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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Reduce your cancer risk !
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 15:31:04 EDT
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	The following is in fact true.
	As reported in the New York Times 'Science Times,' there is for some
inexplicable reason, a very strong correlation between the risk of developing
Malignant Melanoma (a very deadly skin cancer) and the level of one's 
education. (I had heard this before, some of the info below is from memory.)

	People who hold higher degrees are more likely to get it than ordinary
College graduates, who in turn are more likely to get it than people who hold
only a high school diploma.
	Like I said, this is serious. The correlation is highly statistically
significant. In this case, more significant than diet.

	So, to reduce your risk of dying from malignant melanoma, drop out
of school --- before it's too late.  (and my oh my, by the time I'm finished,
I'll have a Bachelor's, Masters, MD, and PhD, I'm a goner for sure :-)  Oh,
well, it's a risk I'll have to take.) 

-- 
				Craig Werner
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		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"