Big Bear Bebee family reunion
There are two babies in this picture. Guess who has one of them.
From time to time it has been suggested that excess alcohol
intake raises the risk of ovarian cancer.
Well, maybe not. A group of
scientists with distinctly Chinese names (but who give no clue as to where they
work) have performed a “meta-analysis” to test that hypothesis. You may already know what “meta-analysis” is, but in case you don’t –
it’s where somebody (one hopes with serious statistical sophistication)
mathematically combines the results of many separate studies of the same
question. In this case the studies were “prospective”,
meaning that people were followed for a number of years, their rate of booze
intake recorded – and how many of them got OVCA determined. Well over one million were involved. Armed with the results, it’s a relatively simple matter (I guess) to
establish whether a correlation between alcohol use and OVCA exists. The result: it doesn’t. Whatever causes ovarian cancer, it’s not that
Cadillac margarita before dinner.
Clearly this is only of secondary concern to me. However, booze also is suspected as a
causative agent for cancers I might possibly get (unlike OVCA). And on that cheerful note I will end this
essay, find a picture to go with it, get it posted – and then go and mix myself
a Salty Dog.
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