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Flight attendants get more uterine, thyroid and other cancers, study finds
A flight attendant's life may look glamorous, but the job comes with health hazards that go beyond managing surly passengers. As a group, they get certain cancers more than the general population, according to a new study.
Scientists have long found that flight attendants get more breast cancer and melanoma. The new study, published Monday in the journal Environmental Health [open, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-018-0396-8], saw the same trend and detected a higher prevalence of every other cancer the researchers examined: Non-melanoma skin cancer, uterine, gastrointestinal, cervical and thyroid cancers were all seen at a higher rate in flight attendants.
"Something that somewhat surprised us, to some extent, was that we also saw a higher instance of breast cancer in women with three or more children," said study co-author Irina Mordukhovich, a research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Typically, the more children a woman has, the lower her risk of breast cancer. A previous study showed a result similar to the new breast cancer finding [open, DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw055] [DX], she said, but Mordukhovich didn't expect those findings would be replicated. "Women with three or more children are already probably not getting enough sleep," Mordukhovich said. "Combine that with this disruption from the job, especially for those who fly internationally, this may be an indication that the circadian rhythm disruption is having an impact."
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday June 29 2018, @01:53AM (6 children)
JUST MAKE AIRPLANE FUSELAGES OUT OF LEAD BRICKS.
I'LL SEND YOU MY BILL IN THE MAIL.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday June 29 2018, @02:02AM (5 children)
You're fucking nuts. Insane! You've lost it. I always thought I was the crazy person here but I can't hold it together with all of you. Hold yourselves together. Find peace within yourselves. Go out for ice cream. Eat a good carne asada burrito.
What the hell is wrong with you people?! Oh, I get it now, you're flight-attendants. Well, I think you should be the ones who are drinking the crappy beer along with the passengers. Get a grip, man!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 29 2018, @02:25AM (1 child)
Can't. She Lost, so we never got our taco trucks on every corner. :-(
(Score: 3, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Friday June 29 2018, @03:22AM
Let me tell you, the street vendors were turning Fifth Ave., one of the world’s finest and most luxurious shopping districts, into an outdoor flea market, clogging and seriously downgrading the area! I had to put planters in front of Trump Tower to block them. A very deplorable situation!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday June 29 2018, @08:23AM (2 children)
SABOR MEXICANO SERVES TRULY EXCELLENT CARNE ASADA BURRITOS.
FLY INTO PDX. I'LL MEET YOU JUST OUTSIDE SECURITY.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday June 30 2018, @12:17AM (1 child)
I would never fly, much less drive, into that junkie-infested shithole. And you're probably a cannibal feeding on the bodies of dead bums, who hasn't been caught yet.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday June 30 2018, @02:25AM
BUT I HAVE REPAID MY DEBT TO SOCIETY.
PERHAPS VANCOUVER WASHINGTON WOULD BE MORE TO YOUR LIKING? THAT'S WHERE SABOR MEXICANO IS LOCATED.
VANCOUVER AND PORTLAND ARE JUST AS DIFFERENT AS SHINOLA AND HOT FUDGE SUNDAYS. I LIVE IN VANCOUVER BECAUSE IT'S MUCH CHEAPER TO LIVE THERE - VERY SUBURBAN.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]