Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out

Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by xwdv on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:37AM (#27629048)

My experience is people don’t really care much about their bodies beyond the aesthetics. Most treat it like a dumpster and ingest whatever crap feels good and hope for the best. Caring too much makes you some sort of health freak in their eyes, with way too much time on your hands.

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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by carlmr on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:08AM (#27629252)

I'm not sure this is true. At least in my friend circle most people put a lot of care into their nutrition and fitness.

Maybe talk to your friends about it and get them to be healthier?

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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by handrous on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:00AM (#27631616)

How do you think we get the rates of diabetes and obesity we have in the US, without that being true for most people in most places and in most social circles? Rich social networks tend to live much healthier lifestyles than average. Normal is fried starch and tens to hundreds of ounces of soda more days than not, and exercise is that maybe you golf sometimes or play in a seasonal company softball league (drinking way more calories than you're burning, almost certainly).

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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by danuker on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:20AM (#27629334)

The top risk factors for death confirm what you say, sadly.

https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death#the-number-of-dea...

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