A solution to John Eagleton's traffic problem

[ttownjoe]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

And, no, I still am not convinced bicycling cops is the way to go on a wide scale. One place it might work is inside the IDL. But not on a sprawling area like East 11th Street.

If called upon to testify in a court of law, what credentials can you claim in the area of law enforcement cycling?

You may be right about keeping bike cops within IDL.  City personnel records indicate 75% of the active duty officers are obese.

[RecycleMichael]

Here is a website that is very pro bike cops. It is a group called the International Police Mountain Bike Association.

http://www.ipmba.org/index.htm

I don't think it is a bad idea, but would understand if the police department had different opinions.

Here is a medical journal that says that bicycling for long periods of time leads to erectile dysfunction and groin numbness.

http://www.andrologyjournal.org/cgi/content/full/23/6/927

That may be one of the problems with our bicycling Santa.

[ttownjoe]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

That may be one of the problems with our bicycling Santa.

ATLANTA (AP) -- A new study has found that losing weight reduces a man's risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

After tracking the weight of nearly 70,000 men between 1982 and 1992, researchers from the American Cancer Society and the Duke University Prostate Center found that men who lost more than 11 pounds had a lower risk for aggressive prostate cancer than men whose weight stayed the same over a decade.

Previous studies have found that obese men have a higher risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. This study appears to be the first to indicate that recent weight loss can decrease that risk.

In the study reported this month in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers analyzed the height and weight of the men in 1982 and 1992 and every three years after that until 2003. At that time, more than 5,200 of the men -- more than 7 percent -- had prostate cancer.

Among those cases, about one in eight had a form of cancer that was aggressive but had not spread to other areas of the body. The study's major finding focused on those aggressive cases, with researchers concluding that those who lost 11 or more pounds were 42 percent less likely to develop that form of prostate cancer
than those whose weight stayed the same.

"Whether it's exactly 40 percent, we don't know, but they lower their risk when they lose 11-plus pounds," lead researcher Dr. Carmen Rodriguez said. "We feel confident, at least in this population, that was real."

More than seven times as many men whose weight stayed the same had aggressive prostate cancer compared with those who lost 11 or more pounds.

Rodriguez said men should avoid putting on extra weight as they get older.

"The main message for men is to not get overweight," he said. "If they are overweight, that's another reason to try to lose weight, just to decrease the risk for prostate cancer."

Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer for men and the second leading cause of cancer death for U.S. men.