How Height Is Connected to Cancer
Jealous of your long-legged peers? Turns out they may not have won the gene pool after all.
New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found a surprising correlation between height and cancer risk among postmenopausal women; the taller the woman, the greater her risk for the disease.
The researchers studied more than 20,900 women ages 50 to 79 who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study, an on-going analysis of post menopausal women and the factors that contribute to their health. They separated the women into five groups based on their height, starting with women shorter than 5 feet 1 inch, and matched them to data on their cancer rates.
They discovered that for every 10 centimeters of height, a woman’s risk of developing a range of different cancers increased by 13%. When they looked at all the cancers together, they found that taller women had a 13% to 17% greater risk of developing melanoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer and colon cancer. They also had a 23% to 29% greater risk of developing kidney, rectum, thyroid and blood cancers. All of the cancers showed a positive association with height; none of the taller women showed a lower risk of cancer compared to their shorter counterparts.
http://healthland.time.com/2013/07/26/how-height-is-connected-to-cancer/
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to having to drag chairs across the kitchen to climb up to get to the MIDDLE shelf in the back of the cabinets. I've always said, just for one day, I want to be 5'11" and statuesque with legs up to my neck. Just one day.
Although vertically challenged I've been told what I lack in height I make up for in attitude so there is that. 
