How can The Powers That Be compare the two? A broad category shouldn't be compared with a single entity. There are numerous types of cancer, but 'heart disease' is specific. Isn't that like saying "fruit has replaced corn as children's favorite food"? Again, I say "A broad category shouldn't be compared with a single entity"... Please answer the whole question, not just the initial one. Thank you.
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Because there are so many chemicals in our food that it is logical that eventually cancer will be the leading cause of death.
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Quite simply put, because more people will be dying from Cancer, than from heart disease.
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I had the same "head-tilting" response as you when I read this news. Cancer is so broad and encompasses many, many illness possibilities while the heart is but "one". In my opinion, they are non-comparable. It is an unfair study and definitely one-sided.
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Why do you believe heart disease is so specific? There are many different diseases grouped under the heart disease umbrella. Murmurs, arrhythmia's and other irregular beating patterns are diseases, although usually repaired by pacemaker. Angina, cramps, and heart attack are also included. Don't forget swellings, blockages, valve failures, and aneurysm. I think you are confused by organ specific (heart), and genetic mutation, which can affect any organ. Dead is still dead. The statistic is important in that as Americans we are more 'heart healthy' today and more knowledgeable. Remember 40 short years ago, both were exponentially more often fatal than today. Be awed that 'the Powers that Be' are trying.
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From what I heard, this was partially based on the fact that 40% of all cigarette smokers are in China and India which will increase the amount of lung cancer worldwide based on the numbers who smoke
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