Monday, May 24, 2010

do u think that heart disease, cancer and stroke largely preventable by individual choice

do u think that heart disease, cancer and stroke largely preventable by individual choice?
according to the CDC heart disease, cancer, and stoke are the top 3 leading causes of death in the united states and i just want ur opinion on what u think and why.
Heart Diseases - 7 Answers
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1 :
No - all three have a genetic component so you might get one or more even if you live the healthiest of lifestyles...
2 :
By controlling modifiable risk factors (i.e. smoking, diet/exercise, diabetes/HTN/cholesterol) one can potentially prevent early vascular disease and it's complications. Unfortunately, we can't modify our genes/gender or stop the aging process, so everyone will inevitably develop heart disease/stroke/cancer if they live long enough and don't succumb to something else.
3 :
only to a small degree. take a woman who's mother does everything wrong like no excercise eats all the wrong things smokes and gets built up plaque in arteries and has to surgerically fixed then the daughter is at risk even if she does the complete opposite just because the mother has it.. cancer is in all of us. something triggers it and then depending on when they catch it and what type could be curable.
4 :
Yes but genetics play a factor in all 3
5 :
It depends on what you mean by "individual choice".... Strokes are something people have no control over. There aren't certain things you do in every day life that increase your chance of stroke. It's just genetic. Only certain types of heart diseases can be prevented. Most are buildup in the arteries from years of bad eating. Outside of that, heart disease is genetic as well. Lung, throat and oral cancer can be caused by smoking but that's not the only thing that causes those cancers. Genetics play a major role in the rest of the cancers. The reason they are the top leading causes of death is because they aren't preventable. They aren't things you can catch by standing next to someone with them. They are things that can appear and kill a person quickly or slowly.
6 :
Firstly Heart Disease, Heart disease has two seperate primary factors Lifestyle and genetics. Livestyle factors, such as obesity, too much colestoral and lack of exercise, can be altered by a person's actions however Genetic factors, such as the Aortic Stignosis that i myself suffered from in my youth, can not be. Cancer, rather than a single disease is a number of closely related problems and so to condense it down to a single cause is rather foolish. While some cancers such as Skin, Lung and Throat cancers are known to be brought on by enviromental factors, sunbathing and smoking respectively, However these by themselves are not entire causes, since genetic diseases such as Lupus can increase people's chances of getting cancer. Stroke is primarily caused by a clot in the brain. As such while this can be encouraged by certain enviromental factors it comes down to a number of medical factors. So the awnser is that in some cases they may be preventable or at least have their impact reduced by individual choice but there is no way that we can lay the blame for these conditions at the feet of individuals.
7 :
Genetics play a huge part....but, people can prevent it, or atleast change the outcome by exercising, not smoking, drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, and eating right

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