Thursday, March 4, 2010

--Can This Be Right? It’s Bad to Be a Lefty?--


What do Leonardo Da Vinci, Jimi Hendrix, Angelina Jolie, Barack Obama, and my two daughters have in common? OK, yes, they’re all charismatic and powerful individuals whose talents impress all who know them. But I was thinking of something else: They’re all left handed! At least that’s true according to published reports (though I can vouch for the last two members on the list).

~

Even with such famous brethren, lefties may wonder why they are the way they are—especially when they’re trying to cut with made-for-righty scissors or after smudging the ink across the page as they write. After all, it’s a right-handed world: Lefties only make up 10 percent of the population.

~

Lefties (and those who love them) may also wonder if there is any truth to the bandied-about idea that lefties don’t live as long as righties.

~

~

~http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100254806&gt1=31036

No comments: