I'm not dismissing this correlation. I was even generous enough to assume that it's not being made up. (Only half of it is cited, and the citation is to a Newsweek article which has no footnotes of its own.)

I'm just finished with it. It doesn't have much explanatory power. It fits a big universe of hypotheses, some of which I have outlined above. It's provocative, which is not the same thing as conclusive. But consider me provoked. I'm curious. Bring on the science.

Until someone brings some more studies to the table there's really not much more to say. I'd rather spend my afternoon getting some carefully modulated sun exposure. ;)