The Sunday Sidebar…
January 18, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Smoking, The Sunday Sidebar, Weird News
Size does matter according to John Coates, the author of a stock trading study. He found that men with longer ring fingers relative to their index fingers seem to be better at high-stakes, fast-paced stock trading as compared to those whose index finger was almost as long as their ring finger. Honestly. I’m not making this up. Researchers gathered together 44 male stock traders working in high finance arenas making quick decisions with large amounts of money and measured their right hands. The study then followed these traders for the next 20 months and discovered that those whose ring fingers were much longer than their index fingers made 11 times more money than those with the shortest ring fingers. Does this mean that if I’m looking for a stocktrader, I need to look at his hands rather than his resume?
Seeing ghosts or hearing strange voices? Then maybe you need to cut back on your caffeine intake. A recent UK study has found that people drinking more than seven cups of instant coffee a day were three times more likely to hallucinate than those who took just one.
The ‘Green Cigarette’. Smoker’s beware. Just because it’s green doesn’t make it healthier.
A rundown of celebs and their health news:
- Oprah’s weight battle continues
- Apple CEO Steve Job’s ‘hormone imbalance
- Entourage Stars Brush with Mercury Poison
- Patrick Swayze recovering from pneumonia
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