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1、1.CuttingYourCancerRiskDoesreducingthenumberofcancerdeathsaroundtheworldbyathirdsoundlikealoftygoal?Ninesimplelifestylechangescoulddojustthatandhaveadramaticimpactoncancer'sdeathtoll,accordingtoarecentstudy・Here'swhatallofuscandotocuttherisk・Reducingcancer
2、'sdeathtollthroughpreventionEverheardthesayingHpreventionisthebestmedicine1'?Whilethereareanumberoffactorsthatcontributetotheriskofdevelopingcancerandaffectitsprognosis,astudypublishedinthemedicaljournalTheLancetfoundthatnineriskfactorscontributedtomoretha
3、nathirdofcancerdeathsaroundtheworldannually.But,unlikeriskfactorsthatarebeyondourcontrol,suchasfamilyhistory,thesearemodifiableriskfactors,somethingwedohavecontrolover.Sotakingpositiveactioninanyoralloftheseareascanlowertheriskofdevelopinganddyingfromcance
4、r.Theriskfactorsidentifiedinthestudywere:overweightandobesitylowfruitandvegetableintakephysicalinactivitysmokingalcoholuseunsafesexurbanairpollutionsmokefromcoalorwoodstovestransmissionofhepatitisvirusinahealthcaresettingInthestudy,researchersfromtheHarvar
5、dSchoolofPublicHealthanalyzeddatafromtheWorldHealthOrganization'sComparativeRiskAssessmentproject,whichexaminesriskfactorsindifferentregionsaroundtheworld.Intheiranalysis,theHarvardresearcherslookedathowcertainriskfactorsaffectedmenandwomenaswellastheimpac
6、ttheseriskfactorshadinhigh-,low-,andmedium-incomecountries.Overall,theresearchersconcludedthattheseriskfactorsaccountfor35%,or2.43million,oftheworld's7millionannualcancerdeaths.Inhigh-incomeregions,suchasNorthAmerica,smoking,alcohol,andoverweightandobesity
7、werefoundtobethemostimportantriskfactors.InCanada,anestimated69,500peopledieofcancereachyear.Becausethereareeffectivescreeningmethodsavailableforonlyafewcancers(andprognosiscanbedependentoncatchingcancerearly,beforeitspreads)andformanycancerstheeffectivene
8、ssoftreatmentmaybelimited,thebestwaytoreducethesedeaths,accordingtotheHarvardstudy,istopreventthecancersfromdevelopinginthefirstplacebytargetingmodifiableriskfactors.TakecontrolofyourcancerriskKnowingwhichlif
