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"Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, lower risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and higher risk of so

"Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, lower risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and higher risk of some cancers" Didn't I read just the opposite in an article on Hacker News just a few hours ago? It claimed that researchers were mistaken in the past, yet the studies cited here are from the past 10 years. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/height_and_longevity_the_research_is_clear_being_tall_is_hazardous_to_your.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/201... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071721/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071721/ More balanced: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094385 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

Artlav 10y ago
Makes sense even on the naive level. The heart has to work harder, so the heart problems. Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer.
- Pica_soO 10y ago
  The solution seems obvious- we need a second heart. And enhanced ribcages to hold it
  - Artlav 10y ago
    The scariest thing is, it's only a matter of time before some biohacker would make this a reality.
    - smhost 10y ago
      The last I checked, they were surgically inserting magnets into their fingertips. Has there been any progress in the community?
  - witty_username 10y ago
    An artificial heart would be easier. There is no need for an enhanced ribcage; in heterotopic heart transplantation the old heart is not removed. [1] (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation#Heterotopic_procedure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation#Heteroto...
- iskander 10y ago
  >Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer. Across species that line of thinking actually gives rise to Peto's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox
smhost 10y ago
The introduction is irrelevant to the research, which is a basic descriptive analysis. It's clear they're not qualified to assert significance or causation. > The main strengths of our study are its novel scope of estimating a century of trends in adult height for all countries in the world and for both sexes. That's really its only strength.

Artlav 10y ago

Makes sense even on the naive level. The heart has to work harder, so the heart problems. Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer.

Pica_soO 10y ago
The solution seems obvious- we need a second heart. And enhanced ribcages to hold it
- Artlav 10y ago
  The scariest thing is, it's only a matter of time before some biohacker would make this a reality.
  - smhost 10y ago
    The last I checked, they were surgically inserting magnets into their fingertips. Has there been any progress in the community?
- witty_username 10y ago
  An artificial heart would be easier. There is no need for an enhanced ribcage; in heterotopic heart transplantation the old heart is not removed. [1] (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation#Heterotopic_procedure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation#Heteroto...
iskander 10y ago
>Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer. Across species that line of thinking actually gives rise to Peto's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox

smhost 10y ago

The introduction is irrelevant to the research, which is a basic descriptive analysis. It's clear they're not qualified to assert significance or causation. > The main strengths of our study are its novel scope of estimating a century of trends in adult height for all countries in the world and for both sexes. That's really its only strength.