Yeah, it’s kind of news that says, “we’re beating heart disease!” Better diet, better exercise…we might still be fat, but that’s a good indicator that in some ways, we’re beating it back.
Cancer’s next on the list, then, but that’s a…complex nut. Which cancers? Which populations? Genetic or environmental factors?
Looks like lung cancer is a leader there (for both genders in the binary), and there’s a lot of environmental stuff that goes into lung cancer, so it looks VERY preventable. Though I tend to think the arc has turned for both smoking and radon, which seem to (still) be the leading causes.
