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If the entire difference between Japan and Sweden can be attributed to this effect (33x difference in rates of cancer according to the article) then you would e
by yourusername 3y ago
If the entire difference between Japan and Sweden can be attributed to this effect (33x difference in rates of cancer according to the article) then you would expect to see the same difference in people sleeping on for example a latex or foam matress on wood slats.
Seems like this would be a huge discovery if a follow up study confirmed people sleeping on this kind of bed had 30 times lower rates of breast cancer. The fact there is no such follow up study makes me very skeptical of this claim.
- woleium 3y agoNo such study _yet_. I imagine it may be difficult to find funding and or an interested student for such research?
- Podgajski 3y agoWho’s going to fund this study? You? It’s amazing to me how little people know how difficult it is to get studies done and how expensive they actually are. And if the study has no profit outcome, you can make that 10 times as hard.
- atq2119 3y ago> Who’s going to fund this study? Foam mattress manufacturers?
- theGnuMe 3y agolatex foam wood slates are more recent?
- hindsightbias 3y agoMost US latex brands are pricey and still have coil layers for support. Many foam mattresses do too, as you get to the hipper/pricier brands.