CNN giving us the finger?

They have been running that story all day. The only good thing about it is that they are suggesting men should not put much into the validity of the story, but see their doctor and be tested. PC awareness anyway we can get it is better than nothing.

My middle finger on both hands is longer than any of the others, is that a good or bad thing to this silly report?

I put up a poll about our fingers a few weeks ago, so have been following it.

I thought the CNN report was a bit light and simplistic, and could leave some people in a bit of a muddle about the concepts of what a scientific theory is. (ie a hypothesis can be supported by evidence, but a theory can never really be proven.)

The inaccurate reporting of this story and some comments about it in the media recently almost make it sound like someone in the UK has said that your fingers will give you prostate cancer.

The important facts are simply that:
some people are more at risk of developing prostate cancer than others,
one of the relevant factors in developing prostate cancer is testosterone levels, and
finger lengths look like they are related to testosterone levels.

thus the conclusion of the report is simply that finger length may help doctors tell who needs to be screened differently (just as analysis of family history does).

Alf

They are not a news organization- LOL........LOL..... (ok they are!)

All I can say is been looking at PCa issues many years now, and still it is just to hard to finger it all out. (no comedy club for me....maybe I can get soup at the Seinfeld's soup shop)

Good one, Tony!

My ring and index fingers are the same length.

Barry

Keysailfisher,

That statement is certainly true for me. The three times I checked, both were exactly the same size. (Isn't that how we were supposed to do it?)

Jeff (shrinkage master)