interestrateripoff Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/new-cases-could-rise-by-70-per-cent-in-20-years-9104983.html Immediate action is required to combat a ‘tidal wave of cancer’ that will sweep the globe in the next 20 years, scientists at the World Health Organisation have warned. The number of new cancer cases worldwide in a single year will rise by 70 per cent from 14.1 million in 2012 to 24 million in 2035, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said in their latest World Cancer Report. The future global burden of cancer will increasingly shift to poorer countries, WHO said, but it added that half of all world cancers are now preventable with existing medical knowledge and expertise. Annual deaths from cancer will almost double in the same time period from 8.2 million to 14.6 million. One of the report's editors, Dr Bernard Stewart from the University of New South Wales in Australia, said that modifications to human behaviour, such as reducing alcohol consumption, would play a “crucial role in combating the tidal wave of cancer which we see coming across the world”. "In relation to alcohol, for example, we're all aware of the acute effects, whether it's car accidents or assaults,” he said. “But there's a burden of disease that's not talked about because it's simply not recognised, specifically involving cancer. Clearly they should just ban alcohol. How about putting more tax on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Clearly they should just ban alcohol. Or cancer treatment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Watched the Michael Moseley thing 'pills, puss and poison' -said about elimination of smallpox - which killed 300m people in the 20th century. There'll always be something to die of. Just make it a good death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 more people living= more people dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Generation Game Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 more people living= more people dying. But is it an above (cancer) inflation rise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 But is it an above (cancer) inflation rise? id like to know how they work it all out...Clients for the super accurate precision engineered famous Bloo Loo trend extender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Death is all part of living..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy666 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 But is it an above (cancer) inflation rise? Given that the biggest general risk factor is age, it's harder to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ayatollah Buggeri Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Clearly they should just ban alcohol. Doing so may well have resulted in significant public health benefits. There is evidence for liver cirrhosis cases having fallen significantly during the 1920s in the US, although the other health benefits that would be delivered by reduced alcohol consumption are very difficult to predict, beacuse, largely for political reasons, no attempt was made to understand them from a public health standpoint. When Prohibition ended, and experiments in economic regulation—including regulation of alcohol—under the National Recovery Administration were declared unconstitutional, the federal government banished public health concerns from its alcohol policy, which thereafter revolved around economic considerations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Generation Game Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Given that the biggest general risk factor is age, it's harder to answer. So more a case of people living longer = more people dying of cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 A "tidal wave of apathy" has swept over me. Older people may have more heath issues, due to being, well a bit older! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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