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No it doesn't. That is superstition.

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It’s truly unrealistic n supportive. Much of our American mental health healthcare is misdiagnosed, starting from Sig - he earned a living by using women to study n abuse. I like that your life journey can aquire your body’s shortcomings, like special Olympics or even the Helen Keller who made us today. With AI only having a few years to map human fingers n records of health. Best we map ourselves from what kind of body do we have ( even when your misdiagnosed for years) Best way is to learn about yourself and what can you do for yourself, others and the world you live in and leave.

Genetics, they will never state spontaneous rare diseases due to un healthy exposures to all elements of life to substantiate our lives.

Even still, loving your kindness of whom you are presently; creates as “those female athletes in article “ with those fingers had the advantage.

Amazing how they spent this effort when all humans need, a healthy environment and kindness.

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and a major contributor to disability. In Europe, more than 4 million people die from cardiovascular diseases each year, of which 1.4 million are under 75 years of age. In addition to well-known risk factors, such as age, sex, genetic predisposition, hypertension, diet, dyslipidemia, diabetes, obesity, smoking, physical inactivity and psychosocial factors, body height has been recently related to the appearance of various CVDs in different populations.

In this study conducted between 2019 and 2021, a total of 657,310 adult outpatients in Germany with body height data available from the Disease Analyzer (IQVIA) database were included. In both sexes, the prevalence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and ischemic stroke was higher among patients with shorter body stature. In contrast, the prevalence of atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism was higher in taller patients. In logistic regression analyzes adjusted for age and BMI, an increase in body height was negatively associated with coronary heart disease (OR = 0.91 in women and OR = 0.87 in men per 10 cm increase in height) and was strongly positively associated with atrial fibrillation (OR = 1.25 in women and men) and venous thromboembolism (OR = 1.23 in women and OR = 1.24 in men).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9647991/ (2022)

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Anthropometry is a science of measuring the human body that could be used to manufacture prostheses or artificial limbs, investigate body differences between populations, use it in forensic medicine and criminology, or even in the diagnosis of some diseases. Two of the most important anthropometric characteristics are dermatoglyphic patterns and finger length. Many studies have evaluated the relationship between these two characteristics in different diseases such as cancer. He hypothesized that dermatoglyphic patterns and finger length could be used as predictors of some cancers such as gastric, ovarian, prostate, testicular, and breast cancers.

In one study, an adverse relationship between the 2D:4D ratio and prostate cancer was reported. They also concluded that the prevalence of prostate cancer was higher in patients with a lower 2D:4D ratio. They also revealed that prostate cancer was more prevalent in individuals with a ratio greater than 0.95. In another study conducted in the United States, a negative relationship was observed between the 2D:4D ratio and prostate cancer. It was suggested that this negative relationship was due to the prenatal hormone testosterone.

In a British study, the 2D:4D ratio of both hands was lower in patients with cervical cancer compared to the control group. A higher 2D:4D ratio of oral cancer was reported in patients compared to the control group. The 2D:4D ratio was lower in the left hand of men with gastric cancer compared to controls.

The digit ratio established in utero is positively correlated with the intrauterine level of estrogen. Since breast cancer is related to excessive and prolonged exposure to estrogens, the digit ratio could be considered a useful marker in breast cancer risk assessment. After collecting anamnestic data on menopausal status, the length of the second and fourth fingers was measured and the finger proportions for both hands were calculated, as well as the difference between the proportion of the right and left fingers. The digit ratio was significantly higher on the right hand in breast cancer patients compared to healthy controls.

According to the study conducted in India, the presence of six or more whorls in the fingerprint pattern was statistically significant in breast cancer patients. They found a greater number of whorls on the right ring finger and little finger in patients suffering from breast cancer, as well as significant differences between the average pattern intensity index of the patients and the control group. They also indicated that lower absolute finger ridge count values (below 100) were related to breast cancer.

https://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_9265.html (2017).---

http://www.intjmorphol.com/abstract/?art_id=9311 (2023).---

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Body mapping for manufacturing? Cancer, stroke, stressors or using serval methods to have all illnesses recognized? Selective body mapping to produce manufacturing but not a cure, nor skill building for people to live happier. There are to many therapeutic and surgical techniques available, question is how practical is the profit and to whom. Perhaps body mapping is better when fractional (spelt wrong) math is used with our advance medical imaging. One person’s overall health while acquiring similarities from other people to population growth. Personalized healthcare, that’s a wish. Healthy people in a medical trial or a mix of the same type of illness, there’s always the exception. Cardo disease or born that way or both, perhaps healthcare insurance would rather have just fingers on a hand to diagnose? When can we look at a body and examine the whole person. That college class for students doctors, was it too costly to diagnosis a hand of myotonic dystrophy? A grip that can’t release and years to find someone who knew - body mapping or was it a mix of kindness to care for the whole person and support their life? Production line medical ?

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Sounds a little like phrenology.

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