index finger is longer and for some people they are bat the same length. these british researchers took a look at finger length and tried to see if they could make any connection to prostate cancer link. men with longer ring fingers were more likely to have prostate cancer. and longer index fingers were 33% less likely to have prostate cancer. there s a similar finding in a korean study. it s a little disturbing. both of my ring fingers and my index finger, i like red meat. have a family history. i m black. you throw that all together i m not having a good day, elizabeth cohen. i have the risk factors. as far as the fingers go themselves why unnecessarily would there be a connection? reporter: i m going to tell you about the connection and then i ll tell you why you