Breast cancer incidences now the most common…

Breast cancer incidences now the most common…

Cancer (Photo by Ivan Samkov on Pexels.com)

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?

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Share Market or Monkey Business

Once a man arrived at a village and announced that he would buy monkeys at 100 bucks each. Villagers were very happy, as they started catching monkeys from the nearby forest. The man, as promised gave them Rs 100 for every monkey. It was a good source of income for villagers. The man bought hundreds […]

Share Market or Monkey Business

How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally in 30 Days?

How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally in 30 Days? Diabetes is a rampant disease found across countries and communities. If you are suffering from Diabetes, you are probably taking oral medications at least 2-times day. Or you could even be using Insulin injections before meals. You are pretty much resigned to the idea of being dependant […]

How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally in 30 Days?

A Look At Life On Tonle Sap Cambodia – Photo Review

Tonle Sap (pronounced tone-lay sop) is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. The river that connects the lake to the Mekong River, the Tonle Sap River, has the distinction of being the world’s only river that reverses course twice each year flowing in opposite directions. In 2015, I spent a few days in Siem Reap, […]

A Look At Life On Tonle Sap Cambodia – Photo Review

If I would Be a Tree

If I were a tree,I could stand there still.I would sink deep into my roots andrest from the haste of life. I knowmy work is donebecause I was completely myself. I would know with intuitive certainty,I have grown, I have flowered and borne fruit.I would know about the big letting go before winter. I would […]

If I would Be a Tree

Every minute counts!

Every minute counts!

Resuscitation during a cardiac arrest!

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I read about this gutsy lady

who ran in to pump her fists

onto a man’s chest

on a badminton court floor.

“Quick, call 999, and go get the AED from my car!”

… throwing her car key to her son nearby.

( Wow, she even had an AED in her car!)

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Watching a few trainings in progress, as participants learned to do CPR on manikins.

“Madam, madam, are you ok? (Shaking the manikin’s shoulder…) Quick, someone, call 911, and bring the AED!”

“er… 911? Isn’t it 999 in Malaysia?”

“Oop, let me start again! Madam, madam, are you ok?…..”

( Too much of watching western movies and ER series? ‘911’ seems natural to a few of them! Ha, ha!)

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Any questions?

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“What if I break the victim’s ribs?” “…so, you rather watch him ‘go forever’?”

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“What if, it’s a lady? Do I put my hands on her chest?” “Stupid question! You better don’t be around if I ever collapse in office! Move! My turn to do CPR!” And the plump senior lady knelt before the manikin.

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Every minute counts!

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Words Matter!

A woman renewing her driver’s license at the DMV was asked by the clerk to state her occupation.She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the clerk, “do you have a job, or are you just a …?” “Of course I have a job,” snapped the woman. “I’m a mother.” “We […]

Words Matter!

Ah, to reach that 10,000 steps!

Ah, to reach that 10,000 steps!

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A senior walked

Holding on to the side rail

Up several flights of stairs

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Reaching each floor

Was a number

Of the steps achieved

What an encouragement!

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Go for an evening walk!

Reach that 10,000 steps!

Cos health is wealth!

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Get a partner to talk to

Say hello and make new friends

With oldies songs in the background

And observing the surroundings

During an evening walk!

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See what I saw along the way:-

…https://serenapottery.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/during-an-evening-walk/

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Quote:

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is!

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