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A comment on Why Some Doctors Hesitate to Screen Smokers for Lung Cancer (2015). Parent comment

Re:Why Some Doctors Hesitate to Screen Smokers for Lung Canc... by thatcat on Thursday April 04, 2019 @04:21PM (#19576682)
I think you're oversimplifying the situation. Alzheimers could be caused by human choice and 40 years of human life has more than monetary value.
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Re:Why Some Doctors Hesitate to Screen Smokers for Lung Canc... by JamesBarney on Thursday April 04, 2019 @04:54PM (#19576996)
As does the life of a smoker.

And cardiovascular disease and exercise definitely seem to influence Alzheimers. Nigerians for instances have high rates of APOE4 but very low rates of Alzheimers and I think the reason is they also have very low levels of cholesterol.

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