I think this story is pretty far out there, but Geekologie has alerted me to research which may explain why breast cancer is 10% more likely in the left breast than the right. The answer? Bed springs may act as giant antennae, focusing all of that nasty FM and television radiation into your body while you sleep. More people sleep on their left sides than right (for reasons unknown to me... I switch sides), so the left side would get a greater radiation dose.
It sounds pretty shady to me, but feel free to let me know what you think. I would tend to think a more likely explanation might have to do with lessened circulation of the compressed side, but who knows? Maybe it's the bed.
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It’s a bunch of junk, as far as I can tell. If you’re interested, I wrote an article discussing the paper and showing that, from an electromagnetics standpoint, the research makes no sense.
http://cherishthescientist.net/2010/08/01/under-the-sheets/