… And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made … The oxymoron (=combination of words having opposite or very different meanings) in the title gives a good idea of incommunicability among people The poem ‘The Sound of Silence’ consists of five irregular stanzas in which the poet describes the conflict between […]
"... a 100-year-old practicing medical doctor and neurologist and his five tips on how to stay healthy, happy and mentally sharp...
1. I don’t spend my days retired. 2. I don’t let myself get out of shape. 3. I don’t smoke. 4. I don’t restrict myself. 5. I don’t let my knowledge go to waste.
When I was in high school in the 1930s, I told my father that I wanted to take up smoking. He said, “That’s alright with me. But why would anyone want to put anything but fresh air into his lungs when life is so short as it is?”
… I’ll have a martini and New York strip steak occasionally, but not every day.
Breast cancer – the most common cancer worldwide and leading cause of cancer death among women – disproportionately affects individuals in low- and middle-income countries. Breast cancer 5-year survival rates in high-income countries exceeds 90%, compared with 66% in India and 40% in South Africa.
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The most common NEW cases were breast cancer (2.26 millions)! It has overtaken lung cancer’s place!
New cases of lung cancer is in the second place (2.21 million cases), followed by colon and rectum (1.93 million cases); prostate; skin (non-melanoma); and stomach (1.09 million cases).
Cervical cancer is not in this top list. It used to be higher than breast cancer decades ago. Have systematic screenings and HPV vaccination played a big role?
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The most common causes of cancer DEATH in 2020 were: lung (1.80 million deaths); colon and rectum; liver ; stomach; and then breast (685 000 deaths).
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Breast cancer incidences is now the most common… displacing lung cancer.
Have increased awareness and early screenings increase the number?
Have these strategies conversely lower the number of breast cancer deaths, as compared to the other cancers?
Chen Song Ping 
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