Brain Tumor Linked To Educational Level

I recently read an article by Marie Ellis that I found interesting and had never thought about before. For the year 2017, in the Unites States, there was an estimated 78,000 new cases of primary brain tumors to be diagnosed. The causes for these tumors are largely unknown, but an observational study has found a link between an increased risk of developing a brain tumor and holding a university degree. Now that is scary to me and I am sure to many highly educated people.

The University College London researchers in the United Kingdom and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have …read more