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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: Cowgirl of Justice

We may never, ever know the cause of this.


41 posted on 12/21/2023 12:14:36 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

But why only in young women (in this case)...bad diets, obesity, gmo, agricultural and environmental toxins might have a large input in all of our society..but why the rise in the subgroup of young women?
It has to be some distinct to that subgroup. ( Assuming the report is correct that it is only the young women involved.)


42 posted on 12/21/2023 12:18:18 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


43 posted on 12/21/2023 12:22:25 PM PST by windcliff
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To: DesertRhino
Because the homo culture has normalized butt-sex.

I am going to say that you are right.

It used to be that anal was something practiced by few. Also the use of sex toys has gone up and it seems most are not properly cleaned.

That can cause problems.

44 posted on 12/21/2023 12:22:40 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: logi_cal869

I’m guessing cheap Chinese shoes filled with toxic chemicals - or makeup or other Chinese products aimed at American women.

The Chinese ARE the people who killed hundreds of thousands of dogs with their ‘kibble’ that was used as an ingredient in most American dog foods. Of course the perverts in DC who are suppose to protect us from such horrors always miss them in favor of some stupid environmental snail darter who needs ‘protection’ from home buyers in beautiful areas they want to steal...


45 posted on 12/21/2023 12:27:53 PM PST by GOPJ (Surgery doesn't make a man a woman anymore than wearing a Gorilla costume turns a man into an ape.)
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To: logi_cal869

Sodomy.


46 posted on 12/21/2023 12:30:34 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: dfwgator

Certainly the case for everyone I know with cancer. Other than being gay, being a vegan is about the WORST health decision a person can make.


47 posted on 12/21/2023 12:40:49 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: logi_cal869

Colon Cancer is also Cancer of the A$$holes. There are more you A$$holes in America today than say 40 years ago.


48 posted on 12/21/2023 12:56:50 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Luke21

Chime in!


49 posted on 12/21/2023 12:56:56 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Drew68

My step grandson who came here a year ago from Turkey thinks there is something wrong with our food - he said there is a lot less cancer in Turkey.


50 posted on 12/21/2023 12:57:34 PM PST by Aria
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To: metmom

Exactly, helped along by a little ‘jab’...


51 posted on 12/21/2023 12:57:52 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: dfwgator
A better illustration...

Fast food is the nasty stuff and may be a culprit... Frankly though, I've eaten my fair share of it in a lifetime that's reached 60+ and recently had a colonoscopy... Clean as a whistle.

52 posted on 12/21/2023 1:01:14 PM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

The quality of fast food has deteriorated over the years.


53 posted on 12/21/2023 1:03:40 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ex-Con777

Yup. Thanks for that. I just didn’t want to invite all the vaxxtards with my own #1 comment, ya know?

But it was the ‘Capitol Sex Club’ tape that triggered me and prompted the post.


54 posted on 12/21/2023 1:08:00 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

GMO use, pesticide use, hormone use, food substitute use, immuno-suppressive vaccine use, cloudseeding metals use ... all of the above. But the Amish appear largely untouched. Just a coincidence ... uh-huh.


55 posted on 12/21/2023 1:11:01 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: so_real

Many coinkidinks, aren’t there?


56 posted on 12/21/2023 1:13:00 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Coincidental with legalization of weed?


57 posted on 12/21/2023 1:24:02 PM PST by pfflier
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To: CodeToad

“Sodomy tends to do that.”

Yep.


58 posted on 12/21/2023 1:24:28 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: logi_cal869

I know why!!!


59 posted on 12/21/2023 1:32:01 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: logi_cal869

Gee. What major medical event happened recently that could have caused an explosion in colon cancer?

Experts remain flummoxed.


60 posted on 12/21/2023 1:42:28 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Objective: Permanently break the will of the population to ever wage war again.)
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