Women are at much higher risk for contracting lung cancer and for women who have never smoked the rate of developing lung cancer is on the rise.
The American Association for Cancer Research has found that lung cancer tumors in non-smokers are different than tumors in smokers and they are trying to determine why.
The World Health Organization, WHO, recently classified diesel fumes as carcinogenic.
This might explain the rise along with other environmental factors.
“Not only has there been an increase in the number of women and non-smokers contracting the disease, but there has also been an increase in the number of cases diagnosed in stage 4 of the illness,” lead researcher Dr. Chrystèle Locher said in a statement. This change — 58 percent with stage 4 in 2010 compared with 43 percent in 2000 — might reflect new classifications of different stages of the disease, the researchers said. They also found big changes in the type of cancer being diagnosed. The rate of people developing adenocarcinoma, a form of non-small cell lung cancer, jumped from 35.8 percent to 53.5 percent over the decade.
Although experts disagree on which is better there is some good advice to help avoid contamination and food poisoning:
Bruhn is also a staunch advocate of irradiation, which she says can ensure food safety. She encourages consumers to take steps to avoid compromising bagged lettuce. Buy only bags kept very cold in the grocery store and pay attention to sell-by dates. Once you’ve got it home, open the bag and dump it directly into a clean bowl. “Don’t stick your own hands in there,” she said. She also urges home cooks not to re-wash bagged greens because of the possibility of cross-contamination with other bacteria already in the kitchen. If you want to use bulk lettuce, make sure to clean it correctly, Bruhn said. First, wash your hands and also the sink with hot soapy water. Then, break off each lettuce leaf individually, rinse it under cold running water while rubbing gently. Dry in a salad spinner or with paper towels, not with cloth towels, which may transmit bacteria.
The CDC has alerted the public to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning from mangoes which has sickened 103 people in the United States, mostly in California, including 22 people in Canada.
Salmonella poisoning can cause mild illness in otherwise healthy people 12 to 72 hours after infection.
Symptoms include fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramping.
In those individuals with a weakened immune system salmonella can cause severe illness requiring hospitalization.
Once a specific source is identified, CDC said public health officials will offer advice and take steps to prevent illness. However, CDC officials did confirm that the genetic fingerprint of the salmonella strain was identical to that found in the recalled mangoes that made people sick in Canada, which were identified as Daniella brand mangoes imported from Mexico. A U.S. importer of those mangoes, Splendid Products of Burlingame, Calif., has voluntarily recalled nationwide shipments of Daniella mangoes with PLUs #4959, 3114, 4051, 4311 or 4584. Several U.S. grocery stores have pulled the fruit from their shelves, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. They were sold at retail locations across the U.S. from July 12 to Aug. 29.
Complications, mortality and increased liability have led doctors to think twice about taking on the risk hat comes along with treating obese patients.
Is it unethical or prudent policy?
This growing trend could have alarming consequences.
There are many who are at risk for diabetes who simply ignore the fact or don’t believe the threat of illness.
In fact, 79 million Americans may be prediabetic and don’t even know it.
Poor lifestyle choices, being overweight and lack of exercise are the contributing factors to a disease with overwhelming and life threatening implications.
If your doctor has diagnosed you as pre-diabetic it means that everything you are doing is leading you to develop this dangerous condition.
Work with your physician to make the necessary changes toward your best health.
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