It says a lot that the thing that kills the most people - is us. Our lifestyles, our bad habits. More people die because of what they put into their bodies, their failure to exercise and our addictions (smoking, drinking, eating) than from wars, car accidents or infectious diseases. We're a cancer of this planet.
ATLANTA – Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts said in a report released Tuesday. Rising tobacco use in developing countries is believed to be a huge reason for the shift, particularly in China and India, where 40 percent of the world's smokers now live.
So is better diagnosing of cancer, along with the downward trend in infectious diseases that used to be the world's leading killers.
Cancer diagnoses around the world have steadily been rising and are expected to hit 12 million this year. Global cancer deaths are expected to reach 7 million, according to the new report by the World Health Organization.
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clipped from news.yahoo.com
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