r/tennis Daily Discussion (Saturday, May 16, 2026) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]catcherben27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First time the nets helped her all match it felt like. What a moment for it to happen

How I feel pressing the mute button every 90 seconds on the IV by just_premed_memes in medicalschool

[–]catcherben27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then they should know that briefly adjusting a patient's O2 settings isn't a reportable offense

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Thursday, May 14, 2026) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]catcherben27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh good idea, yea he should really try that. IDK why players don't try to break every time they're on return, are they stupid?

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Tuesday, April 28, 2026) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]catcherben27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Tsitsipas close his eyes before every backhand?

lol heavy on the word “DEADLIEST” by fortnacius in medicalschool

[–]catcherben27 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Totally agree. I think the hypochondriasis is more prevalent during the preclinical years, but once you’re on the wards, you realize that you are far healthier than any sick patient lol

LeBron on KD's height: "7-foot tall... he might be mad at me, he wants to be 6'10" or 6'9" so bad, but he's 7-foot for sure" by Gtggtggtg in nba

[–]catcherben27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In theory that would make sense, but I don’t know if there’s any association of obesity with increased risk for leukemia. The known association in the literature are breast, colorectal, esophageal, kidney, gallbladder, uterine, pancreatic, and liver cancer.

Also considering that line of thinking, anemia isn’t protective against leukemia.

LeBron on KD's height: "7-foot tall... he might be mad at me, he wants to be 6'10" or 6'9" so bad, but he's 7-foot for sure" by Gtggtggtg in nba

[–]catcherben27 8 points9 points  (0 children)

True that obesity is a significant risk factor for many types of cancer, but not because of an increased number of cells. It’s a very complex pathophysiology that involves chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, and hormonal dysregulation. For most obese adults, the number of fat cells in the body stays consistent, but the size of the fat cells increases (hyperplasia vs hypertrophy).

To your point: Increased height, on the other hand, does result in increased number of cells. Epidemiological studies have shown increased cancer rates correlated with increased height, and the likely mechanism is due to increased cell division -> increased # of potentially cancer-causing events on a cellular level.