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Colon cancer is rising in young Americans. It’s not clear why.
WaPo via msn ^ | Joel Achenbach, Laurie McGinley

Posted on 12/21/2023 11:25:59 AM PST by logi_cal869

The five people gathered around the restaurant table do not fit the profile of colon cancer patients. They’re female, and they’re young. Two were diagnosed in their 20s, one in her 30s, two in their early 40s.

Their colon cancer support group gathers about once a month to share stories, such as the one about the doctor who said you just need a laxative, the one about the oncologist who said there’s nothing we can do for you but give you chemotherapy the rest of your life, the one about friends saying, “You don’t look sick,” without realizing that isn’t helpful.

These women know all too painfully well that something strange is happening in the United States in the long war on cancer. Although progress has been substantial in lowering the overall death rate from cancer, deaths due to some types of cancer have increased among people younger than 50.

Colorectal cancer is one of the drivers of this trend. In the past three decades, incidence of the disease has risen significantly among people younger than 50, many of whom have no obvious risk factors, such as having a genetic predisposition. No one knows why.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cancer; coloncancer; food; quality; youth
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To: PGR88

You win post of the day. LMAO


21 posted on 12/21/2023 11:45:08 AM PST by bort
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To: logi_cal869

22 posted on 12/21/2023 11:45:11 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88

Did anyone ask Pete Butt-Plug for his opinion on this???


23 posted on 12/21/2023 11:47:21 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: PGR88

That’s what came to my mind…


24 posted on 12/21/2023 11:48:57 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think even more insidious is the stuff that people think is healthy, like eating Farm-Raised Salmon.


25 posted on 12/21/2023 11:48:58 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: logi_cal869

Processed foods, and rise in sexual deviancy.


26 posted on 12/21/2023 11:50:49 AM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: cuban leaf

Americans eat too much sugar, probably by a factor of 5x-10x.

Cancer LOVES sugar.


27 posted on 12/21/2023 11:51:38 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: logi_cal869

Because the homo culture has normalized butt-sex.


28 posted on 12/21/2023 11:51:39 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up.)
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To: albie

most likely gay men skewing the numbers


29 posted on 12/21/2023 11:52:05 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: dfwgator

“The quality of the food there is so much better, and it’s not even close.”

Except England.


30 posted on 12/21/2023 11:53:32 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up.)
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To: DesertRhino

Even England is better.


31 posted on 12/21/2023 11:54:11 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: logi_cal869

Me, me, me...My hand is up.


32 posted on 12/21/2023 11:59:44 AM PST by Luke21
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To: logi_cal869

butt sex being normalised. IMHO.


33 posted on 12/21/2023 12:01:00 PM PST by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: logi_cal869

mcdonalds, burger king. diets high in grilled or fried foods, lack of ruffage/ fiber , no leafy greens, fully human engineered foods like chicken nuggets. HFC in literally everything, canola oil, soy by-products, All these things eaten out of proportion are hell on your colon.


34 posted on 12/21/2023 12:03:24 PM PST by Ikeon (I stopped going to my family doctor whenever I felt sick. I've never been healthier. .)
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To: logi_cal869

Gee, it couldn’t be the highly processed and fake food diet most Americans eat, now could it?


35 posted on 12/21/2023 12:04:12 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: logi_cal869
I wonder why?


36 posted on 12/21/2023 12:04:20 PM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

That’s not the reason.


37 posted on 12/21/2023 12:04:37 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Absolutely. The American food system is awful. You can pay more and get legitimate healthy food, but unfortunately many people don’t know or don’t care and just buy the cheapest stuff on offer. I didn’t realize how bad it was until I moved to Canada for a few years and even there the regular grocery store food was much higher quality than what’s on the shelves at Walmart or Kroger. Undoubtedly this is a big part of the cancer story, along with obesity, and all the other ills of contemporary American health.


38 posted on 12/21/2023 12:05:15 PM PST by Languager
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To: jerod

At least grass-fed beef is not the problem.


39 posted on 12/21/2023 12:05:27 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: logi_cal869

Gee. Is there any other recent thing that these easily frightened, compliant women could have had in the previous few years that could be causing this? Let’s think really hard to PHInd an anZER.

EC


40 posted on 12/21/2023 12:11:32 PM PST by Ex-Con777
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