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This is interesting, but dangerous. Smokers make up 90% of lung cancer deaths [1]. At some point you have to acknowledge that smoking definitely does something
by 6thSigma 12y ago
This is interesting, but dangerous. Smokers make up 90% of lung cancer deaths [1]. At some point you have to acknowledge that smoking definitely does something to influence lung cancer.
[1] http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effects/smoking.html http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effect...
- cpncrunch 12y agoAlso, exercise reduces colon cancer risk by 40-50% and breast cancer risk by 30-40%. Then there are other risk factors such as poor diet, insufficient vitamin D, etc. Overall it seems highly unlikely that cancer is mostly "bad luck". http://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/prevention-and-healthy-living/physical-activity/physical-activity-and-cancer-risk http://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/prevention-and-...
- a_c_s 12y ago50% of what though? If you have 1 in a million chance, increasing that to 1.5 in a million isn't a big change. If "bad luck" afflicted 1 in 100,000 then then bad luck would still have a much bigger effect, despite lifestyle changes clearly being significant. (These numbers totally made up)
- aridiculous 12y agoDo these percentages take into account causation vs correlation? Apparently (surprisingly), it's still very difficult to prove causation without a laboratory experiment. Perhaps people who are likely to exercise have a certain genetic disposition to begin with.