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Title: "No one knows why" Article: "female obesity and drug abuse have risen dramatically over the past two decades"
by mynewwork 13y ago
Title: "No one knows why"
Article: "female obesity and drug abuse have risen dramatically over the past two decades"
- colmvp 13y agoWell it's also important to note that they mention female high school dropouts, specifically to measure their access to health care and income opportunities, as well as health behaviors like smoking and obesity.
- bdcravens 13y ago1 in 4 women die of heart disease. 1 in 36 die of breast cancer. Which one receives more attention?
- seszett 13y agoWell... boobies! Heart disease just can't compete, even though it would benefit a lot more people, simply because it also affects men.
- VLM 13y agoYou need years of life lost stats not just lifetime frequency. My grandmother's heart didn't get her until she was in her 80s. If she had a miracle perfect heart well maybe she would have made a couple more years at most till the kidneys, or the liver, or something else got her. Unfortunately I know of too many women, practically girls really, who get cancer in their 20s or maybe 30s. Without the cancer they'd probably have had another 50 healthy years before the heart disease got em. Edited to add you hear a lot about people dying of heart disease when they're 30 because its shockingly unusual, usually heart problems kill bluehairs. But cancer always seems to strike someone like my kids friends mom who's only 30something, that unfortunately seems normal for cancer?
- bdcravens 13y agoGood points. Though I'm thinking the 80 year old dying of heart disease is less common than the 30 year old obese person who is buying death on installment plan