Sunday, February 6, 2011

Cancer?

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/3665378-423/cancer-countries-developing-deaths-breast.html

According to this Chicago Sun-Times article people from wealthy countries are developing "fatty" cancers such as Breast cancer, but so are those that reside in developing countries now. The spike in obesity that has been seen within the last 3 decades is a rather large factor in this increase in the risk of breast and colon cancer, and it is predicted that eventually cancer will surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death. People from places such as India and Algeria used to be plagued with deaths caused by cervical cancer which is induced by sexually transmitted virus' but cervical cancer has been replaced with breast cancer in some of these countries. Many people can decrease their risk of developing these "fatty" cancers by exercising and eating better but many will not even do this to possibly save their own life.

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