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A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are In Decline (nytimes.com)
Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes an article from the New York Times: Something strange is going on in medicine. Major diseases, like colon cancer, dementia and heart disease, are waning in wealthy countries, and improved diagnosis and treatment cannot fully explain it...it looks as if people in the United States and some other wealthy countries are, unexpectedly, starting to beat back the diseases of aging. The leading killers are still the leading killers -- cancer, heart disease, stroke -- but they are occurring later in life, and people in general are living longer in good health.
The Times cites one researcher's pet theory that the cellular process of aging itself may be gradually changing in humans' favor.
The Times cites one researcher's pet theory that the cellular process of aging itself may be gradually changing in humans' favor.
Cell phones ARE a cancer.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
My pension plan is in even worse condition now...
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"and still easy meat everyday"
Leave your mom out of this. And "every day" is two words. That's an everyday mistake.
It is clearly porn-related!
With advent of DVDs and internet, more people started getting more access to more poem! This causes humans to live happier and happier and happier lives, mitigating stress and letting their immune systems do better jobs!
I know, right? Back in my day, 3 year olds looked 18.
When I was four, my dad used to send me to the store for a case of Schlitz and a carton of Chesterfields. And give me the keys to the car.
You are welcome on my lawn.