Re: Epidemiology

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

>

> "I would question that the radiologist study is as impressive as the NSWS

because

> of differences between radiologists and other physicians. When I checked

with my

> friend Bob Cihak, Past President of our Association of American Physicians

and

> Surgeons (more scientific than political like AMA) and a radiologist, he

said,

> "Yes, I for one chose radiology to avoid the 80 hour work weeks of other

> residencies and specialties."

> Radiologists are less type ":A", adrenergic, subject to heart attacks.

Using

> other physicians as controls is as unsatisfactory as Field using c35%

smokers as

> controls for lung cancer cases with c95% smokers."



Howard,

    OK, but I wonder by what mechanism are radiologists less prone toward

cancer than other physicians, and why is this the case only after ~1925. Do

HMO physicians who generally work fewer hours under perhaps less stressful

conditions also experience lower cancer rates? Another question: Are

"adregeneric" humans more likely to experience heart attacks, or are heart

attack victims more likely to be classified as adregeneric? Is Bob Cihak's

comment an offhand opinion, or are there controlled studies to support it?



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