Nearly double the number of young adults under 55 are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer than a decade ago, and more are dying from the disease each year, as reported recently by the American Cancer Society. According to the study, the number of individuals in the U.S. diagnosed with a...
The United States for many years had lower death rates from cancer among people younger than 65 compared with peer countries, according to a Post analysis of data standardized by cause of death across countries. But other nations are closing that gap, The Post found. Positive health tre...
Rates of cancer among young people are rising sharply worldwide, but particularly in certain countries that conform to what we would call a Western lifestyle. So that's places like the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, certain parts of Europe. These are all places that eat more ultra-processe...
Rates of obesity in the US began their precipitous rise during the mid-1970s and early 1980s, so that's one obvious suspect. Studies show that obesity is a risk factor for colon cancer in general, and for early-onset colon cancer among women. Researchers attribute rising obesity rates in ...
that includes people under 50, saldana points out, among whom colorectal cancer rates are rising . if that discussion still sounds a little intimidating, saldana has a few suggestions that might help. she recommends approaching the conversation with love and respect, acknowledging any assumptions you...
From chronic stress to hormones, scientists have identified a few culprits that explain why IBS rates are so high in women.
Colon Cancer Try to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day. Breast Cancer Exercising at least four hours per week for 12 years can reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer in half, according to a study of breast cancer patients performed at the University of Southern Califor...
they will have little effect on how well you metabolize a drug. Errors affecting the enzyme'sactive sitethat binds to drugs, however, can cripple its ability to break down a drug and subsequently mean there'smore of the drug circulating in the blood. If the rising blood concentrationexceeds...
Linked to obesity, another disease with rates now soaring globally is diabetes, affecting 374 million people in 2014. The development of Type II diabetes is linked with diet and numbers are rising in every country, according to theIDF diabetes atlas. ...