was retrieved from the Swedish Cancer Register.”

“It should be emphasized that our results reflect cancer incidence on a population level.”

“As the cause of cancer is multifactorial, it is difficult to predict what impact our results have on cancer risk at the individual level.”

Dr Benyi and co-authors are now planning on investigating how mortality from cancer and other causes of death are associated with height within the Swedish population.

“Our studies show that taller individuals are more likely to develop cancer but it is unclear so far if they also have a higher risk of dying from cancer or have an increased mortality overall,” Dr Benyi said.

Dr Benyi and her team reported their results today at the ESPE 2015: 54th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

Source: Significant Link between Cancer and Height – Study | Medicine | Sci-News.com

Protests ahead of historic Taiwan-China summit

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Protesters tried to storm parliament in Taiwan overnight as the island’s leader Ma Ying-jeou left for a historic summit in Singapore with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The meeting will be the first between leaders of the two sides since their 1949 split following the Chinese civil.

Closer ties with China have sparked fears over Beijing’s growing influence with President Ma’s opponents accusing him of selling out Taiwan by attending the summit.

The meeting comes ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in Taiwan in which the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is favoured to win, something Beijing is desperate to avoid.

The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), retreated to Taiwan after losing the civil war to the Communists, who are still in charge in Beijing.

Taiwan has never formally declared independence from Beijing, which sees it as a renegade province to be reunified with the mainland, by force if necessary.

Around 100 protesters tried to storm the heavily-guarded parliament building in Taipei carrying “Taiwan independence” banners, but were stopped by police.

There were no arrests.

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CANUCKS BANTER: Vancouver Visits Buffalo In Early Morning Game At 10am PST Saturday

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    November 6, 2015

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The Vancouver Canucks begin an intense 7-game road trip after a disappointing 3-2 home loss to Pittsburgh, while the Buffalo Sabres, after being beaten by Tampa Bay for the third time this year 4-1, attempt to get back on the winning track at home after losing both games of a brief 2-game road trip.

The Canucks are 1-4 in their last 5-meetings in Buffalo.

In their last 17-home games against the Canucks, the Sabres are 13-3-1.

The game is the first of two meetings with the Sabres this season. Buffalo visits Vancouver December 7. Vancouver split last season’s two-game series, losing 6-3 in Buffalo and winning 5-2 at Rogers Arena.

Vancouver goalie Ryan Miller will start his first game as a Canucks against his former team, as Vancouver looks for a win to get back on the winning track after splitting their last 6-games.

The Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5-road games and 1-5 in their last 6-Saturday games.

Daniel Sedin has scored 2-goals in his last 3-games; recording 6-points on 2-goals and 4-assists in 5-road games this season.

Henrik Sedin enters the game with a point in each of his last 4-games.

Daniel Sedin leads the Canucks in assists with 6-assists, while rookie Jared McCann is the top sniper with 5-goals.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

Vancouver is:

  • 12-4 in their last 16 games playing on two days rest
  • 5-2 their last seven vs the Atlantic

Buffalo is:

  • 15-46 in their last 61 games following a loss of three or more goals
  • 14-42 in their last 56 vs. Western Conference

From: http://winnersandwhiners.com

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