Geschwind, Galaburda, and Behan (GBG) have suggested that in utero levels of testosterone influence both cerebral and immune system developments (Geschwind and Behan, 1982; Geschwind and Galaburda, 1984; Geschwind and Galaburda, 1985). According to this theory, high levels of testosterone result in greater incidences of left-handedness, deviations from standard distribution of cerebral functions (known as anomalous dominance), and increased autoimmune dysfunction...Amazing. Watch out, lefty brothers and sisters...
... First, it was predicted and found that left handers had a higher incidence of autoimmune diseases in their immediate families than did right handers. Second, those left handers with an incidence of at least one autoimmune disease were more strongly left-handed than were those with no incidence of autoimmunity.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I'm sick because I'm a lefty?
I stumbled across this fact while reading Women and Autoimmune Disease and couldn't believe my eyes. So I did some investigating, and it's true: being left handed is strongly correlated with autoimmune illness. Here's the link to the study, and a clip from the abstract:
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