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The unexplained rise of cancer among millennials

28 points by charlieirish 3y ago

jnord 3y ago
https://archive.is/Y7TCt https://archive.is/Y7TCt
MrVandemar 3y ago
"Unexplained". Control for processed-food consumption, exposure to formaldehyde, exposure to phthalates, exposure to endocrine disruptors, exposure to flame-retardants, exposure to stuff that was proved toxic and changed by one tiny atom so it's now "safe" (until proved otherwise) ... ... Control for all that stuff, and then see what's left in the "unexplained" basket.
- JoeAltmaier 3y ago
  Millennials have special risk from that? I don't get it.
  - retrac 3y ago
    Industrialism is still in exponential growth. For example, globally more plastic is now made annually than all plastics manufactured cumulatively up to approximately 1980. Similar story with pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, or anything else, really.
- GoToRO 3y ago
  And all that even before they are born. I like to think about the first breath of air of a new born: a "nice" mix of exhaust gases. Later the parents will be shocked they got astma.
simmerup 3y ago
Not a comforting thing to read in the morning. Seems like modern life is quite unhealthy for us but no one can pin down why. I was also interested in seeing the higher prostate cancer rates. As prostate cancer is linked to DHT and DHT is linked to hair loss, and modern men are going bald much earlier. Another link.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  (Not bothering to read TFA, but...) Have they compared this to the gradual and massive expansion in testing and diagnostics, and moving the minimum ages younger and younger? My provider is demanding to go drilling up my butt for a colonoscopy as well as a prostate exam already on my fiftieth birthday. It would seem that increased cancer rates may be linked to increasingly aggressive testing that doesn't seem to be optional, as well as ever-more sensitive criteria. It is my understanding that some cancer testing, such as lung cancer biopsy, can actually cause cancer by the very act, so then doctors get to congratulate themselves on catching it early... very early, I'd say!
  - simmerup 3y ago
    Never heard of that before. A quick google says it can cause cancer to spread if it’s already there. Makes sense, but then if you have cancer already you’re at a point where there’s no good options; just slightly less bad options, in my opinion!
frank_bb 3y ago
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28 points by charlieirish 3y ago

https://archive.is/Y7TCt https://archive.is/Y7TCt

"Unexplained". Control for processed-food consumption, exposure to formaldehyde, exposure to phthalates, exposure to endocrine disruptors, exposure to flame-retardants, exposure to stuff that was proved toxic and changed by one tiny atom so it's now "safe" (until proved otherwise) ... ... Control for all that stuff, and then see what's left in the "unexplained" basket.

JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Millennials have special risk from that? I don't get it.
- retrac 3y ago
  Industrialism is still in exponential growth. For example, globally more plastic is now made annually than all plastics manufactured cumulatively up to approximately 1980. Similar story with pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, or anything else, really.
GoToRO 3y ago
And all that even before they are born. I like to think about the first breath of air of a new born: a "nice" mix of exhaust gases. Later the parents will be shocked they got astma.

simmerup 3y ago

Not a comforting thing to read in the morning. Seems like modern life is quite unhealthy for us but no one can pin down why. I was also interested in seeing the higher prostate cancer rates. As prostate cancer is linked to DHT and DHT is linked to hair loss, and modern men are going bald much earlier. Another link.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
(Not bothering to read TFA, but...) Have they compared this to the gradual and massive expansion in testing and diagnostics, and moving the minimum ages younger and younger? My provider is demanding to go drilling up my butt for a colonoscopy as well as a prostate exam already on my fiftieth birthday. It would seem that increased cancer rates may be linked to increasingly aggressive testing that doesn't seem to be optional, as well as ever-more sensitive criteria. It is my understanding that some cancer testing, such as lung cancer biopsy, can actually cause cancer by the very act, so then doctors get to congratulate themselves on catching it early... very early, I'd say!
- simmerup 3y ago
  Never heard of that before. A quick google says it can cause cancer to spread if it’s already there. Makes sense, but then if you have cancer already you’re at a point where there’s no good options; just slightly less bad options, in my opinion!

frank_bb 3y ago

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