Cancer of the breast, the result of dexterous left hand suggests a study
26th Sep 2005, 21:06 GMT
A team of scientists from the University Medical Centre, Utrecht in the Netherlands analyzing the relationship between dexterity and incidence of breast cancer among 12,000 women born in the 10 years spanning 1932 to 1941 observed that women who are left-handed had over twice the propensity for pre-menopausal breast cancer.
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