Nun Study


Gynaecology An exhaustive epidemiological study by F. Gagnon based on 3,280 Canadian nuns, which found no cancers of the uterine cervix, confirming Rigoni-Stern’s 1842 observation that cervical cancer is linked to sexual activity.
Neurology A study in which linguistic ability in early life and cognitive function and Alzheimer’s disease in late life were compared in a religious order—the School Sisters of Notre Dame