Men measure their fingers to check their risk of prostate cancer ; Men across Britain got measuring on Wednesday, after a study was published suggesting the chance of getting prostate cancer could be deduced by finger size. An index finger longer than a ring finger on your right hand (it was written in the British Journal of Cancer) meant less risk. Great, we all thought, taking out rulers – let's get a potentially depressing glimpse into the future!Further reading revealed that this was not the first time scientists had ascribed incredible predictive powers to the index finger. Here was a bizarre study, from 2009, suggesting the same finger could reveal whether a man would make a good City trader. And there was another, from 2001, giving the digit the power to determine the chances of a teenage heart attack…
For women, too, much to learn. Those with big index fingers are purportedly more fertile, at higher risk of breast cancer, less likely to be professionally successful, and less likely to be gay. Kids are better behaved. Athletes are less muscular. Crossword puzzlists have a harder time hunched over their folded newspapers.
At root, scientists have said, the findings come down to exposure to hormones in the womb. More exposure to testosterone dictates a comparatively short index finger and all kinds of odds-shuffling for the life that will follow. Those with longer index fingers are at greater risk of hay fever, for example, and less likely to enjoy violent films. Those with the shorter kind are more inclined to try drugs, better at soldiering, and more vulnerable to alcohol addiction. They are more likely to end up in prison, go mad, or be murdered.
But so what if those with shorter index fingers are meant to end up better at chess, masters of a musical instrument, more adventurous in bed? Unless, of course, you really do turn out to be a shagged-out, mandolin-playing Grand Master. For the latest updates PRESS CTR + D or visit Stock Market news Today
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