Thanks for giving me some peace about this. I had worried about this myself until now. Jen, Dad w/ PD 55/39 -----Original Message----- From: Marjorie L. Moorefield [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: LEFT HANDEDNESS/Curious Connie http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/ps-lhi092700.html Left-handedness is not necessarily the kiss of death Erie, Pa -- Although the percentage of left-handed people among those over age 60 is lower than in the rest of the population, there is no indication that left-handedness leads to an early demise. Rather, a complex combination of factors combine so that fewer of the old and oldest old report left-handedness, according to a Penn State researcher. Some factors involved include pressure to switch hands, more women than men in the older populations, adaptation to a predominantly right-hand world and a rightward trend caused by the aging process. **************************************************************************** *********************** Someplace I read where Lefty's die younger than Right handers. Obviously, these people did too, but now they are proving its not true. Isn't that GREAT. Now I don't have to worry that I have been living on borrowed time since I was 56. This is really a good article, I urge all lefty's to read it. Curious Connie, please find out how many lefty's were born on Halloween? just me, Marjorie