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Almost 50% of Preventable Cancers Linked to Just Two Lifestyle Habits
https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-50-of-preventable-cancers-linked-to-just-two-lifestyle-habits
Smoking and drinking (saved you a click)
Chilly 
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pixxIt does.
MeaningfulBits@chillybot @catsalad LoL the idea that you thought it wouldn't count is astonishing LoL.
Chris Pearce@catsalad Damn. I like to do one of those things.
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Ertain
business cultist@catsalad doesn’t sound very preventable then
Lot⁴⁹@catsalad Well I quit smoking March 12, 1988 at 2:45 PM in the Puerto Vallarta airport, so I've reduced my chances by 50 percent, right?
Plus I quit drinking for a while a couple of years ago....
Graham C
C++ Wage SlaveThe other figure (from the article) is that 38% of #cancer cases are considered preventable.
Presumably there's a dose–response effect, so the more you currently smoke and drink, the more you can improve your chances by giving up the booze and the evil weed; and presumably just cutting down, even if you don't stop, is better than nothing.
@CppGuy @catsalad I haven't read it myself, but my sister who's a genetic counsellor told me she'd read a study which suggested that most cancers are due to random mutation. If the preventable part is reducing the risk of mutation (eg quitting meat to reduce bowel cancer risk) then maybe we have a bit more control over it.
I think you're right, and most #cancers are caused by random genetic mutation:
I also agree that certain carcinogens, from #tobacco smoke to ionising radiation to UV light to benzene, will increase that risk, and we owe it to ourselves to limit exposure to them. However, my understanding is that transcription errors creep in all the time as cells divide, and there's no way to stop it. So, if I'm right, we can reduce our lifetime chance of cancer, but we can't eliminate it.
Science_first@catsalad one topic most people don’t feel comfortable to state that obesity is one of the largest risk factors, too. We need to stress this too, without shaming the people who are effected. Taxes need to be set in place and proper food & cooking needs to be addressed
TruckWoman@The_tattoo_scientist @catsalad I have to say it annoyed me when recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, that the specialist spoke at length about the risk factors of nicotine (fair enough), without saying ANYTHING about avoiding sugar or processed food, strength exercise to support joints, or the burden of excess weight 🤔
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nixCraft 🐧@catsalad thnak you for saving me a click :)
MikeH@catsalad Eating a healthy plant based diet will knock out another largish chunk: nutritionfacts.org/blog/fighting-cancer-with-whole-plant-foods/
katalogeurMeh. IF my single vice - which joys my every day shortens my days - fair trade. (Read Rubaiyat) And if not, then (Read Rumi). Can't take the sky away from me.
DMTom@katalogeur @catsalad my wife and I once met our spirit animal, at the entrance to the supermarket. An old lady asked us for light, brought her cigarillos out and said “all my friends who worried about my smoking habits are now dead - I don’t, as that’s what gets you cancer - worrying”
Kierkethumbs up convincingly@catsalad quality of life brings suffering and death
Kim Possible 
@catsalad I believe it.
T2R@catsalad I watched my mom who smoke and drank a good chunk of her life die in two months after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis that was brought on after lung cancer had metastasized. Believe it or not her body had fought off the lung cancer but not before it had spread. This was one of the worst two month stretches of my life.
The other one was watching my little girl dog trying to come back from a surgery that had sent her into kidney failure. The vet thought we could save her but it just wasn't so. The grief left me with heart palpitations (broken heart syndrome) for two months.
20/10 would not recommend.
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Bob Corbin@catsalad Appreciate the click-save. I was fully prepared for the answer to be 'staring at Xcode for 12 hours a day,' which would mean my indie dev career was a terminal diagnosis.
Meercat ✅
Carlos SolísAs a hardcore straight-edge: well duh