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> "The figures are even worse in the UK. According to Cancer Research UK, 54% of men and 48% of women will get cancer at some point in their lives." I am not s
by brute 10y ago
> "The figures are even worse in the UK. According to Cancer Research UK, 54% of men and 48% of women will get cancer at some point in their lives."
I am not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. If you accept that cancer is simply the disease you get when you live long enough and don't die because of anything else before (a view even supported by the article), a higher percentage could also mean that all other things are in control now, and only cancer and heart attacks are left.
- brianwawok 10y agoSo we hear about how eating healthy and exercise and yada yada help your cancer and heart attack risks. How much would each go down if we were perfect? My gut feeling is we could fix 75% of current heart attacks with weight control + exercise + whatever, but only say 25% of cancer... i.e. that heart attacks are very much in the group of things we know how to fix, whereas cancer is still very much in the group of things we don't know how to fix. But curious what the real numbers are...
- dota_fanatic 10y agoWell, I suspect many things regarding health are outside of anyone's control. Ie. if you're a living organism in 2016 on planet Earth, then you probably are negatively affected due to pollution caused by humans, let individuals hope they're lucky. There's lot of nasty stuff out there that we've made and let loose on purpose or by accident. You can't have an ideally healthy lifestyle when all up and down the ecological chain our handiwork is present (people like to make money with the least amount of effort on their part).
- agumonkey 10y agoHow prevalent is cancer amongst regular sport fans ?
- hutzlibu 10y ago> all other things are in control now, and only cancer and heart attacks are left. Really? What about parkinson etc?