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It's the 21st century, and although we tried to rear unisex children - boys who play with dolls and girls who like trucks - we failed. Even though the glass ceiling is cracked, most women stay comfortably beneath it. And everywhere we hear about vitally important "hardwired" differences between male and female brains. The neuroscience that we read about in magazines, newspaper articles, books, and sometimes even scientific journals increasingly tells a tale of two brains, and the result is more often than not a validation of the status quo. Women, it seems, are just too intuitive for math; men too focused for housework.
Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men's and women's brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men's brains aren't wired for empathy and women's brains aren't made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. Instead of a "male brain" and a "female brain", Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.
Passionately argued and unfailingly astute, Delusions of Gender provides us with a much-needed corrective to the belief that men's and women's brains are intrinsically different - a belief that, as Fine shows with insight and humor, all too often works to the detriment of ourselves and our society.
©2010 Cordelia Fine (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
"[Fine's] sharp tongue is tempered with humor.... Read this book and see how complex and fascinating the whole issue is." (The New York Times)
"Gender differences are exaggerated"
To what extent are males and females different and to what extent do those differences depend on nature and nature? Though it is not my field of expertise, I have read a fair amount about brain differences between the sexes as well as the resulting behavioral differences. I have read The essential difference by Simon Baron-Cohen, as well as several books by Steven Pinker, who likes to discuss sex differences as and what causes them. I have also skimmed through the wildly popular "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus…" by John Gray (a book that is very unscientific and overrated). If you have also read these books and, like me, believe that there are essential differences between the sexes, then you should read this book. Cordelia Fine takes on John Gray as well as the academic heavyweights, Baron-Cohen (Cambridge University) and Pinker (Harvard), and though I did not think so when I picked up the book, would argue that she comes out on top.
Cordelia Fine did not change my mind completely; I still believe that when you average things, there are differences between the sexes, both regarding the neural architecture and the behavior. I don't think Cordelia Fine would disagree with this position, but the point of this book is to correct all the wrongs that have been done in the name of (assumed) gender differences. In doing so, Cordelia has provided me with a healthy dose of skepticism about such claims, and she is very convincing in arguing that many of the differences we do see between the sexes are not 'in our genes', but rather are due to environmental factors such as socialization and stereotype threat.
Moreover, Cordelia is also stringent in her approach. When she criticizes authors such as Simon Baron-Cohen, she goes back to the studies on which his claims rest and shows why the studies do not support his claims. This is the proper way to criticize scientific publications, but many others still fail to do so. Having said that, Cordelia Fine also frequently uses the less scholarly strategy of sarcasm in the book, so much so that you have to be on guard not to confuse her sarcasm with her actual views. Still, the sarcasm helps spice up the book a little and helps keep the book interesting even while going into such detail (describing the scientific methodology and retaining someone's attention is usually a challenge).
Fine's argument is basically that often we cannot tell whether a difference in behavior between men and women reflects innate, hard-coded, differences or if that difference is due to either socialization or stereotype threat, i.e. nurture. In the past, we usually have misattributed differences to nature in a way that seems quite preposterous today. People used seriously think that women did not have the constitution to do anything besides rearing children and cooking. Cordelia argues, and I think she is right, that we still do this today, albeit to a lesser degree. For example, she points to many studies showing that girls and women's performance on math tests and mental rotation tests depend to some extent on whether they believe that they are innately inferior, equal or superior on such tasks. Girls who believe that girls are poor in math also get worse results. In other words, it makes a lot of sense to be very careful when asserting that one sex is inferior to the other, no matter which task it is. Again, Cordelia never argues that there are no differences between the sexes, she merely muddies the water for those who claim that such differences are easily detectable and due entirely to nature.
For me, this book was one of those rare books that caused a significant switch in my thinking. The fact that it achieved this while also being entertaining is an impressive feat! I highly recommend this book.
"Necessary reading"
We like to congratulate ourselves often for living in an age of scientific objectivity, unclouded by gender stereotypes of past generations who used science to prove why men are superior to women. Fine, study by study, demonstrates why our self-congratulations is unfounded.
"Nuanced, fascinating review of science of gender"
Cordelia Fine presents a balanced and surprisingly fascinating look at the research into the neuroscience and social psychology of purported "hard-wired" gender differences. While her agenda is obvious, her findings are significantly less so. She makes a legitimate effort to be unbiased and look at the relevant questions with critical thought and an eye for detail, and her resulting findings are insightful and nuanced, as well as very approachable. Maria Brendel does a fine job of the reading, and I found that I (who often bogs down in nonfiction) was riveted throughout the book.
Overall five-star rating notwithstanding, the book isn't perfect. Fine can be sarcastic, and sometimes comes off as a bit smug (and I don't think that was all the reader's interpretation). I can see this being off-putting to readers who are already wary of her premise. There are also a few instances in the book where I wished she had elaborated more fully on the studies discussed. When picking studies apart for overlooking details, it does not do to gloss over potentially relevant details oneself.
And it's worth noting that as a woman who has spent the last decade in a traditionally masculine field, I found parts of the book not just personally relevant, but actually kind of stressful and disheartening as I saw several of my own insecurities and patterns of behavior reflected in Fine's research. Fellow female readers, caveat lector.
Nonetheless, I would recommend this, highly. If you are at all interested in the scientific basis for gender differences, read this book. If you are at all interested in the social influences on gender differences, read this book. If you are a woman working in a male-dominated field, or working at all (paid or otherwise), or a man working with women in any field, or a parent considering how best to raise children who embrace diversity and equality, read this book. It has left me with considerable food for thought on all of these topics and more.
"Fantastic book that smashes the myth of brain sex."
Gender is a social construct, it's not something in our genetic code, our epigenome, our brains or elsewhere. Ms. Fine does a fantastic job of exposing the recently fashionable trend of neurosexism as what it is: the same old oppressive pseudoscience that has been recycled for generations. This is a must - listen!
"Great content, poor narration "
This book was hard to listen to because of the sarcastic tone of the narrator. The subject & content do deserve that outraged attitude, but that should be on the part of the listener. We will get it - you don't need to signal us via the narrator's tone.
"Yes, women can do math and science."
This book is a very thorough, exhaustively researched debunking of the latest pseudoscience and misused brain science that is used to argue that girls are just too emotional and empathic to do math, science and engineering. It's a good book, but I wish it had been more even-handed about how gender assumptions affect men and boys as well.
"Not Good"
This book is more for academics with an already set gender bias. There isn't anything substantive in this book that can't be regurgitated by a liberal arts freshman. Excuse me, freshperson. I have had Audible for 3 years now and this is the only book I've returned.
"surprisingly clear and fun."
This was a fun exploration of the dubiousness of our societies beliefs about gender differences.
"Valuable discussion of Gender but way too long"
Message and ideas could have been delivered in a much more concise manner. While I was convinced message was aligned with my personal outlook. I don't think data is rigorous enough to convince a die hard neurosexist and way too repetitive for me... having said this I did find the ideas themselves worthwhile.
"Informative But Not Entertaining"
I'm very interested in this topic and the author covers a variety perspectives on gender bias, but overall I struggled to stay focused. The content is informative and the performance well done, but unfortunately overall not very engaging.
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'Raman Raghav 2.0' to premiere at Cannes Directors Fortnight.. Congratulations team," Anurag Kashyap tweeted.
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Air traffic controllers called in sick en masse and shut down flights across most of Spain on Friday in a surprise holiday-weekend blow during a row over working hours.
Airport operator AENA condemned the mass, coordinated action, saying it was an "intolerable" and "irresponsible" act which hit more than 100,000 passengers at the start of a long weekend.
It warned of disciplinary dismissals and said the action may even be considered criminal.
Controllers started calling in sick and leaving posts barely two hours into a new shift at 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) at airports around Spain, the airport operator said.
Within hours, the shutdown had spread from Madrid and the Balearic islands to cover all of Spain except for the southern region of Andalucia, a spokesman for AENA said.
Ninety percent of controllers had abandoned their work posts, and there were only three left at Madrid's Barajas airport to cope with landing aircraft, he added.
AENA, the European air safety authority Eurocontrol and US counterpart the Federal Aviation Administration were holding a conference to decide how to handle transatlantic flights.
"The intolerable attitude of controllers has led to the closure of air space of Madrid and the airports of Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Minorca," AENA said in a statement.
"This irresponsible decision is causing huge disruption in air traffic in the whole of Spain," it said.
"The decision to paralyse air traffic in the country is extremely serious and, as well as being extremely serious misconduct that could be punished with disciplinary dismissals of controllers who refuse to work, it constitutes a crime according to article 409 of the penal code."
It said the controllers' attitude was leading them into a blind alley, accusing them of putting themselves ahead of the rights of "hundreds of thousands of passengers" travelling this weekend.
Next Monday and Wednesday are days off in Spain and many people will also take Tuesday so as to have a five-day break.
"AENA calls for the immediate return of the controllers, restoring normal service and the abandonment of this blackmail of the Spanish people by taking citizens as hostages," the statement said.
Flag carrier Iberia said there were no take-offs from airports in Madrid, the Canary Islands and Palma de Mallorca but planes were still being allowed to land.
"We did not get any warning. They have taken us a bit by surprise so we do not know the exact number of Iberia flights that will be cancelled," said an Iberia spokeswoman.
Iberia believed the action would continue until 1:00 am (0000 GMT), she said.
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The government stipulated that the maximum time worked by air traffic controllers was 1,670 hours a year but said that this total did not include non-aeronautical work.
The decision on working hours was announced along with a package of measures to raise extra money for the Spanish government and calm market fears of a Greek-style debt crisis striking the country.
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The government may raise as much as nine billion euros from the sale of the stake in AENA, Spanish media said.
It aims to rein in the public deficit from 11.1 percent of gross domestic product last year, the third highest in the eurozone after Greece and Ireland, to 3.0 percent -- the EU limit -- by 2013.


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Vin Chaud
The vin chaud – literally translated means hot wine, cannot claim Savoie roots as every region and European country has its own version, however, this is a very popular drink in the alps in winter, it is a great warming pick-me-up after a mornings skiing! It is a hot, sweetened red wine made with the addition of aromatic spices and citrus fruits. Each country has its own version with a slight variation of ingredients. Known as mulled wine in the UK, Glühwein in Germany and Austria and in the Nordic Countries GlÖgg. Bulgaria's version is called Greyano vino, The Netherlands call theirs Bisschopswijn and the Italians call it vin brulé. For a more detailed description of all the different countries versions of this drink check out this informative article on wikipedia
The origins of the hot red wine drink can be traced back as far as the Ancient Greeks and was known as Hippocras. This drink is said to have been invented by the Greek Father of medicine Hippocrates. The original Hippocras was either red or white wine that was spiced and sweetened with honey, it was known as a tonic. This was a very popular drink in Britain and there is a recipe for Hypocrace in The Good Housewife's Jewel by Thomas Dawson (1596), one of the earliest cook books printed for the Elizabethan working classes – this cook book is still in print today.
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I bottle of red wine – I use a local Savoie wine (Gamay or Mondeuse) but for a stronger wine taste try a Bordeaux
100g sugar – test for sweetness before adding all the sugar
zest of a lemon
zest of an orange
2 cinnamon sticks
2 star anise
2 cloves
1cm of fresh ginger, grated
A pinch fresh nutmeg, grated
Place all of the ingredients into a saucepan and slowly bring to a gentle rolling simmer, leave to infuse for at least 5 minutes, can leave simmering gently on the stove all day – if it lasts that long! Serve very hot, strained through a sieve with a slice of orange and lemon.
If I am serving this as an apero before dinner, I sometimes add a little splash of Grand Marnier.
I have tried this recipe with white wine and cider adding honey to sweeten and elderflower to dilute which gives a great lighter alternative.
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Tampa police arrest 16 in prostitution crackdown before RNC
Tampa police are cracking down on prostitution at strip clubs before the Republican National Convention. Police arrested 16 women for offering to commit prostitution during "Operation Keep it Clean," which took place on Thursday and Friday nights. Undercover officers went to 12 strip clubs in Tampa in search of prostitutes and human sex trafficking of minors. Police have information that suggests prostitutes may be coming to Tampa to work in adult establishments during the RNC.Police say they will continue to monitor adult establishments before, during and after the RNC. According to police, the following women were arrested for offering to commit prostitution: * Tiera Christina, 24, at Pink Pony * Leslie Ann Herrin, 61, at Alibi Lounge * Dana Marie Molina, 31, at Alibi Lounge * Dolores Louise Marquetti, 25, at Alibi Lounge * Jillian Erin McBreen, 27, at Alibi Lounge * Andrea Marie Forstardi, 33, at Skin Tampa * Rachelle Elizabeth Boyne, 22, at Emperor Club * Dallas M. Boswell, 18, at Skin Tampa * Zulekya Serrana, 24, at Skin Tampa * Kori Anne Hamilton, 29, at Scarlet's * Victoria Medina Esmerelda, 19, at Scarlet's * Melanie Marie Mendez, 19, at Scarlet's * Essence D. Donaldson, 22, at Skin Tampa * Kimberly R. Lyons, 45 at Play Pen * Ortiz, Xiomara, 25, at Play Pen * Danita Q. Wilson, 24, at Play Pen Officers made no arrests at Lipstixx, 2001 Odyssey, Library Lounge, Starlite Lounge, Chic's Gentlemen's Club, Flash Dancers, Dj vu, and Mons Venus.
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(Washington, D.C.) - While First District Congressman Jeb Bradley is traveling throughout Iraq, Jordan and Germany with a Congressional Delegation surveying Iraqi reconstruction efforts, he will provide e-mail updates describing his travels. The following is the second update:
Day 3
Today our Congressional Delegation attended a conference hosted by The Iraqi Women's Educational Institute. The conference included the participation of more than 150 Iraqi women from all over the country. The participants were from all regions, represented different religious groups and were well educated. Most of the women had tragic stories to tell about the oppression under Saddam Hussein, but all were excited about the prospects for democracy in Iraq.
Each participant introduced themselves, and when it was my turn, I said that I was from New Hampshire and that our state motto was "Live Free or Die." This elicited a loud round of applause.
The focus of the conference was on how to participate in a democracy and included segments on interacting with the media, leadership skills, coalition building and role playing. Other topics included fighting corruption, party building, goals of democracy in Iraq, constitutional government, democracy in religion and local government.
During the conference I had the opportunity to speak with two Kurdish women, Narmin Othman, Minister of Women's Affairs and Acting Minister of Health, and Safia al-Suhail, who will be the Iraqi Ambassador to Egypt. Safia al-Suhail was introduced by President Bush during his recent State of the Union address. Eleven years ago, Safia's father had been assassinated by the Hussein regime. Both women felt that the Iraqi security forces are doing an increasingly better job and are more respected and trusted by the Iraqi people. They indicated that the role of women, the role of religion in government, and federalism issues (such as the treatment of minorities like the Kurds) are the biggest challenges facing Iraq and women.
Safia introduced me to a Shiite religious woman who, while she believed in the importance of Islam, also said that Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is committed to rights for women. There is a fear that other Shiite religious groups with close ties to Iran are less open-minded than al-Sistani.
I ate lunch with a group of Kurdish women including Ala Talabani, who is the niece of the new President of Iraq, Mr. Jalal Talabani. I told them about my first trip to Iraq and my visit to the Abu Ghraib prison. I told them that I had walked in the torture chambers and had seen the scrawls on the concrete walls of people waiting to die. I told them how I had stood on the door that would open underneath a condemned person with a noose around his or her neck. I also told them what it meant to me to stand in this execution chamber where 80,000 people had died, and how all I could do was pray for the lost souls. As I was describing this, the ten women I was sitting with were crying. The father of one of the women had been executed at Abu Ghraib as well as another woman's brother. It was a very poignant reminder of how depraved and blood-thirsty the Saddam regime had been and how our world is better off with him in prison.
The women that attended this conference displayed unbelievable courage, perseverance and a commitment to a new and free Iraq. These women were inspiring and their stories, powerful. They were ordinary people doing extraordinary things. They are committed to reaching across religious, tribal, ethnic and cultural divides, and this is a testament to what is happening inside Iraq. It is hopeful and full of challenges, but the prospect of a civil society continues to grow.


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First off, the first Scumfest was in 1996. So it is in no way an Anti- hopscotch event. Really since it came first, Hopscotch is kind of an Anti-Scumfest event. Scumfest for years, has been putting on extreme acts. Metal bands, Punk bands, and any over the top acts such as the Spo-its and Schmegma have entertained crowds who expect to see and hear something different. Not to mention that Scumfest helped launch the career of Wed 13 from the Murderdolls. And it brought in great acts like Jeff Dahl, The Murder Junkies, Antiseen, The Mentors, etc. This year was as great with the premier of the movie "Metal Messiah" and new comers to the scene, Rapegoat.
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When Nets general manager Billy King put this team together, he did it with one eye on the Heat, knowing that if the Nets were going to be true championship material, they would have to get past the two-time defending champs at some point. Now they're about to get their shot.
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Mulayam Singh was flooded with calls informing him of VHP leader Acharya Giriraj Kishores arrest in Lucknow as well as the situation in major Uttar Pradesh towns.
The chief ministers instructions to the callers were crisp: Be firm. Do not let anyone, whoever he might be, violate the law.
But when Mulayam Singh spoke here, he was uncharacteristically restrained. The chief minister appealed to the VHP and others to call off Fridays Ayodhya programme and wait for the court verdict on the disputed site.
He praised Muslims for having said they will abide by the court ruling, even if it goes against them. I expect the same commitment from them (the Sangh parivar). After all, a nation and society is governed by laws and norms, Mulayam Singh said, rejecting the VHPs argument that the judiciary had no role to play in matters of faith.
Launching his Samajwadi Partys political campaign here, the chief minister urged the Sangh parivar to see reason. He asked if constructing a temple was more important than nation-building and economic development. If we have peace, harmony and prosperity in society, we can built thousands of temples and mosques. But let us first have that kind of conducive atmosphere, Mulayam Singh said.
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If we see past riots, we would realise that both sides (Hindus and Muslims) pay (an) enormous economic price apart from losing precious human lives, he added.
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AGE MADE HIM DO IT: Film critic Rex Reed has been working to lift the negative reviews he's gotten since his shoplifting arrest last week. In a column for the Feb. 21 edition of the New York Observer, Reed, 61, claims a "senior moment" caused him to take three CDs from a Manhattan Tower Records store. When he was caught with the compact discs (by Mel Torme, Peggy Lee and Carmen McRae) in his pocket, he offered to pay by credit card, "or the $500 in cash I had in my wallet," but was rejected. "I don't consider myself guilty of anything but careless stupidity," Reed says.
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A singing task proves too much for some teams
Original Airing: November 3, 2013
According to teasers for tonight's episode there will be a Fast Forward as well as a fight on the check-in Matt. And I being prejudiced against Pinky and No Brain [as they've been nicknamed] thinking Marie and Tim will somehow be involved in this fight?
The first stop on this leg is: Vienna, Austria by train. Once there they must find the Opera House and find Rigoletto who will lead them to the costume department. All teams head to the train. Marie and Tim suggest Amy and Jason work with them this leg. All the teams on same train. Leo and Jamal are lying about not U-Turning Adam and Brandon. Dudes, if you want to play hardball has the guts to admit what you did.
Rigoletto gives the teams a Detour and Flash Forward.
Light Brigade – assemble a chandelier.
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Unfortunately for Tim and Marie, Jason and Amy figure out who really took their cab.
The Blondes and the Oklahoma boys having a hard time completing the singing task.
Next up they have to head to a palace to search for their next clue. Teams have to make their way through a maze to find their next clue.
The Gloriette is the pit stop for this leg of the race. All the teams race on foot to get to the pit stop first. Travis tells Nicole to drop her back. She'd better pray no one takes it and that her passport isn't in the bag.
- Nicole and Travis and win a trip.
- Nicky and Kim
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- Tim and Marie
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Jason and Amy start making digs at Tim and Marie and both teams arrive at the pit stop mat within seconds of each other. Jason takes on Marie. Marie won't apologize for what she did. Thinks she didn't do anything wrong.
Back at the singing pit stop both Team Oklahoma and Team Blonde are still having problems making it through the singing task. Team Blonde makes it through the task before Team Oklahoma. Team Oklahoma finally makes it while the blondes have a hard time hailing a cab. Team Oklahoma tailing behind Team Blonde and never manage to catch up as they get eliminated.
This time it wasn't a team getting messed up by an airline clerk or getting U-Turned that caused them to be eliminated. It was the fact the team just couldn't do the task. This was a task where the team might have stayed in the race if they took a time penalty and just hadn't finished the task after the first time they failed at it. Would it have caused Team Blonde to be eliminated instead of Team Oklahoma? There's no way of telling.
Since Marie and Tim are compared to two cartoon characters let me adopt my best Daffy Duck voice to say to Marie, "You're dispicable!" She wouldn't even cop to doing anything wrong and tries to claim Jason and Amy would have done the same, when they clearly told her there were already two other cabs there and they went and caught their own cab.
A few questions, though. Did Tim and Marie tell the cab that brought them to wait. If so, does that mean they didn't pay their cabbie and took another team's cab. And since no cabbie is going to wait without the meter running, did Tim and Marie actually end of paying Jason and Amy's cab tab?
I might not have a problem with the cab thing [since it isn't as reprehensible as stealing another team's money] if Marie didn't plan to steal someone else's cab to screw them over in hopes it would cause them to get eliminated even before she walked outside the building. There's a difference between doing something on the spur of the moment and doing it in the premeditated fashion she wanted to do it in. I think she may be quite possibly one of the worst racers that I can recall in recent years.
Shouldn't there be some sportsmanship on this race? If you win by cheating and sabotaging other teams, what kind of win is it if you can only win by underhanded means?
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While substantive epidemiological literature suggests that alcohol drinking and obesity are potential risk factors of colorectal cancer (CRC), the possible interaction between the two has not been adequately explored. We used a case-control study to examine if alcohol drinking is associated with an increased risk of CRC and if such risk differs in people with and without obesity.
Newly diagnosed CRC cases were identified between 1999 and 2003 in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). Cases were frequency-matched by age and sex with controls selected using random digit dialing. Cases (702) and controls (717) completed self-administered questionnaires assessing health and lifestyle variables. Estimates of alcohol intake included types of beverage, years of drinking, and average number of alcohol drinks per day. Odds ratios were estimated to investigate the associations of alcohol independently and when stratified by obesity status on the risk of CRC.
Among obese participants (BMI ≥ 30), alcohol was associated with higher risk of CRC (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.2-4.0) relative to the non-alcohol category. Among obese individuals, 3 or more different types of drinks were associated with a 3.4-fold higher risk of CRC relative to non-drinkers. The risk of CRC also increased with drinking years and drinks daily among obese participants. However, no increased risk was observed in people without obesity.
The effect of alcohol of drinking on CRC seems to be modified by obesity.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal tract neoplasms in the world accounting for approximately 9% of all new cancer cases [1]. Incidence rates of CRC vary geographically, being most common in Western countries and less common in Asia and Africa [1]. In Canada, there is substantial variation in CRC incidence and mortality rates among provinces [2]. Very high incidence and mortality rates have been observed in the Atlantic provinces, particularly in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), where CRC incidence and mortality rates are approximately twice as high as they are in British Columbia and Alberta [2]. It is unclear why such variation exists, but it has been speculated that lifestyle may play an important role in CRC carcinogenesis [2].
Alcohol is one of the best known but most avoidable lifestyle behaviors related to CRC [3,4]. Many epidemiological studies [5-10], but not all [11], have reported a positive association between alcohol consumption and CRC occurrence. A recent meta-analysis of 27 cohort and 34 case-control studies observed a modestly elevated risk of CRC comparing the moderate (12.6-49.9 g/day; RR:1.21) and heavy drinkers ( 50 g/day; RR:1.52) with non-/occasional drinkers [3]; the effects also showed a clear dose-response relationship. Another pooled analysis of 8 cohort studies across North America and Europe supported this association by reporting a risk that is as much as 1.41-fold higher among regular high alcohol drinkers ( 45 g/day), compared with nondrinkers [12]. However, despite the overall positive association between alcohol drinking and CRC, considerable variations have existed among individual studies, which may not be fully explained by random errors. In recent years, obesity has been found to be correlated with a lower level of glutathione S-transferase A4 (GSTA4) [13], which is an important enzyme responsible for the depredation of acetaldehyde (an established carcinogen metabolized from alcohol) [14]. Hence, we would expect to find an effect modification of alcohol by obesity status and hypothesize that the association between alcohol drinking and CRC may vary across populations.
Historically, the province of NL has a higher alcohol use and obesity prevalence compared with other regions (~1/3 of adults are obese, defined by their body mass index, BMI) [15-17]. However, as yet there has been no study conducted in NL population to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and CRC risk, and very little has been reported on the joint effects of alcohol consumption and obesity on CRC risk. The objective of this study is to examine if alcohol drinking is associated with an increased risk of CRC and if such risk differs in people with and without obesity in NL population.
CRC patients newly diagnosed in 1999-2003, aged 20-74 years were eligible for inclusion using the Newfoundland Cancer Registry (NCR). NCR records were reviewed to identify cases, and pathology reports were then used to verify the diagnosis according to the International Classification of Diseases 9th revision and 10th revision. Eligible cases were contacted through their attending or family physician to inform them of this study; only those who indicated voluntary participation were recruited. Controls were frequency matched with cases by sex and age (5-year strata), aged 20-74 years, selected from the NL population using random digit dialing (RDD). Briefly, random telephone numbers were generated by SPSS software based on a telephone roll provided by Aliant (a local telephone company in NL). Initial contacts were made through dialing those numbers in a sequential order until the desired number of controls was obtained. A detailed description of the recruitment of controls is reported elsewhere [18-20]. In total, 1,171 cases (84.4% of eligible cases) consented to participate in the study and were sent study materials. Of those, 702 participants (59.9%) completed and returned the questionnaires. A total of 1,602 eligible controls (78.9% of eligible controls) identified using RDD consented verbally to participate in the survey. However, only 717 controls returned the survey packages and the signed consent forms at the end of December 2006, resulting in a participation rate of 44.8%.
All participants completed three questionnaires: a Personal History Questionnaire (PHQ), a Family History Questionnaire (FHQ), and a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) [3,4]. The FFQ utilized is a similar but modified version of the validated Hawaii FFQ to include endemic foods in Newfoundland (e.g., salted/pickled meat and smoked/pickled fish) [19,20]. All questionnaires were mailed to participants with self-addressed stamped envelopes once the consent for participation was obtained. If a participant was unable to return finished questionnaires within 3 weeks, a follow-up telephone call was made to ensure that the study package had been received. A telephone interview or assistance was offered when needed. Information was collected on participants' alcohol use in each decade of life since age 20 years. Participants were asked about duration and frequency of 12 oz cans or bottles of beer, 4 oz glasses of wine, 1 oz serving of fortified wine, or 1 oz shots of liquor or spirits consumed per day or per week (see Table Table11).
Participants were classified as alcohol drinkers if they ever consumed any alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirits) once a week for 6 months or longer. Others were classified as non-drinkers. Derived variables on alcohol consumption in the analysis included types of alcoholic beverage (0, 1-2, 3+), number of drinking years (0, 1-19, 20+) and average number of drinks daily (0, 1-2(13.5-27.0 g), 3-4(40.5-54.0 g), 5 + (>67.5 g)). Respondents were classified into non-obese (BMI < 30) and obese (BMI ≥ 30) categories [4]. BMI was estimated based on the height and weight questions, "About how tall are you, without your shoes on?" and "How much did you weigh about 1 year before your recent cancer diagnosis (cases) or this survey (controls)?"
Covariates included in the model were age, sex, marital status, education attainment, rural/urban area, and census division. Urban and rural residences were determined based on the definition of rural postal codes [21]. Other variables considered in the analyses were family CRC history (yes/no), other personal cancer history (yes/no), physician diagnosed diabetes (yes/no), physician diagnosed hypercholesterolemia (yes/no), cigarette smoking (ever smoke, never smoke), regular use of aspirin (yes/no), intake of fruits, vegetables and red meats, leisure time physical activity, lifetime use of bulk-forming laxatives and other laxatives (yes/no) and lifetime use of calcium pills or tablets and calcium-based antacids (yes/no). The selection of confounding factors was based on literature/previous studies and biological plausibility.
A descriptive analysis was conducted to show the distribution of sociodemographic characteristics in study populations stratified by case and control status [17]. Comparisons between categorical groups were analyzed using Pearson's chi-square test. The independent association between alcohol intake and risk of CRC was estimated using the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) as an estimate of the relative risk from multivariate logistic regression models, adjusted for potential clustering and confounding [22-24]. Based on univariate logit analysis of the pooled data set, any variable whose univariate test had a p-value < 0.20 was considered as a candidate for the multivariate model [25]. Data were completed for approximately 90% of study participants. For missing data, values were imputed. The mean of the non-missing values for numeric variables was used as the estimate of missing numeric data and the mode (most frequent) value was used as the estimate of missing categorical data [18,26]. Testing for linear trends was conducted by considering the ordinal exposure variables as continuous and then examining the significance of the coefficient with a z-test [18]. All statistical analyses were completed using SAS 9.1 [27].
The protocol for the NOCS was approved in NL by the Human Investigation Committee (HIC) of the Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University. Permission for the use of NOCS data for the secondary analysis which forms the basis of the current study was provided by the NOCS co-principal investigators, and the study was subsequently approved by the HIC.
A total of 702 CRC cases and 717 controls were included in the study. The case and control groups had a similar age-sex distribution with the mean ages at 60.3 years (SD: 9.4) in cases and 60.4 years (SD: 9.5) in controls, respectively. Men accounted for 60.7% of cases and 59.2% of controls. Caucasians accounted for over 94% of the sample and 93% were Canadian-born. Approximately 13% of the sample (102 cases and 92 controls) self-reported a previous diagnosis of other cancers, mostly non-melanoma skin cancer, but no significant differences existed between cases and controls.
Table Table22 summarizes demographic characteristics of CRC cases and controls overall and alcohol drinkers, specifically. Significantly more cases than controls lived in rural areas, had an education of high school or less, had diabetes, smoked cigarettes, had a family history of CRC, had not received a diagnosis of high cholesterol, used laxatives and were obese. Significantly more controls than cases took aspirin and calcium supplements. Cases reported lower intake of fruits than controls.
Table Table33 presents the unadjusted and adjusted ORs and their corresponding 95% CIs of colon cancer, rectal cancer and CRC with alcohol intake among men and women combined. There were no statistically significant associations between alcohol intake and risks of CRC overall or when stratified by subsite in the colon or rectum. Drinking less than 20 years tended to slightly decrease the risk of rectal cancer.
Table Table44 presents the unadjusted and adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for the associations between alcohol intake and CRC risk among men and women separately. Similar to the combined sex results, the stratified results do not show any statistically significant associations between alcohol intake and CRC risk.
Table Table55 presents the unadjusted and adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for the associations between alcohol intake and CRC risk stratified by obesity status. Among non-obese participants, drinkers with low levels of alcohol intake (i.e., 1-19 years or 1-2 drinks/day) seemed to have a decreased risk of developing CRC compared to non-drinkers, with ORs of 0.6 (95% CI: 0.4-0.9) and 0.7 (95% CI: 0.5-1.0), respectively. Among obese participants, however, overall alcohol intake was positively associated with CRC risk, with OR equals to 2.2 (95% CI: 1.2-4.0). The risk of CRC appeared to linearly increase with reported increasing drinking years in obese subjects (OR:2.5, 95%CI: 1.3-5.0 for 20-39 years and OR:2.6, 95%CI:1.1-6.5 for 40+ years). Similar higher odds of CRC risk were observed among obese individuals who reported 1-2 drinks or 5+ drinks per day on average (OR:2.3,95%CI:1.2-4.3 and OR:3.7,95%CI:1.5-9.0, respectively).
The results of this population-based case-control study in NL, Canada, demonstrated that the association between alcohol intake and risk of CRC differed by obesity status. The increased risk of alcohol drinking on CRC was observed in people with obesity, and this association remained persistent regardless of how the exposure was defined.
Previous studies have suggested that alcohol consumption may increase the risk of developing CRC [4,8,28,29]. However, our study observed a higher risk of CRC for drinking alcohol in people with obesity. While we are not able to offer a conclusive statement regarding discrepancy, there are several plausible explanations. First, obesity status is a CRC risk factor usually considered as a potential confounder in most studies investigating the alcohol -CRC association. This study examined how obesity modified the effects of alcohol on CRC rather than treated it as a confounder. Thus, our findings may help, in part, reconcile some discrepancies in the literature in terms of the risk for CRC related to alcohol drinking and provide some evidence for assessing possible interactions between alcohol and obesity in future epidemiological studies. Another possible reason for this may be that NL is a founder population geographically isolated [30]. A higher proportion of CRC incidence in NL may be mainly attributed to genetic cause that may shade the roles of other environmental factors in the CRC carcinogenesis such as alcohol consumption [19,30].
The elevated risk of CRC related to alcohol consumption only observed in obese participants in this study suggests a synergistic effect between alcohol and obesity. Although the biological mechanism for the synergy is not fully understood, a similar pattern has been detected in patients with liver, esophageal, and stomach cancer [31,32]. Possible explanations for this include that alcohol is principally metabolized to acetaldehyde, an established carcinogen causing mucosal damage and cell proliferation to humans [14,33]; while obesity is characterized by a low-grade chronic inflammatory state correlated with an increase in oxidative stress [13]. In the presence of acetaldehyde (the primary metabolite of alcohol), pro-oxidative conditions, in general, produce acetaldehyde-modified protein, which has been suggested as one of the major events initiating cellular damages and causing diseases [21]. Additionally, consistent with the elevated oxidative stress, the amount of GSTA4, an important enzyme that is responsible for the proper breakdown of acetaldehyde, has been found to decrease approximately 3-4-fold in obesity [13], resulting in an increased local toxicity of acetaldehyde. The biological mechanism, however, requires further investigation, and this observation needs to be validated in other populations.
A main strength of this study is that both cases and controls were selected from population-based samples identified through Newfoundland Cancer Registry and Telephone Roll provided by Aliant Company, respectively, resulting in a relatively large sample size (702 cases and 717 controls). All participants completed three self-administered questionnaires (i.e., a PHQ, a FHQ, and a FFQ), gathering detailed information on personal history, lifestyle and dietary habits for each participant. This allowed for the comprehensive assessment of other factors that could act as possible confounders that may distort the results [19].
This study is subject to several limitations. First, research in which people may participate has greatly proliferated in the past decades, resulting in an increased reject rate in all studies [34]. Despite our best efforts, the participation rates of both cases and controls were relatively low. Case patients were more likely to respond because of a pre-existing awareness of the disease. Given the strength of the reported associations, the magnitude of the possible bias was unable to accurately estimate. It is possible that participating controls tended to have a higher socioeconomic status than the general population, which may lead to over-estimating the risk of alcohol drinking in this study. However, an analysis of the differences in demographic characteristics (only age, sex and residence in controls) between the eligible cases and controls, between participating cases and controls, between participating and non-participating cases, and between participating and non-participating controls in this study did not show evidence that non-participation greatly affected the results of the study (data not shown). Thus, possible participation bias was unlikely to fully explained observed association in this study.
Secondly, this study may be influenced by recall bias that could lead to exposure misclassification. Because the questionnaire did not distinguish respondents who never drank alcohol from those who drank less than one drink per day, the referent category (i.e., "non-drinkers") included occasional drinkers with non-drinkers. Lifetime measures might be inaccurate due to the concern about the adequacy of long-term recall after 18 years [35]. When questioned on exposure status, participants were more likely to underestimate the amount of alcohol they drank [36], which would generally bias the association towards to the null [37-39]. The validity of self-reported alcohol consumption may differ between cases and controls since the cases and controls by definition are people who differ with respect to their disease experience, and this difference may affect recall [40]. The bias caused by differential misclassification is variable [41]. However, the main protection against bias in this study was the standardization of methods. The questions were identical and presented in an identical fashion to both cases and controls. Furthermore, analyses conducted to assess the validity of self-reporting lifetime alcohol consumption in this study (data not shown) did not provide any evidence that inaccurate or differential reporting of alcohol consumption for cases and controls may have biased the association.
This study conducted in the province of NL, Canada found that alcohol consumption was associated with higher risk of CRC in the presence of obesity. These observations require being validated in large prospective studies. If confirmed, the data may have implications for exploring the association between alcohol and obesity and possible mechanisms for their combined effects, and for tailoring alcohol policies and prevention strategies for obese people.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
JZ led the data analysis and finding interpretation, and was the writer of the first version of the manuscript. YZ contributed to the consequent writing and revising of the manuscript. PPW conceptualized, devised and actively commented on the overall research design, the results interpretation, and the paper. ZS and JS collated the manuscript for intellectual content. RW, SB, BR, JRM, PTC, PSP, the co-project investigators, sought funding for the original project, critically commented, and oversaw the scientific implementation of the study. All authors read and approved the final version.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:
This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team Grant [CIHR-CPT79845] and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Interdisciplinary research on Colorectal Cancer Studentship [205835]. Yun Zhu and Zhuoyu Sun were awarded by the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research through Master's fellowships.
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Join us for the Brenda Lichman Ceramic Workshop, Saturday, February 11. The workshop is free and open to the public. She will also have an exhibit in the Shafer Gallery that will run January 13 through February 11.
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ceramics Room T 151 and the Shafer Art Gallery
Barton County Campus
10 a.m. - Starting in T-151 with throwing demonstrations with emphasis on a teapot form. Coffee, tea and snacks provided. A video will be produced of the workshop.
12 p.m. - Break for Brown Bag lunch in the Shafer Gallery. Bring your lunch and beverage.
12:45 p.m. - Start slide presentation and end with question/answer session
1:30 p.m. - Back to T151 to finish assembling and decorating forms
4 p.m. - Conclusion of the workshop
The workshop will be the closing event for Wayne Conyers' "Quarks, Quirks & Quantum Conundrums" exhibit and Brenda Lichman's exhibit at the Shafer Gallery. Brenda's work will be available for purchase in the Shafer Gallery during the scheduled exhibit and during the gallery presentation. Prices range from $42 Cups to $165 Teapots.
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