The Observable Universe?

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Ken
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When I was 9 years old, I had a Deep Fascination with,
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Our universe is about 13.8 billion years old, and the observable bubble of that cosmos has a diameter of about 93 billion light-years across. And we all know the famous maxim from Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity: nothing can travel faster than light.
Taken together, this presents us with a perplexing riddle about the nature of the cosmos itself: How can the universe get so mind-bogglingly big in such a short amount of time? 
What Does “Faster Than Light” Mean?
There are two ways to answer this question. The two ways are perfectly equivalent mathematically, but one or the other might make more sense to you. 

Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity
The first way is to point out that Einstein’s special theory of relativity is a local theory of physics. It tells you that if a rocket were to blast off in front of your face, you will never, ever record its speed as going faster than light.
The very concept of “speed” is only something that you can measure nearby your current position. Special relativity is absolutely silent about the behavior of objects on the far side of the universe – concepts like the speed of light limit simply don’t apply to them, because they’re too far away and special relativity no longer applies.  

Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
To grapple with distant objects, you have to employ a broader, more general theory, like Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which describes how gravity influences the fabric of space-time.
In other words, the most distant galaxies can apparently go faster than the speed of light because, essentially, the universe doesn’t have to care about the speed of light.

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An Expanding Universe
And it’s in general relativity that we get our second way to solve the riddle.
According to this model, which is how we currently understand the cosmos,
we live in an expanding universe. Every day, our cosmos gets bigger and bigger,
with the average distance between galaxies always getting larger.
So far, so good, right? But that expansion isn’t caused by galaxies moving in the universe, but rather the space between the galaxies expanding.
If you were to attach an accelerometer to every galaxy, they would register zero movements (except for small, local motions here and there.)
Locally, no galaxy is moving. But the space between them is. So there are no restrictions here based on the speed of light because they’re literally not moving. There’s no limit to how quickly space can expand (because “expanding” isn’t a motion as far as relativity is concerned) and so the universe can grow as quickly as it pleases.
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Is the Observable Universe?
Essentially, the universe is so big because it can expand faster than light. In fact, it’s doing so today. We measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe with something called the Hubble constant, which is around 68 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
That means for every megaparsec in distance you get away from the Milky Way, the universe’s expansion speed will increase by 68 km/s. A galaxy two megaparsecs away appears to recede at 136 km/s, a galaxy ten megaparsecs away will recede at 680 km/s, and so on.

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The Hubble constant guarantees that once you reach a certain distance — about 13 billion light-years (a distance known as the Hubble radius) — galaxies will appear to move away from us faster than light. The same would be true if you and I were to stand on opposite ends of a stretchy rubber band.
As long as the rubber band didn’t break, as long as the stretching maintained a constant speed, at some point we would appear to be moving away from each other faster than light. (And yet, once again to emphasize this point, if we were to draw an “X” at our feet, we wouldn’t have moved away from those spots). 

Distant Galaxies
The light from galaxies beyond the Hubble radius was released billions of years ago and is only just now reaching the Earth. We calculate where these galaxies are right now based on our understanding of cosmology, and that’s how we’re able to estimate the size of the universe. The fact that they appeared to move faster than light means that any light that they send now will never reach us — because that light will not be able to overcome the expansion of the universe.
Since most of the universe is beyond the Hubble radius, all those galaxies are forever out of reach. As time goes on, those galaxies will, one by one, disappear entirely from view. Not through any cheating of the laws of physics, but through simple (and inevitable) stretching.

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This age old question has been dubbed Olbers' paradox.
This age-old question has been dubbed Olbers’ paradox. © John Moore via Getty Images.

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Why is space so dark even though the universe is filled with stars?
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Why is space so dark despite all of the stars in the universe? – Nikhil, age 15, New Delhi
People have been asking why space is dark despite being filled with stars for so long that this question has a special name – Olbers’ paradox.
Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe. And many of those stars are as bright or even brighter than our sun.

So, why isn’t space filled with dazzling light? 
 I am an astronomer who studies stars and planets – including those outside our solar system – and their motion in space. The study of distant stars and planets helps astronomers like me understand why space is so dark.

You might guess it’s because a lot of the stars in the universe are very far away from Earth. Of course, it is true that the farther away a star is, the less bright it looks – a star 10 times farther away looks 100 times dimmer. But it turns out this isn’t the whole answer.

Imagine a bubble
Pretend, for a moment, that the universe is so old that the light from even the farthest stars has had time to reach Earth. In this imaginary scenario, all of the stars in the universe are not moving at all.
Picture a large bubble with Earth at the center. If the bubble were about 10 light years across, it would contain about a dozen stars. Of course, several light years away, many of those stars would look pretty dim from Earth. 
If you keep enlarging the bubble to 1,000 light years across, then to 1 million light years, and then 1 billion light years, the farthest stars in the bubble will look even more faint. But there would also be more and more stars inside the bigger and bigger bubble, all of them contributing light. Even though the farthest stars look dimmer and dimmer, there would be a lot more of them, and the whole night sky should look very bright.
It seems I’m back where I started, but I’m actually a little closer to the answer. 

Age matters
In the imaginary bubble illustration, I asked you to imagine that the stars are not moving and that the universe is very old. But the universe is only about 13 billion years old.

Galaxies as they appeared approximately 13.1 billion years ago, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Galaxies as they appeared approximately 13.1 billion years ago, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. © NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Handout from Xinhua News Agency.

Even though that’s an amazingly long time in human terms, it’s short in astronomical terms. It’s short enough that the light from stars more distant than about 13 billion light years hasn’t actually reached Earth yet. And so the actual bubble around Earth that contains all the stars we can see only extends out to about 13 billion light years from Earth.

There just are not enough stars in the bubble to fill every line of sight. 
Of course, if you look in some directions in the sky, you can see stars. If you look at other bits of the sky, you can’t see any stars. And that’s because, in those dark spots, the stars that could block your line of sight are so far away their light hasn’t reached Earth yet.
As time passes, light from these more and more distant stars will have time to reach us.  

The Doppler shift
You might ask whether the night sky will eventually light up completely. But that brings me back to the other thing I told you to imagine that all of the stars are not moving.
The universe is actually expanding, with the most distant galaxies moving away from Earth at nearly the speed of light.

Because the galaxies are moving away so fast, the light from their stars is pushed into colors the human eye can’t see. This effect is called the Doppler shift. So, even if it had enough time to reach you, you still couldn’t see the light from the most distant stars with your eyes. And the night sky would not be completely lit up.
If you wait even longer, eventually the stars will all burn out – stars like the sun last only about 10 billion years. Astronomers hypothesize that in the distant future – a thousand trillion years from now – the universe will go dark, inhabited by only stellar remnants 
like white dwarfs and black holes.

Even though our night sky isn’t completely filled with stars, we live in a very special time in the universe’s life, when we’re lucky enough to enjoy a rich and complex night sky, filled with light and dark.
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The science behind the Big Bang theory (msn.com)  

The first suggestion of the Big Bang was in 1912. 
Later in the 1930s, Edwin Hubble used the world’s largest telescope and showed that the distant galaxies all appeared to be receding from us. That means that the farther away they are, the faster they are retracting. The first and most confident evidence we have came from 1964 when scientists at the Bell Labs discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation, confirming there was a Big Bang. This revolutionized cosmology, how we see the universe, and how we view our place within it.  Scientists have come up with several possible explanations for what happened before the Big Bang, if anything at all, and it is entirely possible that there was no previous era. Assuming this is true, it means that matter, energy, space, and time just began abruptly.  

What happened after the Big Bang?
What happened immediately after the explosions is called the Planck Era: the earliest known period of time. According to the theories of physics, one second after the Big Bang, the heat of the universe caused atoms to collide with enough force to create a ten billion degree soup of neutrons, protons, electrons, positrons, photons, and neutrinos. Essentially, cosmic inflations created a soup of sub atomic particle plasma. It appears that this is what gave rise to dark matter and likely the phase in which matter gains superiority over antimatter.
Within the first 300 seconds of the existence of the universe, the elements hydrogen, helium, and some lithium form from the protons and neutrons. This process is called nucleosynthesis and is a theory that accurately predicts the abundances of elements and isotopes found in the early samples of the universe, like some of the oldest stars.
This verification is a strong indication that our model of the universe is accurate.
300,000 years later, when the nearly uniform soup cooled, atoms formed other nuclei.
Photons ceased to scatter through space, turning the prior opaque universe into one with visible light. Those same photons, the actual afterglow of the Big Bang known as cosmic background radiation, can still be observed today.  

The cosmic background radiation and the Big Bang
Space agencies have launched three missions to study this cosmic background radiation, taking baby pictures of the universe only 400,000 years after its birth. The first two probes map the primordial hot and cold spots in cosmic background radiation, measuring temperature differences that are nearly uniformly distributed across the universe. A third mission, with instruments sensitive to temperature variations of a few millions of a degree, made the most accurate maps of the microwave background radiation yet. 

The dark ages before stars were born
About one million years after the Big Bang, we enter a period called the Dark Ages, which is known as the final frontier of cosmology. Little is known about this period, except that it was the period before the first stars were born. The Dark Ages are thought to have lasted about 100 million years. However, due to the limit of current observations, the oldest objects we can see are at a time when the universe was only several hundred million years old. Two future projects that have already begun construction, are specifically designed to shed some light on this era and hopefully bring the Dark Ages to an end.
Then, ten billion years after the Big Bang, dark energy, a mysterious force starts to accelerate. After that, 13.8 billion years after the Big Bang, we reach our time today.  

The end of the universe
The ultimate fate of the universe all hinges on dark energy. If the universe continues to grow at about the same pace, 30 billion years from now, all the galaxies would be pulled from our view and all the evidence of the Big Bang would be completely lost forever. This would result in all the last stars burning out in about 100 trillion years, so we have plenty of time left.
Dark energy could also intensify resulting in a Big Rip scenario. This would happen in approximately 50 billion years from now. Dark energy would effectively tear everything apart, from superclusters to atoms. On the contrary, if dark energy slowed down,
then this would give gravity the upper hand and lead to a collapse 30 billion years
from now, ultimately resulting in a Big Crunch. 

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Will you develop dementia?

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Ken
If you’re middle-aged, 11 key factors could forecast your risk for dementia,
according to a study published Thursday in The British Medical Journal.

Scientists from Oxford University and other institutes examined the data of nearly 225,000 U.K. residents with an average age of 60, following them for 14 years.
Over that time, around 2% were diagnosed with the degenerative cognitive condition,
experienced by an estimated 55 million worldwide.

Based on this information, researchers were able to whittle down a list of nearly 30 factors that potentially put people at a higher risk of dementia into a set of 11 that appear to be most impactful:
Age (typically 65 and older)
Lack of education
History of diabetes
History of/current depression
History of stroke
Parental dementia
Economic disadvantage
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Living alone
Being male

The new screening tool developed based on the findings is called the UK Biobank Dementia Risk Score, or UKBDRS. Dr. Raihaan Patel, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford and a lead author on the study, hopes it can eventually be used by primary care providers to easily screen those ages 50-73 for the condition.

“We see this fitting in as an initial step of identifying high or low risk,”
Patel says, adding that high-risk individuals can be sent for further testing.

When compared with other existing screening tools, the UKBDRS—paired with knowledge of whether individuals carried the APOE e4 gene variant, putting them at higher risk of dementia—gave the most accurate results, followed by the UKBDRS alone, age alone,
then three other existing screening tools.
The new screener can serve as a conversation starter, Patel says, allowing providers an opportunity to encourage patients with diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, and/or high cholesterol to make lifestyle changes that could reduce their risk of developing the condition. A person who has diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol is three times more likely than a person of the same age to develop dementia.
“You can really make a big difference in your risk by focusing on cardiometabolic health,” he says. 

What is dementia?
Dementia isn’t one single condition. Rather, it’s a set of symptoms that fit a variety
of disorders caused by abnormal changes to the brain, from either disease or injury.

Contrary to popular belief, dementia isn’t a normal part of aging.
Alzheimer’s disease accounts for the bulk of dementia cases—60% to 80%, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Other forms, according to the World Health Organization, include:

Vascular dementia, caused by impaired blood flow to the brain.
Dementia with Lewy bodies, abnormal deposits of protein inside nerve cells.
(This condition was made famous by the late actor Robin Williams.)
Other diseases that contribute to frontotemporal dementia, caused by degeneration of the frontal lobe of the brain. (Frontotemporal dementia has made headlines as of late thanks to Bruce Willis, who was recently diagnosed with the condition.)

It can also be caused by other factors,
including medical events and conditions like:
Stroke
HIV
Harmful alcohol use
Repetitive physical brain juries (“chronic traumatic encephalopathy”)

Nutritional deficiencies
People with Alzheimer’s disease tend to be deficient in these 5 nutrients
that ‘help keep brains in top condition at all ages,’ researchers say, 
Levels of five micronutrients are “strikingly lower” in the brains of
those who have Alzheimer’s disease compared with those who don’t.
That’s according to new research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease by Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine professor C. Kathleen Dorey and a team of researchers.

Scientists analyzed the brains of 31 donors, the average age of which was 75 years.
Most, but not all, had died with Alzheimer’s disease. Compared with unaffected brains, they found that brains of those with the disease had around half the level of the following micronutrients—vitamins and minerals critical to the body’s function, but needed in only small amounts:  MCT OIL AND ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA – Search (bing.com)

• Lycopene: An antioxidant that could help protect cells from damage, lycopene gives some fruits and vegetables—like tomatoes, watermelon, red oranges, pink grapefruits, apricots, and guavas—their red hue. 
• Retinol: A form of Vitamin A that helps the immune system work properly, retinol helps you see in dim lighting and keeps skin healthy. It’s found in foods like cheese, eggs, oily fish, milk, yogurt, and liver. The body can convert beta-carotene into retinol, so indirect sources include yellow, red, and green leafy vegetables like spinach, carrots, sweet potatoes, and red peppers, as well as yellow fruits like mangos, papaya, and apricots.
• Lutein: Often referred to as the “eye vitamin,” lutein is thought to protect eye tissue from sun damage. You can find it in foods like egg yolks, spinach, kale, corn, orange peppers, kiwis, grapes, zucchinis, and squash.
• Zeaxanthin: An antioxidant, zeaxanthin is known to protect eye tissues from the sun. It’s found in eggs, oranges, grapes, corn, goji berries, mango, and orange peppers.
• Vitamin E: Also, an antioxidant, Vitamin E keeps free radicals in check, improves immune function, and can prevent clots from forming in the arteries of the heart. It can be found in plant-based oils, nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables like sunflower oil, soybean oil, almonds, peanuts, spinach, pumpkin, red bell peppers, asparagus, mangoes, and avocados.

All five micronutrients are antioxidants, substances that may prevent or delay some cell damage. Lycopene, lutein, and zeaxanthin are also carotenoids, nutrient-rich pigments found in fruits and vegetables. Other large studies have found that the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease was “significantly lower” in those who ate diets rich in carotenoids, or who had high levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in their blood or retina, according to Dorey.
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Multiple studies have also found that those who follow MIND 
(Mediterranean/Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay)—which emphasizes the consumption of antioxidant-rich fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and fish, with very little meat, dairy, and sweets—had a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, better cognitive function prior to death, and fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in those who did develop the condition.

The boundaries between different types of dementia are “indistinct,
and mixed forms often co-exist,” according to the WHO.

In addition to the risk factors discussed above, others include:
Being overweight or obese
Smoking
Drinking too much alcohol
Being physically inactive
Being socially isolated

Symptoms of dementia
Often, the first sign of dementia is a change in mood or behavior, according to the WHO. Symptoms typically get worse with time, leading to eventual need for assistance with daily living. 

Early signs and symptoms, according to the international health organization, include:
Forgetting things or recent events
Losing or misplacing things
Getting lost when walking or driving
Being confused, even in familiar places
Losing track of time
Difficulties solving problems or making decisions
Problems following conversations or troubles with finding words
Difficulties performing usual tasks
Misjudging distances to objects visually

Changes in mood or behavior may look like the following:

Feeling sad, angry, or anxious about memory loss
Personality changes
Inappropriate behavior
Withdrawal from work or social activities
A reduced interest in the emotions of others

What to do if you suspect dementia
Those concerned that they or a loved one may have dementia should consult their primary care provider, who will likely perform a physical exam and detailed medical history, pull labs, and ask questions. 
Sometimes, it’s difficult to diagnose a specific type of dementia due
to overlap in conditions, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
If this is the case, your doctor might simply diagnose “dementia,” then make
a referral to a specialist like a neurologist, psychiatrist, psychologist, or geriatrician.

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The Italian American Mafia

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Ken
New genetic study: More evidence for modern Ashkenazi Jews’ ancient Hebrew patrimony.

This is my research on who really are the evil doers of the Deep State that stole 
the election in 2020 from We The People of the United States.

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I hail from the so-called Ashkenazi branch of Jews, who account for the great majority of all Jews in the world today. Ashkenazis are distinguished by the historical fact that, over the last couple of thousand years or so, they propagated throughout Europe, generating and maintaining tens of thousands of distinctly Jewish communities in diverse countries spanning the entire continent. My dad was born in Lithuania; my mom’s mom came from an Eastern European region that has belonged to about a half-dozen countries, depending on what particular year you happen to be talking about; and my mom’s dad grew up in Russia, near the Black Sea.

Tradition holds, though, that Ashkenazi Jews ultimately trace their origins straight
back to ancient Israel, whence most Jews were expelled en masse in 70 CE by their Roman conquerors and sent skittering to all parts of the globe. (Jews who initially fled to Spain and Portugal are referred to as Sephardic. Those who took up residence in Iran, Iraq and Northern Africa are designated as Mizrahi.)
But in the late 1970s I read what was then a recent book titled The Thirteenth Tribe, written by polymath Arthur Koestler, advancing a theory that today’s Ashkenazis descended not from the Holy Land but, rather, from Khazaria, a medieval Turkic empire in the Caucasus region whose royals, caught between the rock of Islam and the hard place of Christendom, chose the politically expedient course of converting to Judaism.
That hypothesis has become highly politicized, with some groups holding that Ashkenazis, who constitute half of Israel’s current population, are colonialist interlopers with zero historical claim to the land of Israel.

Plausible at the time, the Khazar-origin premise has crumbled under the onslaught of modern molecular genetics. The latest volley: a study published this week in Nature Communications. The study’s senior author, Stanford geneticist Peter Underhill, PhD, works in the lab of  Carlos Bustamante, PhD, whose high-resolution techniques have highlighted the historical hopscotch of other migratory peoples.
Underhill, Bustamante and their co-authors analyzed the Y chromosome – a piece of
the human genome invariably handed down father-to-son – of a set of Ashkenazi men claiming descent from Levi,  the founder of one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
(Names such as Levy, Levine and Levitt, for example, bespeak a Levite heritage.)
If Ashkenazis were the spawn of Khazar royals, their DNA would show it.
But those Y chromosomes were as Levantine as a levant sandwich. The same genetic “signature” popped up on every Levite sampled (as well as a significant number of non-Levite Ashkenazis), strongly implying descent from a single common ancestor who lived in the Fertile Crescent between 1,500 and 2,500 years ago.
That signature is absent in the Y chromosomes of modern European non-Jewish men, and in male inhabitants of what was once Khazaria.
Yes, 2,000 years is a long time, and a fellow gets lonely. Genetic studies of mitochondria – tiny intracellular power packs that have their own dollop of DNA and are always inherited matrilineally – have conflicted (contrast this with this) but, in combination with broader studies of entire genomes, suggest that a bit of canoodling transpired between Ashkenazi men and local European women, in particular Italian women, early in that two-millenia European sojourn.

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Many opponents of Israel try to disconnect the Jewish people’s long-standing relationship with the Land of Israel as a way of delegitimizing Zionism and the modern State of Israel. They claim the Jewish people today are not descended from the ancient Hebrews and Israelites, and thus try to weaken the case for Zionism and the re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty in its ancestral homeland.

The claims do not come from any one community and have been diffused throughout
the years by white supremacists, radical Islamists, far-left and far-right conspiracists, Japanese doomsday cults and parts of the U.S. black community, whether the Nation
of Islam or the Black Hebrew Israelites.

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Many of these generally opposing groups lean on the so-called “Khazar Myth,” which posits that all or a majority of today’s Ashkenazi Jews are descended from the Khazars, a multi-ethnic conglomerate of mostly Turkic peoples originally from the central Caucasus, who, according to this theory, at some point in history converted to Judaism en masse. Thus, according to this theory, a large part of world Jewry has no roots in the Land of Israel.

However, this theory has found no support among any serious historians, archaeologists or geneticists. It rests on no evidence except the need of some to disconnect the Jewish people from the Land of Israel. Indeed, the theory’s only purpose seems to be the delegitimization of Zionism.

This, and other theories about the origins of the Jewish people outside of the Land
of Israel, are merely political arguments that try to use distorted history, utilizing inaccurate archeological and genetic proofs to make these false claims.
They also ignore the overwhelming evidence that shows a direct link between the Jews living today around the world and their ancestors who lived in the Land of Israel during the First and Second Temple periods.

Firstly, and most importantly, there has been an unbroken presence of Jews in the Land of Israel since the destruction of Jewish sovereignty and the sack of Jerusalem in the first century C.E. These Jews who managed to remain, against all odds, in the Land of Israel for two millennia, were joined by various communities and individuals from around the Diaspora during the first few centuries after the dispersion until the 20th century.

All these Jews had a clear linguistic, cultural and traditional line of transition completely unique to every Jewish community around the world. For example, a Jew from Yemen and a Jew from Poland would have different characteristics and accents, but they would use similar prayer books and religious treatises, and similar traditions. They would be able to relatively seamlessly pray and practice their religion in each other’s community.

Digging a little deeper, several genetic tests and research studies have proven that disparate Jewish communities share common DNA markers. Studies of autosomal DNA, which look at the entire DNA mixture, show that Jewish populations have tended to form relatively closely related groups in independent communities, with most in a community sharing significant ancestry.

Obviously, there have been outside contributions to the Jewish gene pool.
Nevertheless, for populations of the Jewish Diaspora, the genetic composition of Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish populations show significant shared Middle Eastern ancestry.
These results, according to prominent geneticist Doron Behar and many other academic experts in 2010, show a remarkable consistency “with a historical formulation of the Jewish people as descending from ancient Hebrew and Israelites of the Levant” and “the dispersion of the people of ancient Israel throughout the Old World.”

In addition, Jewish communities around the world all show a very specific and unbroken connection to Israel. Every synagogue faces towards Jerusalem, and rarely is the prayer or blessing that does not invoke a return to Israel or Jerusalem. Many festivals end with the hope: “Next year in a rebuilt Jerusalem.”

Almost every event in the Jewish life cycle remembers the connection of the Jews to Israel, whether it is the breaking of the glass under the wedding canopy to remember the destruction of Jerusalem or the dirt from the Holy Land that is supposed to be buried with every Jew in any cemetery in the world.

The Jewish connection to the Land of Israel is unbreakable and a return to the land was always the central focus of Jews and Jewish communities for thousands of years. Israel was the religious, civil and national center for all Jews at all times.

Perhaps what rankles opponents of the State of Israel and Zionism is the fact that the Jews are the only people who can demonstrate indigeneity in the Land of Israel as the place where its culture, language and civilization were formed.

No other people speak or use Hebrew or have their singular focus on the sliver of land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. No other religion or people’s holy books mentions Israel, Zion or Jerusalem nearly as many times as the Torah. The Koran does not mention them at all.

These are unbreakable bonds, and the most up-to-date historic and archaeological
work discovers new artifacts and proofs every day of the ineffable, unbreakable Jewish connection to the Land of Israel. No serious person can claim that Jews never lived in the Land of Israel, though some still try, attempting to sever the connection between today’s Jews and the ancient Hebrews and Israelites.

These lies need to be debunked because they are widespread and have been raised
in recent weeks by well-known celebrities, like actor and rapper Ice Cube, comedian Nick Cannon and American football players DeSean Jackson and Larry Johnson. Their “evidence” is never more than distorted propaganda that has already been debunked by serious researchers.

Because anti-Semitism never rests, these fabrications will keep spreading unless we continue to demonstrate with fact, history and reason why they have no basis in truth.
The Jewish people’s connection to Israel is unique, unbroken and consistent. Our traditions and miraculous history can be seen as a continuous love affair between a people and its ancestral homeland.

James Sinkinson is president of Facts and Logic About the Middle East – FLAME,
which publishes educational messages to correct lies and misperceptions about
Israel and its relationship to the United States.

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American Mafia – Wikipedia
WebThe American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American crime related society and organized crime related group.. In North America, the organization is often colloquially referred to as the Italian Mafia or Italian Mob

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The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the L.A. Mafia or the Southern California crime family and dubbed “the Mickey Mouse Mafia” by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, is an Italian American organized crime syndicate based in Los Angeles as part of the larger Italian American Mafia. Since its … See more

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Seattle, Washington, United States. Years active. 1950s–present. Territory. Washington. Criminal activities. Racketeering, prostitution, extortion, money laundering, corruption and fraud. The Seattle crime family, also known as the Colacurcio crime family [1] [2] [3] or Seattle Mafia, is a crime family based in Seattle, Washington .

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Most Jews in Israel today are not the same as the Jews of ancient Israel before Christ 

Jewish people are Arabs.
Abraham, the father of all Abrahamic religions was taken from the city of UR (Iraq)
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Wrong!!

The land of Israel has been populated by the Jewish people since 2000 BC.

Here’s the timeline….
1900 BC: Abraham chosen by God as the Father of the Jewish Nation.
1900 BC: Isaac, Abraham’s son, rules over Israel.
1850 BC: Jacob, son of Issac, rules over Israel.
1400 BC: Moses leads the people out of Egypt and back to Israel.
1010 BC: King David united the 12 tribes into one nation.
970 BC: King Solomon, son of David, builds the first temple structure in Jerusalem
930 BC: Israel is divided into two kingdoms, the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah.
800s BC: The rise of the prophets, God’s messengers.
722 BC: Kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyrians.
605 BC: Kingdom Judah is conquered by the Babylonians.
586 BC: Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians.
539 BC: Persians conquered the Babylonians and took control of Israel.
538 BC: The Jews return to Israel from exile.
520 BC: The Temple is rebuilt.
450 BC: Reforms made by Ezra and Nehemiah.
433 BC: Malachi is the end of the prophetic age.
432 BC: The last group of Jews return from exile.
333 BC: The Greeks conquer the Persian empire.
323 BC: The Egyptian and Syrian empires take over Israel.
167 BC: Hasmonean recapture Israel, and the Jews are ruled independently.
70 BC: Romans conquer Israel.
20 BC: King Herod builds the “third” temple
6 BC: Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem
70 AD: Romans destroy the temple

After that, the people were captives to the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Crusaders. 
Through all of these events, the Jewish people continued to live in Israel. There were more or less of them, depending on the centuries, but there was never a time when the Jews didn’t live in the land. 
They stayed, they built their communities, they raised their families, practiced their faith and they suffered at the hands of many outside rulers, but they always kept their faith.

It is what sustains them, even now.
In 1948, the UN established the State of Israel, the nation of Jews. Don’t buy the Palestinian lies that they are entitled to the land. It simply is not true. Yahweh will also provide a way for his chosen people to live in Israel, as He has for thousands of years.

Please Pray for the people of Israel.

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Posted on March 26, 2024 by Ken
BIBLICAL RAPTURE UNLEASHED | Countdown to Armageddon (youtube.com)

The exact same shapes of the chemtrails…..

All I will say is: AMERICA..…REPENT!!!!

Dawn Marie

 “Important info!  Bing Videos
Why the 2024 total solar eclipse will be such a big deal (sciencenews.org)
I’m not claiming to know exactly what all of this means, but I think it is important
enough for all of us to be aware that this is happening and pray for wisdom in this area.
On April 8th this year, there will be an eclipse. One singular eclipse is pretty amazing,
but this one is actually the last in a 3-part series that has SO much meaning behind it.
It is important to know that God said that He would use the sun, moon and stars to communicate with us:

Genesis 1:14- “Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years…”
Luke 21:25 – “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.”
So now that you know that God said that He would use the sun, moon and stars to communicate with us, let’s break down this 3 part eclipse series:  A total eclipse is near. For some, it’s evidence of higher power. For others it’s a warning (msn.com)

1) With the path of this last eclipse, combined with the first 2 eclipses (one in 2017 and
the other in 2023), it will create the Hebrew letter over America that is “Aleph Tav” and in Greek it is the “Alpha and Omega” – both means “The beginning and the end.” God said in Revelation 21:6 that He is the beginning and the end and this Aleph Tav is like His signature. Why would He use an eclipse to put His signature over America?

Let’s dig deeper:
2) He has used eclipses to warn nations of coming judgement so that the nation can repent of their sinful ways and come back to Him. This happened with the story of Nineveh. God told Jonah to go to the wicked nation of Nineveh and warn them about coming judgement. Jonah ran away from the assignment and while out at sea got swallowed up by a whale and was in the whale for 3 days. Jonah repented of running away so the whale spit him up.

He then went to Nineveh and warned the people but there was something that also happened while he was warning the people…an eclipse came over the land. In the 19th century, ancient tablets were discovered that describe an eclipse called the Bur-Sagale eclipse where the totality of the eclipse landed right over Nineveh while Jonah was there preaching the 40-day warning before the coming destruction. Because of this, the people realized that this was a sign from God that what Jonah was saying was true and they repented, and God spared their nation.

It is amazing how much America mirrors Nineveh. 
(If you don’t see it, you may be part of the problem.) To make this even more clear,
this last eclipse on April 8th will be going over 7 cities here in America called – yep you guessed it – NINEVEH! I honestly didn’t even know that we had any city here in the U.S. named that but here we are – with this eclipse going over these cities (and there will be an 8th one that it goes over also called Nineveh in Canada.)   What Atheists Believe Happens When Life Comes to an End (msn.com)
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Here are the cities:
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 (𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
𝐌𝐚𝐠 𝟏.𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟑:𝟎𝟕 𝐏𝐌)
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐎𝐡𝐢𝐨
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤
🔺𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐡, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚 (𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒)

Could this be that God is warning us just as He warned Nineveh?
There have been many “Jonahs” in the past few years warning the nation that we need to repent and add in this sign above our heads – we can’t turn away from the fact that it is not a coincidence. But if you need more proof, let’s keep going…
3) The first part of this 3-part eclipse series was in 2017.
The path of that eclipse went over 7 cities named Salem,
which is short for Jerusalem.
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐎𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐧
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐈𝐝𝐚𝐡𝐨
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐖𝐲𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐍𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲
🔺𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚

The mathematical “chance” of there being 7 Salem’s with the first eclipse and then 7 Nineveh’s for the 3rd eclipse is unthinkable. But what about the 2nd part of the eclipse?

4) Perhaps the most striking piece of the 2nd eclipse is that the precise center-line of the eclipse path exits the USA directly over Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi means the “Body of Christ” and is one of the only towns named that in the world! 2nd part of the eclipse over Corpus Christi – Search (bing.com)

But let’s go back to this upcoming eclipse and dig even deeper…
5) Jonah was giving a 40-day warning to Nineveh during the eclipse. 
If you look at our April 8th eclipse and fast forward 40 days then you will get to May 18, 2024 – the day before Pentecost. The history of Pentecost is that it is the last Spring Feast that the Lord has given us (there are 4 in the Spring and 3 in the Fall). This is the day that the Lord sent the Holy Spirit down to all those who have accepted Christ.

We are told that the “Restrainer” (many believe this is the Holy Spirit) will be removed before the Tribulation – could it be that this is a warning for that? I’m not sure as that is a worldwide event and this eclipse will be just over North America, but it is something definitely to think and pray about for more clarity and wisdom. 
No matter what, there are too many things lining up for it to not be nothing and so my job is to get the information out to you all so that you can at least be aware of these signs that God is giving us so that you can pray about it.

But let’s keep going…
6) From the start of this 3-part eclipse to the end, it will be 7 years. God uses numbers a lot to communicate with us, and 7 has a ton of meaning. A few examples are – He created the world in 7 days, there will be a 7 year tribulation, 7 is used for completion, etc.
7) Going back to how this correlates with Jonah & Nineveh’s story -at the time of this eclipse, there will be another sign in the sky…it will take place under the constellation, Cetus, which is the whale constellation! And not only will it pass through the 8 cities in North America named Nineveh, it will also pass through Jonah, Texas! Speaking of other towns that it will pass through; these are some of the other city names that it will go right over:

🔺 Rapture, Indiana
🔺 Williamston, Kentucky – this is where the Ark Encounter is located.
The Ark Encounter is a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark.
🔺 Eagle Pass, Texas – where we are having so many border issues.
🔺 And the point where it crosses the 2017 eclipse to mark the center
of the X is an area in southern Illinois called Little Egypt.

What is even more fascinating about this is that Little Egypt is sandwiched in between
2 other cities called Alpha, Kentucky and Omega, Illinois – both having the 2017 eclipse come over their cities. Furthermore, the intersection of the 2017 and 2024 solar eclipses occurs directly over the New Madrid Fault Line, a major seismic zone. An earthquake along this fault line could potentially destroy the U.S., making it one of the most perilous fault lines in the country. I have no idea if this will happen or not, but there are too many things here that are all literally lining up to not share with everyone.

* One more interesting fact is that there are 2,422 days in between the 2017 eclipse and the 2024 eclipse. If you look up 2422 in Strong’s Concordance, an Bible concordance that has every word of the KJV, takes us to Exodus 1:19 which says, “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐡, “𝐇𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧; 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞.”

Why would this be of any significance?
Well, to me, it reminds me of how Jesus said that His return would be like a woman in labor with the signs of His coming growing stronger and closer together. We are at a point in history where we are seeing all of the signs that He gave us happening before our eyes. In fact, we are even seeing things that will happen during the tribulation. If we are seeing those things being set up now, that must mean that we are super close to it actually happening.

Going back to God saying that He uses the sun, moon and stars to show us signs – and then Jesus saying that the signs of His coming will be like a woman in labor, well this information leading us back to Exodus 1:19 explaining that the Hebrew women have labor fast is so interesting to me! Could we be on the brink of rapture and tribulation!? I don’t know exactly when it will happen but Jesus did tell us that we would know the season and I do believe that we have been in that season for the past few years and are pushing closer and closer to it!

So what do you do with all of this information?
It is no secret that this world has gone mad and everyone knows that there is something happening behind the scenes that feels really uncomfortable. If you have that feeling, you are right! There is a major push for things to happen that were predicted to happen over 2,000 years ago. Most people seek their understanding in the wrong place though.
They look to the news and the world to guide them; however, these sources will only bring more questions, not answers. It causes people to live in fear, anxiety and depression.

However, Jesus didn’t want us to live that way. He gave us the information so that we would know what is happening when we see these things. The first piece of living in His knowledge is accepting that God sent His son, Jesus, to die for our sins and on the 3rd day, Jesus rose from the grave and conquered death. 

The second piece is to repent to God of your sins and turn away from your sins. Most churches only teach how God loves you but don’t teach repentance anymore and that is
a HUGE part of your faith. Jesus said that there will be many who come to Him and say, “Lord, Lord, I knew you.”

But because they didn’t repent of their sins and seek Jesus’ ways instead of their own,
He will reply, “Get away from me, I never knew you.” We cannot just live however we want without any consequences. Even little children understand this concept, but it has been lost on most adults. 

This is why Nineveh was going to see destruction – because they were a self-serving, sinful nation – just like America is today. You can’t change the heart of this nation, but you can change your heart and lead your homes to do the same. Third, pray for wisdom in these areas.

I know this has been incredibly deep but just like Proverbs 25:2 says,
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.” This sign in the sky will be right over your head in just a few weeks – will you have the eyes to see what it really means?” https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g?si=WiEzUlp1w6jKluAT

A huge thanks to these sources:
https://eclipsewitness.com/american-eclipse-judgment
Vincent James

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Exactly. It’s just very strong evidence that the Social Engineers who wrote
the Bible based on the sky clock also had their minions in positions to name the cities. Keeps us Bible thumpers having AHA moments within the confines to our Belief System.
Jesus/son dying and rising after 3 days is just one of many examples of the sky clock being used to tell a story that is geared towards programming people to be on their knees begging for forgiveness. Sounds more like something an evil ruler would need.

The Sun basically dies for 3 days during winter solstice on the 21 of December then starts rising again on Christmas day. The Jesus character story had been used many times before with the same claims. All based on the sky clock.
All the Social Engineers ever had to do was set the stage for their show. Seems so freakin obvious but people are so deeply invested in their beliefs that they cling on to Jesus’ story like naive children. 

They’re being told to just surrender to Jesus, get on their knees and beg for mercy because they are unworthy and sinners from the day they were born. Just let Jesus take the wheel.

Absolutely insane!
Instead of taking action they have people believing they should talk to themselves, aka pray, with their heads bowed and just keep faith as they give their implied consent by remaining silent.
I could link to multiple stories used throughout their story that were before and identical to the Jesus character story.

But people will find the information when they’re ready to completely step outside of the Belief System, aka BS.
And the New Madrid earthquake is definitely part of the plan. When, I don’t know. But all the rain over the area and BP oil drilling into the salt domes that are the foundations of the gulf states, back during the staged spills, is just them setting the stage. The fracking in the area around the fault line was most likely more so to weaken the area and or to create control joints for when they create the shipping route from the gulf coast to the Great lakes. 

So many people who claim to be awake see through so much of the bullshit but cling on to the biggest lie. How did the Bible survive all the resets while being tweaked or revised as needed? How could it have possibly been the most published book and in every hotel room drawer at a point in our recent past? No different than a globe in every kindergarten classroom. 

The Social Engineers use it as a tool to create
an imagine they are more powerful than GOD.

Thus create the problems that validate their bullshit story. If they gain control because people allow them to take the wheel and not Jesus. Then the new world religion will have them convinced that they need to be strictly ruled over and monitored so the wrath of God never happens again. It’s worked in the same way many times. They push all the divisions and “sinful” behaviors like before the fall of Rome then put it in the history books to validate their Bible. 

People are just getting what we’ve always gotten because we keep repeating the same mistakes.
The Social Engineers know well how our minds work and use “Forbidden Knowledge” to maintain their power over the willfully ignorant people that have been easily programmed to believe far more than we know.

Knowledge is the most powerful thing we could ever possess. 
This is why we are so weak, even with our numbers, and they are so strong and have us dependent and in fear.
Who in the hell had the power to reset the date to 1 AD worldwide because some unknown carpenter named Jesus died??? 

Yeah, everything is a lie but let’s cling on to the lie that is at the foundation and also
used to create the BS. 2017, 2023, 2024 U.S. Solar Eclipse End Times Bible Prophecy.
(understanding the times.info)

April’s Total Solar Eclipse Is 360 Years Early. NASA’s Bizarre New Map Shows Why (forbes.com)

Comet that passes Earth once every 71 years visible in the night sky (msn.com)

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Are We There Yet?

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Ken
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Are we there yet? The future of cancer treatment (msn.com)
In recent years, specialised cancer treatments such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapies, and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have changed the cancer treatment landscape. However, it could be argued that new approaches to prevention, as well as addressing social deprivation may have more impact and be potentially more cost-effective than many new drugs, says FasT BioPharma’s co-founder Anderson Ryan. 

Leading a session at the European laboratory research & innovation group (ELRIG) conference in Manchester, UK, Ryan highlighted that so far, the availability of many new drugs has had a limited impact on overall cancer-related mortality.
He said since 2000, more than 600 new oncology therapies have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA): “[But], incremental improvements in survival for the most common cancers hasn’t led to a significant reduction in either the number or proportion of people dying with cancer,” says Ryan. 
However, Ryan said many patients are living a lot longer with cancer: “If they’re living longer, they would still appear on the mortality rate. The benefits are more in terms of the length of survival rather than survival.”  
The amount of money being invested in new cancer therapies is set to increase massively over the next five years, with a recent GlobalData webinar forecasting that the immuno-oncology market is set to grow to over $150bn by 2028.  

GlobalData is the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology. 
Whilst the incidence and survival rates with some cancers are increasing, the overall picture might not appear to have improved due to the impact of social deprivation. “It could be argued that investing in and addressing social deprivation might have more impact than many drugs,” says Ryan. 
National prevention programmes such as those promoting the uptake of HPV vaccines, increased awareness around the risks of smoking, and routine screening helped reduce the incidences of certain cancers, or have led to earlier diagnosis that are generally associated with more positive outcomes. Ryan explained that new approaches to both prevention and treatment are needed, such as sensitive detection and accurate localisation of a wider range of most-aggressive tumours such as those affecting the pancreas, lung, and liver: “The earlier you can detect cancer, the more the better chance for cure.” 

The ELRIG conference taking place in Manchester, UK on 20-21 March 2024 is covering topics such as animal-free drug discovery, oncology, mass spectrometry and proteomics, and antimicrobial resistance.  
Ryan concluded the talk by highlighting that building on the success of immune therapies will lead to a more durable benefit, and molecular fingerprinting may identify new targets and avenues for cancer prevention. 
The future of cancer treatment” was originally created and published by Pharmaceutical Technology, a GlobalData owned brand.

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Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Cancer is a disease that occurs when cells in the body start to grow and multiply at an out-of-control rate. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer, you likely have several questions. Can cancer be cured? Yes, cancer is curable, but some types are cured more often than others. A cancer is cured when there are no signs of cancer, no further treatment is needed, and it is not expected to come back. There is no way to guarantee that cancer will never come back. 
Most oncologists (medical doctors specializing in diagnosing and treating cancer) talk about remission rather than cure. Being in remission from cancer means that the cancer is under control and responding to treatment. After you have been in complete remission for 5 years, the risk of cancer coming back decreases. 
To understand how curable a type of cancer is, most oncologists look at the 5-year survival rate. This rate describes the percentage of people who will still be alive 5 years after their cancer diagnosis. This rate varies widely by the type of cancer, the cancer stage, and a person’s overall health. 

What Are The Most Curable Types of Cancer
The current survival rates are highest for thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and melanoma. The survival rate for early-stage breast cancer is also high because of screening protocols. 

Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland located at the front of your neck. The thyroid secretes hormones that affect your metabolism and physical growth. 
 The 5-year survival rate for thyroid cancers in stages 1 and 2 is between 98% and 100%. This may be because thyroid cancers usually grow slowly. This makes them easier to diagnose early when they are more treatable. 
Depending on the stage, thyroid cancer can be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. 

Breast Cancer (Early Stage)
Breast cancer is a relatively common type of cancer that begins in the breast tissue or lobules. The 5-year survival rate for breast cancers in stages 0 and 1 is 99% to 100%. Breast cancers classified as stage 0 or 1 are located in the breast tissue or lobules and
have not spread to the lymph nodes or nearby tissues. 
Early-stage breast cancer is often detected with screening tools such as a regular mammogram. Early detection is an important way to improve survival rates. Treatment options for breast cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. 

Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer starts in the prostate, the gland located under the bladder in people assigned male at birth. The prostate is responsible for producing fluid to transport sperm. 
The 5-year survival rate for prostate cancers in stages 1 and 2 is 99%. Prostate cancers usually grow very slowly and are treatable with surgery and radiation therapy. Your healthcare provider may recommend additional treatments including hormone therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy for more advanced cases. 
Healthcare providers can regularly screen for prostate cancer with blood tests and rectal exams. Related: Everything You Need to Know Before a Prostate Exam

Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer is another type of cancer that affects people assigned male at birth.
It starts in one of the testicles (testes), the small organs located in the scrotum.
They produce the hormone testosterone, as well as sperm. 
The 5-year survival rate for testicular cancer is 99% for localized tumors. The 5-year survival rate for people with tumors that have spread to the lymph nodes is 96%. When diagnosed in the early stages, testicular cancer is usually treated by removing the affected testicle. 

Melanoma 
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that often appears as an irregular mole on the skin.
The most common sites for melanoma are areas of the body that receive the most sunlight like the face, scalp, ears, neck, and hands. 
The 5-year survival rate for stage 1 melanoma is 99%. Skin cancer is visible so it tends to be easier to detect early. Melanoma is often treated with surgery to remove the tumor.
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in the United States. Fortunately, it is highly treatable. The 5-year survival rate for both basal cell carcinoma  and squamous cell carcinoma is 99% when diagnosed before the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. 

Hodgkin Lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that begins in the lymph tissue, the tissue that is found in the lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen, and liver. The 5-year survival
rate for Hodgkin lymphoma is between 92% and 95% when diagnosed in stages 1 and 2. Hodgkin lymphoma responds well to radiation therapy. Other types of lymphoma are not as treatable as Hodgkin lymphoma. 

Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the cervix, the organ located at the bottom of the uterus in people assigned female at birth. The 5-year survival rate for cervical cancer is 91% when diagnosed in the early stages. 
Regular Pap smears (also called Pap tests) are used to screen for cervical cancer.
This helps to diagnose the cancer in an early stage when it is more treatable.
Cervical cancer is often treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. 

Cancer Disparities
The survival rates for cancer vary widely depending on the type of cancer and when it is diagnosed. These rates are also affected by racial disparities. People who are Black have lower survival rates for many types of cancer, including melanoma and cancers of the lungs, breast, ovaries, uterus, prostate, bladder, and kidneys, compared to people who are white. 
People assigned female at birth who are Black or American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) have the highest cancer mortality (death) rates in the United States. For example, breast cancer is more common in white women, but Black women are more likely to die from it. 
Racial disparities in healthcare are a result of reduced access to quality care and longstanding systemic inequalities. Changing this system requires ongoing efforts to rectify injustices and work toward health equity, such as addressing social determinants of health.

Related: Study: Black Women Should Begin Breast Cancer Screening Earlier Than Currently Recommended

What Determines Curability?
Cancer survival rates vary greatly because they are influenced by the type of cancer, when it was diagnosed, and your overall health. Several factors affect cancer survival rates, including:
Stage at diagnosis: The stage describes how far a cancerous tumor has spread from its original site. In general, tumors that are localized (in one area) are more treatable than regional or distant tumors that have spread to other areas of the body. 
Tumor characteristics: Different types of cancer vary by how quickly they grow and spread. They also vary by which treatments they respond to. For example, certain tumors will shrink with hormone therapy while others will not be affected by it. 
Available treatments: Recent advances in cancer treatment like targeted therapy and immunotherapy have improved the survival rates of certain types of cancer. 
Individual risk factors: A person’s overall health, family history, and lifestyle choices greatly affect their cancer prognosis and treatment options. Avoiding risk factors like smoking will likely improve your treatment success. 
Racial and ethnic disparities: Cancer survival rates vary by race and ethnicity, primarily due to unfair access to care, among other inequalities. 
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Why Early Detection and Screening Matters
Early detection is an important part of cancer treatment. In most cases, the earlier a case of cancer is caught, the more treatable it is. Cancer screening tests help with diagnosing cancer before the disease has started causing any symptoms. 
Talk with your healthcare provider about the following cancer screening tools:

Colon and rectal cancer: People who are at average risk should begin regular screenings with colonoscopies or stool tests at age 45. 
Lung cancer: People with a history of heavy smoking may benefit from annual lung cancer screening with a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan starting at age 50. 

Recommended screening tests for people assigned female at birth include:
Breast cancer: People ages 40 to 44 should start annual mammograms,
and people 55 and older should receive mammograms every other year. 
Cervical cancer: People should start regular screenings with a Pap test or human papillomavirus (HPV) test at age 25. 
Endometrial cancer: Once a person reaches menopause, their healthcare provider should talk with them about the risks and symptoms of endometrial cancer, including vaginal bleeding and spotting. 

People assigned male at birth should talk with their healthcare providers
about prostate cancer screening starting between the ages of 45 and 50.
This can be done with a blood test or rectal exam. 

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A Quick Review
Cancer occurs when cells start to grow and multiply at an uncontrollable rate.
The most curable cancers in the United States are cancers of the thyroid, breast, prostate, testes, and skin. These types of cancer are considered most treatable when diagnosed in the early stages. 
Cancer curability is often measured by the 5-year survival rate.
This rate measures the percentage of people who are expected to be living 5 years after diagnosis. Several factors affect the success of cancer treatment including the type of cancer, the stage when it was diagnosed, a person’s race or ethnicity, and individual risk factors.
Cancer is considered cured when there are no longer any signs of cancer, there is no need for further treatment, and the cancer is not expected to come back. 

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Childhood Cancer

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Ken
A risk factor is anything that increases the chances of getting a disease such as cancer. 
Different cancers have different risk factors.

Risk Factors and Causes of Childhood Cancer 
Childhood cancer is a rare and complex disease that occurs when gene mutations lead to uncontrolled cell growth and eventually cancer 1 2 3. Some of these gene mutations may be inherited from parents, while others may be caused by environmental factors 2. High dose ionizing radiation and prior chemotherapy are accepted causes of childhood cancer 4, as well as some infections and chemical exposure 5. However, for most childhood cancers, the exact cause is unknown 3.

Lifestyle and environmental risk factors
In adults, lifestyle-related risk factors, such as smoking, being overweight, not getting enough exercise, eating an unhealthy diet, and drinking alcohol play a major role in many types of cancer. But lifestyle factors usually take many years to influence cancer risk, and they are not thought to play much of a role in childhood cancers.
A few environmental factors, such as radiation exposure, have been linked with some types of childhood cancers. Some studies have also suggested that some parental exposures (such as smoking) might increase a child’s risk of certain cancers, but more studies are needed to explore these possible links.  So far, most childhood cancers have not been shown to have environmental causes. (What about chemical exposure brought into the house from work shoes.)

Changes in genes
In recent years, scientists have begun to understand how certain changes in the DNA inside our cells can cause them to become cancer cells. DNA is the chemical that makes up our genes, which control nearly everything our cells do. We usually look like our parents because they are the source of our DNA. But DNA affects more than just how we look. It also influences our risks for developing certain diseases, including some kinds of cancer.
Some genes control when our cells grow, divide into new cells, and die.

Genes that help cells grow, divide, or stay alive are called oncogenes.
Genes that slow down cell division, repair mistakes in a cell’s DNA, or cause
cells to die at the right time are called tumor suppressor genes.
Cancers can be caused by DNA changes that keep oncogenes
turned on, or that turn off tumor suppressor genes.

Inherited versus acquired gene mutations.
Some children inherit DNA changes (mutations) from a parent that increase their risk of certain types of cancer. These changes are present in every cell of the child’s body, and they can often be tested for in the DNA of blood cells or other body cells. Some of these DNA changes are linked only with an increased risk of cancer, while others can cause syndromes that also include other health or developmental problems.

But most childhood cancers are not caused by inherited DNA changes.
 They are the result of DNA changes that happen early in the child’s life, sometimes even before birth. Every time a cell divides into 2 new cells, it must copy its DNA. This process isn’t perfect, and errors sometimes occur, especially when the cells are growing quickly. This kind of gene mutation can happen at any time in life and is called an acquired  mutation. Acquired mutations are only in the person’s cancer cells and will not be
passed on to their children.
Sometimes the causes of gene changes in certain adult cancers are known (such as cancer-causing chemicals in cigarette smoke). But the causes of DNA changes in most childhood cancers are not known. Some may have outside causes like radiation exposure, and others may have causes that have not yet been found. But many are likely to be the result of random events that sometimes happen inside a cell, without having an outside cause.

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The Causes of Childhood Cancer – Search Videos (bing.com)

The growth of childhood cancer is a major source of concern for health organizations all over the world. Childhood Cancer International (CCI) reports that 400,000 children and adolescents under the age of 20 are diagnosed each year. 
Click on to learn more about the most common types of the disease and how to treat it.
On February 15, 2018, Childhood Cancer International (CCI) stated that about 215,000 cases of cancer are detected every year in children and teenagers under 15. The statement was released in the scope of International Childhood Cancer Day. The international cancer research agency has warned of the need for joint global action to address the growing challenge posed by the disease. 

Although the number of children with cancer is much lower, compared to the overall incidence of the disease in adults, the chances of surviving is much greater in children, says CCI. CCI reported that survival rates in developed countries average 84% and that these numbers are improving consistently, even in areas with fewer resources. 
Early stages of childhood cancer are often difficult to diagnose, especially as the
symptoms can be confused with common childhood diseases such as viruses and colds.
The CCI campaign also showed a disparity in access to treatment for childhood cancer in
low and middle-income countries, where 80% of children and adolescents with cancer live. 
Children and teenagers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and parts of Eastern Europe have difficult access to essential medicines and specialized care. Therefore, the organization also said that the place where the child resides ultimately determines their ability to survive childhood cancer.

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Most common types of childhood cancers

The most common variations of the disease in children are: Acute Lymphocytic
(or Lymphoid) Leukemia, Wilms’ Tumor, Retinoblastoma, Neuroblastoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Central Nervous System (Spinal Cord Brain) Tumors,
Primary Bone Tumors, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Leukemia

According to the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO), this type of cancer affects bone marrow and blood. It constitutes about 30% of all childhood cancer cases. 
The two most common types are acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Both can spread rapidly and require immediate treatment.

Wilms’ tumor

It can affect one or two kidneys. It is most common among children in ages
between 3 and 4 years old. It accounts for 5% of cases of childhood cancer.

Retinoblastoma

It originates in retina cells. It is more common in children less than two years old, except for rare cases where children over six can be affected. It represents about 2% of cases.

Neuroblastoma

It’s more common in children during the first two years of life. This type of cancer, which is about 6% of all cases, can appear anywhere in the body.

Rhabdomyosarcoma

This type of cancer is found in soft tissues, so it is more common in children. It originates from cells that grow in muscles. It represents about 3% of childhood cancers.

Central nervous system tumors

These are the most common malignant tumors in children after leukemia and lymphomas. Spinal cord tumors are less common than those of the brain, both in adults and children.

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Hitachi Medical Corp. (Tokyo) and is manufactured by the Tokyo branch. A 0.3 T field-strength magnet and phased array coils deliver high image quality without the need for a tunnel-type high-field system, thereby significantly improving patient comfort not only for claustrophobic patients.

Brain Tumors

Brain tumors make up about 26% of all childhood cancers. Treatment and prognosis depend on the exact type and location of the tumor.

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Proton therapy, also known as proton beam therapy, is a form of radiation treatment used to destroy tumor cells. Instead of using x-rays like regular radiation treatment, it uses protons to sends beams of high energy that can target tumors more precisely than X-ray radiation.

Bone cancer 

Primary bone cancer grows in the bones themselves. This is different from metastatic bone cancer, which is a type of cancer that affects other parts of the body but spreads to the bones. Primary bone cancers make up about 3% of childhood cancer. The most common variations in children are osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma.

Lymphoma

It starts in the immune system and is likely to be found in the lymph nodes, tonsils, thymus, or spleen. Lymphoma is usually a rapidly growing form of cancer and requires immediate treatment.

Types of lymphoma

Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for about 3% of childhood cancer and is more common in young adults. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma accounts for about 5% of childhood cancers and is more common in younger children.

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Childhood cancer is the second leading cause of death in children
under 15 following accidental deaths, according to ACCO.

Worrying figures

The organization warns that research into the development of new, less toxic treatment options has not kept pace with the disease’s growth. The ACCO noted that, of the more than 100 new drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1990, only two have been developed specifically to treat childhood cancer.

Optimism

Many forms of childhood cancer are now considered treatable, with long-term survival rates exceeding 80%, or in some cases, even 90%.

On the other hand…

Some forms of childhood cancer still have high death rates, and most survivors have long-term health problems.

Medical specialty

The National Cancer Institute points out that cancers in children are not always treated
as those of adults. Pediatric oncology is a medical specialty focused on the care of children with cancer.

Types of treatment

The types of treatment that a child with cancer will receive depends on the type of cancer and what stage it is in. The most common treatments are: surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and stem cell transplantation.

Research

The National Cancer Institute warns that every cancer case and treatment should be studied, in order to find out if the specific treatment is considered safe and effective. 
Most of the progress made in identifying curative therapies has been achieved through clinical trials.

Side effects

ACCO stresses that children face unique problems in cancer treatments. Children may respond differently to the drugs used to control the symptoms, when compared to adults.

Life after cancer

It is essential that child cancer survivors receive follow-up care to monitor their health after treatment ends, ACCO emphasizes.

Sources: (ICCD) (ACCO) (NCI)

STARTLING FACT

WHO Predicts New Cancer Cases Will Increase 77% by 2050.
The World Health Organization predicts new cancer cases will reach 35 million globally by 2050, a 77% increase over 2022 figures. Key factors driving this rise include air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco use. 

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Make March Your Month to Quit

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Ken
My father was diagnosed with stage-4 tongue cancer when I was 17. 

He recovered, and I still remember what a friend told me to help me through it.
Story by insider@insider.com (Lindsay Karp) 

Two decades ago, when I was 17, my dad’s tongue cancer was diagnosed.
He needed aggressive treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation, for seven weeks.
I leaned on a friend’s advice to remember that the treatment, not the cancer, would make him sick.

I was 17 when I arrived home from school to find two cars in the driveway.
I knew life was about to change.
My father, who should’ve been at work, met me in the doorway.
“I have tongue cancer. Stage four,” he said, “But I’m going to be OK.”
My father’s disclosure stung like alcohol on an open wound;
his confidence was emptier than a deserted island.

I’m 39 now — a mother with two children of my own — but I still remember
the words a friend offered in the days following my father’s diagnosis:
“Remember, it’s the treatment making him sick, not cancer.”   
 
I thought my dad was going to die
My paternal grandmother had died from cancer two decades prior. That’s what I knew about cancer at 17: It killed you. It multiplied faster than you could detect it, surreptitiously spreading from one organ to another. Within months of discovering cancer in her lungs and brain, she was gone.
When I heard the words “stage four” from my father, I crumbled. Nothing can prepare us for a loved one’s journey with cancer. But my mother’s friend’s words of advice supported me through unprecedented times.

I reminded myself about the treatment all the time
My father was the stability in my childhood home. He remained calm when my mother and I couldn’t — and during his treatment, that didn’t change. I saw him as our strength.
When I saw him lying in bed instead of mowing the lawn or resting on the couch instead of washing the cars, I reminded myself he was fatigued from the chemotherapy and not from cancer. When his skin became red and irritated,
I remembered that it stemmed from the radiation and not the cancer itself. When swallowing became a chore and he got a feeding tube, I told myself this was a temporary phase in his treatment. And when I saw him after his lymph-node-removal surgery with tubes draining fluid from his neck, I remembered my mother’s friend’s words again. This was all part of his treatment — every symptom was a sign of what was saving him. And it did.  

Those words got me through
My dad survived. Now, 20 years later, he’s the grandfather of my children, always with a joke to share and still capable of remaining calm through stress, a quality I’m continuously trying to adopt.
A diagnosis of stage-four tongue cancer meant aggressive treatment over seven weeks: radiation five days a week, chemotherapy once a week, and a neck-dissection surgery to remove lymph nodes with cancer cells. He’s dealt with slowly progressive dysphagia, a difficulty swallowing, over the past two decades. But his story has a happy ending.
The final months of my senior year of high school weren’t easy, but they would have been much darker had my mother’s friend did not offer those helpful words. I would’ve associated my father’s struggling with a deterioration caused by cancer. I might have viewed manifestations of treatment as signs of sickness and reasons to worry instead of as part of a path toward renewed health. She said the words I couldn’t have found on my own and made perfect sense when nothing else did.

What does smoking cigarettes do to your body – Search Videos (bing.com)
Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 80% to 90% of all lung cancer cases. Smoking causes about 20% of all cancers and about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 80% of all cases of the disease are caused by smoking. According to the National Cancer Institute, 30% of all cancer deaths are directly attributable to smoking. Smoking also increases the risk for cancers of the mouth and larynx. Smoking – Our World in Data

Secondhand Smoke and Cancer
SECONDHAND SMOKE (SOMETIMES CALLED PASSIVE SMOKE, ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE, OR INVOLUNTARY SMOKE) IS A MIXTURE OF SIDESTREAM SMOKE (THE SMOKE FROM THE BURNING TIP OF A CIGARETTE OR OTHER SMOKED TOBACCO PRODUCT) AND MAINSTREAM SMOKE (SMOKE EXHALED
BY A SMOKER THAT IS DILUTED BY THE SURROUNDING AIR) (1–3).

Major settings of exposure to secondhand smoke include workplaces,
public places such as bars, restaurants and recreational settings, and homes (4).
Workplaces and homes are especially important sources of exposure because of the length of time people spend in these settings. The home is a particularly important source of exposure for infants and young children. Children and nonsmoking adults can also be exposed to secondhand smoke in vehicles, where levels of exposure can be high.
Exposure levels can also be high in enclosed public places where smoking is allowed, such as restaurants, bars, and casinos, resulting in substantial exposures for both workers and patrons (3). In the United States, most secondhand smoke comes from cigarettes, followed by pipes, cigars, and other smoked tobacco products.

How is secondhand smoke exposure measured?
Secondhand smoke exposure can be measured by testing indoor air for respirable (breathable) suspended particles (particles small enough to reach the lower airways of the human lung) or individual chemicals such as nicotine or other harmful and potentially harmful constituents of tobacco smoke (3, 5).
Exposure to secondhand smoke can also be evaluated by measuring the level of biomarkers such as cotinine (a byproduct of nicotine metabolism) in a nonsmoker’s blood, saliva, or urine (1). Nicotine, cotinine, and other chemicals present in secondhand smoke have been found in the body fluids of nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke.
Does secondhand smoke contain harmful chemicals?
Yes. Many of the harmful chemicals that are in the smoke inhaled by smokers are also found in secondhand smoke (1, 3, 6, 7), including some that cause cancer (1, 3, 7, 8).

These include:
Benzene
Tobacco-specific nitrosamines
Benzo[α]pyrene
1,3–butadiene (a hazardous gas)
Cadmium (a toxic metal)
Formaldehyde
Acetaldehyde

Many factors affect which chemicals and how much of them are found in secondhand smoke. These factors include the type of tobacco used in manufacturing a specific product, the chemicals (including flavorings such as menthol) added to the tobacco, the way the tobacco product is smoked, and—for cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, and cigarillos—the material in which the tobacco is wrapped (1–3, 7).
Does secondhand smoke cause cancer?
Yes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Surgeon General, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer have all classified secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen (a cancer-causing agent) (1, 3, 7, 9). In addition, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has concluded that secondhand smoke is an occupational carcinogen (3).
The Surgeon General estimates that, during 2005-2009, secondhand smoke exposure caused more than 7,300 lung cancer deaths among adult nonsmokers each year (10). 
Some research also suggests that secondhand smoke may increase the risk of breast cancer, nasal sinus cavity cancer, and nasopharyngeal cancer in adults (10) and the risk of leukemia, lymphoma, and brain tumors in children (3). Additional research is needed to determine whether a link exists between secondhand smoke exposure and these cancers.

What are the other health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke?
Secondhand smoke is associated with disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and children (3, 7). Exposure to secondhand smoke irritates the airways and has immediate harmful effects on a person’s heart and blood vessels. It increases the risk of heart disease by about 25 to 30% (3). In the United States, secondhand smoke is estimated to cause nearly 34,000 heart disease deaths each year (10). Exposure to secondhand smoke also increases the risk of stroke by 20 to 30% (10).
Secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy has been found to cause reduced fertility, pregnancy complications, and poor birth outcomes, including impaired lung development, low birth weight, and preterm delivery (11).
Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections, colds, pneumonia, bronchitis, and more severe asthma. Being exposed to secondhand smoke slows the growth of children’s lungs and can cause them to cough, wheeze, and feel breathless (3, 7, 10).
There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Even low levels of secondhand smoke can be harmful.

How can you protect yourself and your family from secondhand smoke?
The only way to fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke is to eliminate smoking in indoor workplaces and public places and by creating smoke free policies for personal spaces, including multi unit residential housing. Opening windows, using fans and ventilation systems, and restricting smoking to certain rooms in the home or to certain times of the day does not eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke (3, 4).

Steps you can take to protect yourself and your family include:
not allowing smoking in your home
not allowing anyone to smoke in your car, even with the windows down
making sure the places where your children are cared for are tobacco free
teaching children to avoid secondhand smoke at restaurants, bars, and other places that are smokefree (if your state still allows smoking in public areas)
protecting your family from secondhand smoke and being a good role model by not smoking or using any other type of tobacco product. For help to quit see smokefree.gov or call 1-877-44U-QUIT.

Do electronic cigarettes emit secondhand smoke?
Electronic cigarettes (also called e-cigarettes, vape pens, vapes, and pod mods) are battery-powered devices designed to heat a liquid, which typically contains nicotine, into an aerosol for inhalation by a user. Following inhalation, the user exhales the aerosol (12).
The use of electronic cigarettes results in exposure to secondhand aerosols (rather than secondhand smoke). Secondhand aerosols contain harmful and potentially harmful substances, including nicotine, heavy metals like lead, volatile organic compounds, and cancer-causing agents. More information about these devices is available on CDC’s Electronic Cigarettes page.

What is being done to reduce nonsmokers’ exposure to secondhand smoke?
On the federal level, several policies restricting smoking in public places have been implemented. Federal law prohibits smoking on airline flights, interstate buses, and most trains. Smoking is also prohibited in most federal buildings by Executive Order 13058 of 1997. The Pro-Children Act of 1994 prohibits smoking in facilities that routinely provide federally funded services to children. The Department of Housing and Urban Development published a final rule in December 2016, which was fully implemented in July 2018, that prohibits the use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and hookah (water pipes) in public housing authorities, including all living units, indoor common areas, and administrative offices, as well as outdoor areas within 25 feet of buildings.
Many state and local governments have enacted laws that prohibit smoking in workplaces and public places, including restaurants, bars, schools, hospitals, airports, bus terminals, parks, and beaches. These smoke free policies have substantially decreased exposure to secondhand smoke in many U.S. workplaces (13). More than half of all states have implemented comprehensive smoke free laws that prohibit smoking in indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants, and bars, and some states and communities also have enacted laws regulating smoking in multi-unit housing and cars (14). 

To highlight the health risks from secondhand smoke, the National Cancer Institute requires that meetings and conferences organized or primarily sponsored by NCI be held in a state, county, city, or town that has adopted a comprehensive smoke free policy, unless specific circumstances justify an exception to this policy. 
Healthy People 2020, a comprehensive nationwide health promotion and disease prevention framework established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), includes several objectives addressing the goal of reducing illness, disability, and death caused by tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. For 2020, the Healthy People goal is to reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke by 10%. To assist with achieving this goal, Healthy People 2020 includes ideas for community interventions, such as encouraging the introduction of smokefree policies in all workplaces and other public gathering places, such as public parks, sporting arenas, and beaches.

38000 people die from secondhand smoke every year (bing.com)
Because of these policies and other actions, the percentage of nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke declined from 52.5% during 1999–2000 to 25.3% during 2011–2014 (15). Exposure to secondhand smoke declined among all population subgroups, but disparities still exist. During 2011–2014, 38% of children ages 3–11 years, 50% of non-Hispanic blacks, 48% of people living below the poverty level, and 39% of people living in rental housing were exposed to secondhand smoke (15).  
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After smoking, radon exposure is considered the second most common cause of lung cancer in the United States. 
It is usually suspected when someone who has never smoked or lived around anyone who smokes is diagnosed with lung cancer. 
But what is radon? How might you encounter it in everyday life? And, is there anything you can do to minimize your risk of exposure?
We spoke with Ernest Hawk, M.D., vice president and head of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. Here’s what he shared.

What is radon, and how are people normally exposed to it? 
Radon is a naturally occurring, odorless, colorless, tasteless, invisible and radioactive
gas that escapes from certain uranium-containing soils and rock formations. It becomes problematic when enclosed living spaces are built over these areas, typically by seeping into foundational cracks and becoming concentrated in their airspaces. 
This seepage occurs most often at the ground floor level. But depending on the state of ventilation in a particular house — or how “tightly sealed” its windows and doors are —
it could affect the upper living areas as well.

What is radon’s connection to lung cancer? 
The association between radon and lung cancer was originally reported in studies of underground miners, but it’s been confirmed in more recent studies of household exposure, too.
When breathed into the body, radon injures the lungs slightly. Typically, it requires years of exposure before it causes any health concerns. But over time, it can cause lung cancer by damaging the cells’ DNA.

How high is the risk of developing lung cancer from radon exposure? 
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that radon exposure causes approximately 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the United States.
About 2,900 of those deaths occur among people who have never smoked. 
Your risk of developing lung cancer is considerably higher if you smoke and live in a house affected by radon than if you don’t, but it also depends on the dose and duration of your radon exposure.

Are there any warning signs or symptoms of radon poisoning/radon-caused lung cancer? 
No. Unfortunately, the first signs of significant radon exposure are often the same as the symptoms that precede a lung cancer diagnosis:
coughing
shortness of breath, and
hemoptysis (coughing up blood). 
There are no symptoms specific to radon exposure that I’m aware of.  

Are there any unique features of lung cancer that’s been caused by radon exposure? 
Not to my knowledge. This is an area of lung cancer investigation that has previously been understudied. But no molecular signatures of radon have been identified to date.  

Is lung cancer caused by radon exposure diagnosed or treated any differently than other types? 
Again, not that I’m aware of, though the field of lung cancer treatment has exploded over the last decade, with many interventions directed toward specific molecular derangements.
Still, none specifically have been identified as more commonly occurring in radon- versus tobacco-induced cancers. And there is currently no clinical way of identifying patients who have this subtype of lung cancer.

What’s considered an acceptable range of radon inside a home? 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the surgeon general suggest the remediation of homes when measured levels exceed 4 pCuries/L. The World Health Organization suggests home remediation at a level of 3pCuries/L or higher.

When and how often should you get your home tested for radon pollution? 
The CDC recommends it:
at the time of purchase, if it’s never been done before and following any renovations, and before deciding to live in the lower levels of a home, such as a basement bedroom. 
This last one is because radon levels tend to be higher in the lower levels of a home
than in its upper levels.

Who should consider getting radon detectors or having radon mitigation systems installed? 
Anyone can have their home tested, as test kits are inexpensive and widely available. 
If radon levels are above the level recommended for action, speak with a professional mitigation specialist about sealing foundational cracks and installing a venting system.

Are there any geographical features that can increase your risk of radon exposure?
Yes. Some areas of the country are more commonly affected than others. My family home in Maryland is in such a region. When tested, we found that the ground floor had high levels; but it’s now at sub-threshold levels following successful remediation. However, high radon levels have been reported in every state, so home testing is appropriate for everyone.
And, if you’re at high risk — as a heavy smoker, for instance, who has also had significant radon exposure — then it’s worth being screened for lung cancer. Low-dose CT screening can often detect early-stage lung cancer before it spreads.
Radon is a leading cause of lung cancer. It is estimated to cause between 3% to 14% of all lung cancers in a country, depending on the national average radon level and smoking prevalence. Radon is the second biggest cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. Lung cancer risk is higher for smokers due to synergistic effects of radon and cigarette smoking.

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TikTok star Randy Gonzalez died of colon cancer at 35 — these are the top risk factors, from diet to drinking habits

Randy Gonzalez, a 35-year-old TikTok star, died of colon cancer. Research shows it’s on the rise in younger people. Habits like exercising and eating enough fiber can help prevent the disease, according to a doctor. It’s also important to get regular screenings, since genetics can be a major factor too.
Randy Gonzalez, part of a viral TikTok duo, has died of colon cancer at age 35. Gonzalez, along with his 7-year-old son, Brice, had built a hit social media channel known as Enkyboys. Randy Gonzalez (@enkyboys) • Instagram photos and videos

image.pngHe had announced his diagnosis in April 2022, Enkyboy (@enkyboys) Official | TikTok telling his more than 15 million followers he had stage 4 colon cancer and had been given two or three years to live. 
Gonzalez died in hospice January 25, TMZ first reported. 
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosis in the US, according to the American Cancer Society.
While the majority of colon cancer cases occur in people over 50, the disease is on the rise among younger people, in part because of some preventable risk factors, including diet.
Factors like lifestyle, eating habits, and family history all play a role in how at risk you might be. 
But not all factors in colon cancer are in your control, like genetics and other health conditions, according to Dr. Austin Chiang, gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at Jefferson Health.
“The most well-defined risk factors are specific conditions like inflammatory bowel disease, inherited conditions like Lynch syndrome, or a family history of colon cancer,” he told Insider. “However, there are other things that could increase risk such as smoking, frequent consumption of red meat, and obesity.”

How to prevent colon cancer
Making healthy changes to your routine can help manage the risk, according to
Anjee Davis, the president of Fight Colorectal Cancer, an advocacy organization for patients with colorectal cancer.
“Getting screened for colorectal cancer is the most effective and most important way to prevent it and reduce your risk. However, there are lifestyle changes that can reduce your risk of polyps and colorectal cancer,” she told Insider.
Based on the latest evidence, eating more plant-based foods high in fiber, cutting back on alcohol and red meat, and staying active may be helpful ways to stave off colon cancer, though some factors, like genetics, may be out of your control.
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Five top tips to help you quit smoking: 

  • Make a plan. Think about what could help you stop smoking, such as using a nicotine-replacement product, and have it ready before you plan to stop.
  • Get support and let your family and friends know that you’re quitting. Some people find that talking to friends and relatives who have stopped can be helpful. You can also talk to the local stop smoking team.
  • Keep busy to help take your mind off cigarettes. Try to change your routine, and avoid the shop where you normally buy cigarettes.
  • Treat yourself. If you can, use the money you’re saving by not smoking to buy yourself something special.

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America’s Spiritual Crisis

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Ken
~ Understanding the Founding Fathers Beliefs about Human Nature ~

It’s evident from their writings as well as The Declaration of Independence that the founding fathers of our country had a deep faith as well as a good grasp on human nature. What did America’s founders believe about human nature? How might a deeper understanding of their perspective shape the way we think about our current and future challenges to democracy? 

The view of human nature:
that was shared by America’s founding fathers, the implications of its abandonment,
and the tension of fallen human beings entrusted with self-governance will be examined. This conversation of America’s history can help us see the present with fresh insight as we consider how Christians and the Church play a role in the public and political life of the country. 

Dr. Tracy McKenzie, Ph.D., is the Arthur Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning and professor of History at Wheaton College, and past Donald Logan Chair in U.S. History
at the University of Washington. 

Since coming to Wheaton, McKenzie has turned his attention to the ways in which Christians in the United States remember (or misremember) American history. A past president of the Conference on Faith and History, a national organization of Christian historians, he is the author of numerous works including The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us about Loving God and Learning from History, A Little Book for New Historians: How and Why to Study History, and his newest release, the award-winning We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy.

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We are distracted in our everyday busy lives by going here and there. 
As long as we have dollars in our pocket, a beer in our hand and little left over for a vacation we are satisfied. Give a Chimpanzee a beer and they are content after all those are who we evolve from. We take little time to care for one another and to listen to each other and we are thoughtless most times in our responses. We see very little and want to hear less about the problems in this country and are only reactive, not proactive to what is going on around us. It’s We The People that has gotten away from our values, principles and morals which this country was built on. If we elect to live with a Third World Banana Republic Government ~ thus we will become one sooner than expected. 

The American Founders, in their pursuit of creating a lasting Constitution, drew wisdom from their deep understanding of human nature. Their insights, gleaned from a study of history, allowed them to craft a foundational document that has endured for over two centuries (Almost 248 years to be exact.) 

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Ancient constitutions, particularly Greece and Rome, served as their reference points.
However, the Founders recognized that these ancient regimes were founded on unrealistic notions of human behavior. These notions often swung between extremes: either expecting an unattainable level of civic virtue or assuming that despotism was the only way to prevent chaos and destruction among people1.
The defect in these ancient systems lay in their lack of proper institutions to preserve
both virtue and liberty. The Founders sought to address this by creating a constitution grounded in a more realistic understanding of human nature. They acknowledged both
the positive and negative aspects of human motives. James Madison aptly captured this balance: “As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection & distrust, so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem & confidence.

 The Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities to a higher degree than any other form” 1.
By framing the Constitution upon this realistic understanding, the Founders anticipated various political developments. While the forms of tyranny might change over time, the underlying sources—human nature—remain constant. Thus, they crafted a system that balanced civic virtue with liberty, protecting life, liberty, and property from the innate capacity of humans to pursue self-interest2.
In essence, the Founding Fathers built this country upon a foundation that recognized both the potential for virtue and the need for safeguards against human frailties. Their legacy endures, reminding us that understanding human nature remains essential for maintaining a just and enduring society.

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In 1930, with the world plunged into a deep economic depression, economist John Maynard Keynes published a rosy forecast for the future. He predicted that in 100 years, his grandchildren would only need to work 15-hour weeks, and the greatest problem facing a member of society would be “how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound interest will have won for him, to live wisely and agreeably and well.”

Just shy of a century later, Keynes’ prediction couldn’t be further from reality. 
People today feel like they’re stuck on a hamster wheel. As corporate profits soar, wages have failed to keep pace. Millions of Americans juggle multiple jobs to make ends meet. Today, the average worker has to clock 70 hours a week to sustain the same quality of life that 40 hours of work afforded 50 years ago. And for many, cellphones and laptops have made it impossible to ever escape the grip of work, even at home.
With one income no longer enough to sustain an average family budget, parents’ days are lengthened by the extra time necessary to shuttle children to and from childcare.
Contrary to Keynes’ predictions, leisure time isn’t expanding; it’s disappearing. Less and less free time leaves Americans feeling more on edge, more anxious, and more alone than ever before. We are disconnected from each other mentally, physically and emotionally, and we witness the ripple effects in the erosion of civility, the growth of fringe politics, and the increase in violence, suicide and overdose rates. The nation’s emotional health is spiraling in part because there is less and less time for leisure and connection.

Research shows that taking time off from work actually improves productivity and reduces the risk of employee burnout; and public health experts have found that engaging in leisure has significant mental and physical health benefits. That’s not a shocking finding to any normal person. Anyone who works a lot and gets time off for a family event or a mini-vacation feels refreshed and in a better mindset when they get back to work.
As both parents and public servants, we have seen that the cost of this contraction of free time has been catastrophic for our families and communities. We both think of our grandfathers when trying to understand the spiritual impact of leisure time. Chris’ grandfather was an engineer who loved his job, but found the most meaning from the work he did in his free time, like helping to build a community pool or design a new senior housing complex in his town. Tim’s grandfather was a steelworker with a job that paid enough so that off the clock he could tend to his garden, go dancing with his bride and her family, volunteer at church, and attend his grandchildren’s sporting events. He even had enough time to volunteer to help build a new parish school — the one that Tim attended. He literally had time to build Tim’s future.

John Rizzi and Val Murphy had good jobs that made them proud. But much of their purpose and happiness came from the fact that their entire life wasn’t about their careers. It was about something bigger. It was about serving others, and the economy of their era gave them plenty of time to serve. The time that we have to ourselves, and our families is the time that helps restore the health of our souls. For most of us, no matter how much we love our work, these moments are our most joyful — when we find perspective and purpose. If America is facing a spiritual crisis today — a crisis of meaning, identity and belonging — then having more leisure time is the medicine we need.
To return to a time when work matters less and leisure matters more, we need to build a new economy where a full-time job provides a living wage. One 40-hour-a-week income should be able to support a family of four. This would assure the worker has adequate free time, and allow one parent in two-parent households, should he or she choose, to be out of the workforce and engaged in full-time family work. The easiest way to reach this goal would be to raise the federal minimum wage. If the federal minimum wage had simply kept up with inflation, today it would be $27 an hour, instead of the current $7.25. Perhaps a nearly $20 increase would be unrealistic, but we need an aggressive effort to help workers make up for all this lost ground.

Strong labor unions will play a big role, too. Unions spent nearly a century fighting for “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what you will.” Union organizing is responsible for the few protections we have now between business and personal hours, and stronger unions will be better equipped to fight for better hours, higher wages, reliable pensions and paid leave. That’s why roughly 60% of Americans
feel that the decline in union membership is bad for working people.
We can give unions the boost they need by ensuring federal dollars support union jobs, repealing so-called right-to-work laws that undermine workers, and passing the PRO Act. And we can build on a famous union victory — the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which set up the 40-hour workweek.
We haven’t made meaningful adjustments to the workweek in the 85 years since, and a reckoning is long overdue. The pandemic and the rise of remote work upended many workers’ and employers’ concept of work, providing more flexibility for some, while further blurring the distinction between work and personal time for others.

We should look at policies from countries like Japan, Spain and Britain, which have explored the four-day workweek. Early data from Britain, which recently undertook the world’s largest trial of the four-day workweek, demonstrated significant increases in work-life balance and reductions in employee stress. Call us optimists, but a bipartisan effort to give workers more time with their families probably comes with very little political risk.
We also need a national strategy to reinvest in the physical infrastructure that connects communities. We need public investments and tax incentives to rebuild and reinvigorate old downtowns, expand neighborhood parks and athletic facilities, build bike and walking trails, and clean our waters to encourage outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking and canoeing. In other words, invest in the projects that get people out of their homes and offer opportunities for us to connect with each other in communal spaces — all while creating a good number of jobs.

Finally, we also need to acknowledge that there is a growing industry devoted to exploiting our leisure time. Social media platforms are obsessed with occupying every second of our free time and profiting off the data they collect on us. Recent advancements in AI have only accelerated this trend. In 2013, the average American spent about four hours per week on social media and 6 ½ hours per week with close friends.
By 2021, we were spending almost 16 hours per week on social media and just 2 hours and 45 minutes with our friends. Regulating social media and artificial intelligence to make these products less addictive can restore leisure time that enhances spiritual health, rather than companies’ bottom lines.
We both love our jobs. But we know that the good stuff — the happiness that comes from moments connected to family and friends, the fulfillment that comes with honing a craft or skill, the positive feedback loop that comes from helping others — happens off the clock. People are sick of feeling like their own time no longer belongs to them.
They want meaning and connection outside of work and the most basic freedom to enjoy life on their own terms. For too long, policy has failed to realize the metaphysical value of free time and play — even for adults. We need a new economic vision that prioritizes leisure and social connection. That’s the only path to recover the spiritual health of our nation.  Source: America is facing a spiritual crisis. More leisure time is the cure.

~ This article was originally published on MSNBC.com

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Rosamund Dean

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Ken
After lengthy and harrowing treatment Rosamund is in recovery and determined to live her life differently © Clara Molden

I am a cancer survivor – here’s what I wish I’d known.
Story by Rosamund Dean

It’s not revelatory to say that cancer treatment is hard, but you don’t realize quite how brutal it is until you go through it. My breast cancer treatment involved 16 cycles of chemotherapy, followed by a 10-hour operation and a week in hospital for mastectomy with reconstruction and lymph node clearance. Then 15 rounds of radiotherapy and, finally, six months of adjuvant chemo. It was the worst 18 months of my life.

Happily, I’m now cancer-free, and prepared to do anything to avoid being back in that chemo chair. So I’ve interviewed doctors, scientists, dieticians and immunologists for a new book to identify the anti-cancer steps that work.
I’m not here to make false promises. We all know heavy-drinking chain-smokers who live for a long time, and sadly many of us have known healthy young people with cancer.
Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to it. Yet, data from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found that, of the 387,000 people diagnosed with cancer in the UK between 2019 and 2020, 40 per cent could have been avoided with lifestyle changes.
People avoid talking about this out of fear of “blaming” cancer patients. I get it. When I was diagnosed, I became obsessed with behaviours of which I’d been “guilty”. I drank too much in my 20s; I had a sedentary job and didn’t exercise; I ate ultra-processed foods and too much sugar; I got too stressed… It took months to drag myself out of this cycle of blame.

Think of this not as a stick with which to beat yourself, but as an opportunity to seize the reins. Consistent small actions are way more powerful than sweeping lifestyle changes that can be overwhelming and end up abandoned. But you can reduce your risk of the disease by choosing to be an active participant in your own wellbeing, rather than a passive victim.

Here’s where to start:
Take regular exercise – it doesn’t have to be for long
Strengthening your body is the most powerful anti-cancer thing you can do. A series of large-scale studies in the past few years have clearly shown a causal effect between a sedentary lifestyle and breast cancer, with regular movement reducing your risk by an astounding 40-60 per cent. That’s worth repeating: trials of hundreds of thousands of patients have shown that exercise halves the risk of recurrence. If these benefits were the result of a new drug, it would make headlines as an enormous breakthrough in cancer treatment. 

Exercise is the most powerful anti-cancer thing you can do. ‘Just do something you enjoy,’ says Rosamund
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Exercise is the most powerful anti-cancer thing you can do. ‘Just do something you enjoy,’ says Rosamund. So what exactly should we be doing?

Sarah Newman is founder of Get Me Back, an online community for women getting fit after cancer. She says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations are 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity each week, so around five 30-minute sessions. “It could be gardening, cleaning, brisk walking, chasing after the kids or going for a jog,” she says. “Then try making half of that time more vigorous cardio, where you’re out of breath, such as running at a faster pace or playing sport.” 
 On top of this, the WHO suggests two strength or resistance sessions a week. Sarah has an introduction to strength training on her YouTube channel @getmebackuk, as well as resistance band workouts (a cheap and easy alternative to  weights) for beginners.
If this sounds overwhelming, there will be something out there that you enjoy doing, whether that’s cycling, walking, dancing – even housework and DIY count. It’s easy to get caught up in whether or not you’re doing the right kind of exercise, but the truth is the best kind of exercise is the one that you will actually do. So stop overthinking it and just get moving.

Cancer survivor nature walks. 
“These events are important because it allows cancer survivors and their family members to be out in the community, out with one another, out in nature, and it provides a place for exercise and for good conversations about things that they are going through,”

Eat right
There is much misinformation out there, so let’s look at what we know for sure.
The WCRF and the American Institute for Cancer Research created guidelines produced by scientists reviewing thousands of scientific papers, now endorsed by the WHO with the caveat that people should treat them as a package, rather than picking one or two. 

They are: keep your weight within the healthy range, and avoid weight gain; be physically active every day; walk more and sit less. Then: eat whole grains, vegetables, fruit and beans as part of your usual diet; limit fast foods and other processed foods high in saturated fat or sugar, as well as cutting down on red meat and eating little, if any, processed meat. Finally: drink water and limit your intake of both sugar-sweetened drinks and alcohol. Note: the WHO recommends meeting your nutritional needs through diet, rather than supplements. 

Rosamund now eats a diet packed with anti-inflammatory foods, below - Rii Schroer
Rosamund now eats a diet packed with anti-inflammatory foods, below – Rii Schroer

These are all sensible points, although I’d argue that a “healthy range” of weight is vague. If someone tells you that smoking or drinking increases your risk, then it’s pretty clear what you need to do. Citing “obesity” as a risk factor is complicated. Many things contribute to the size and shape of a person’s body, including genetics, hormones and environment, so telling someone that they ought to lose weight is too simplistic.

The strongest evidence is around ultra-processed foods, particularly processed meat.
And the way that food is cooked also has an effect: fried or roasted foods are not as good for you. People demonise sugar, but the real issue is the metabolic effects of dramatic blood sugar spikes. This happens LESS with naturally occurring sugars in fruit and veg because the sugar is tempered by the plant fibre.

So added refined sugars are the thing to avoid.
The simplest thing is to focus on “eating the rainbow”, which simply means a variety of different-coloured plant foods. They’re full of phytonutrients: compounds that affect your cellular structure and help prevent disease. Add tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, blueberries and any green veg to your shopping order, and that’s a rainbow.
When it comes to supplements, I agree with the WCRF that it’s better to get nutrients from food, but there are some instances when we need a little extra help. For example, omega-3 if you don’t eat fish, or a B vitamin complex if you’re vegan. And everyone should be taking vitamin D in the winter, particularly if you have darker skin.

While supplements have their place, remember that food is about so much more than nutrients. It’s about love, enjoyment and connection; you can’t get that in a pill.

Cut down on alcohol
Here, the correlation is unequivocal. According to Cancer Research UK, alcohol causes seven different types of cancer, with the evidence linking it to breast cancer particularly robust. “Alcohol is a carcinogen,” says Dr Liz O’Riordan, a breast surgeon who has had breast cancer herself. “We know it can cause cancer by itself, but also alcohol has no nutritional value – it’s only metabolised to fat. And the more fat you have, the more oestrogen you make after the menopause, which increases your risk of breast cancer.” 

After lengthy and harrowing treatment Rosamund is in recovery and determined to live her life differently
After lengthy and harrowing treatment

Rosamund is in recovery and determined to live her life differently. 
The WHO guidance says: “There is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The risk of breast cancer increases with each unit of alcohol consumed per day.” So no matter your starting point, the more you cut down, the more you can reduce your risk.  

Nurture your immune system
“We’re realising that the immune system is highly important, particularly for triple negative tumours,” says Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, a scientist and integrative medicine doctor. “That’s why we’re now treating people up front with immunotherapy. Optimising the immune system is important for reducing the risk of recurrence.” This is because we all have cancer cells floating around in our bodies and, generally, our immune system picks them off like a sniper. Impaired immunity means those cells are more likely to form a tumour. 

Here are several ways to support your immune system. 
For starters, look after your gut. Eat more slowly and include probiotics (like live yoghurt) and prebiotics (like fibre-packed whole plant foods). 
Keeping your blood sugar balanced, by minimising refined sugars and staying active, is also key – fasting for 13 hours overnight with an earlier dinner and no evening snacking gives your system time to repair, and calm inflammation. As does avoiding ultra-processed foods and refined sugars. Move your body and eat anti-inflammatory foods such as garlic, berries, broccoli and leafy green veg.
Eat seasonally: the less the food has to travel, the fresher it will be, and more nutritious.
It’s also vital to manage stress: repeated activation of your body’s stress response impacts everything from your immunity to your hormones.  
Prioritise sleep. The WHO now lists night-shift work as a probable carcinogen.
If you have trouble sleeping, limit caffeine and stick to a regular routine.

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Why They Live Longest in Hawaii

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Ken
The US State That Has The Highest Life Expectancy (healthdigest.com).

If you really want to know what is going on in this country talk to a Cop, Cashier, Taxi Driver and a Barber. And one of my favorites used to be my barber George Romer and before he passed over to the otherside. What George told me years ago, “if you want to learn about the issue of cancer and what causes it, look at the density of population, air pollution and contaminants in our food supply.” Unfortunately, George did eventually
passed from throat cancer and smoking too many damn cigarettes.

This article presents a list of United States and territories sorted by their life expectancy at birth, sex, race, and in the past. The data in the 2018 column is taken from work funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the 50 states and the District of Columbia;[3] from the World Bank for Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and from the CIA World Factbook for American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.[4] Data in the 2010 columns comes from Health Data.[5]
Overall, life expectancy at birth in Hawaii, Washington, California, and New York (state) are among the longest in the nation, while life expectancy at birth in Mississippi,  American Samoa, and West Virginia are among the shortest in the nation.
The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine’s life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing
it to having not changed since 2010.[6]   List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy – Wikipedia
Life Expectancy by State 2024 (worldpopulationreview.com)

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Hawaii has the longest life expectancy at birth out of all 50 states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On average, a person born in Hawaii can now expect to live until 80.7 years of age. The factors that go into lifespan are complicated, but a few things that can positively affect life expectancy are diet, exercise and access to medical care.

Hawaii’s rich natural beauty and year-round warm weather are not the only perks of the Aloha State. Research shows Hawaii residents, on average, live the longest out of anyone else in the United States.  
In 2021, the average lifespan in the U.S. followed a now years long
trend by dropping to 76.1 years, the shortest it has been since 1996.  
That decline stems mostly from COVID-19 and overdose deaths,
according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  
But while every state’s life expectancy has decreased since 2019, 
Hawaii is the only state to have not fallen below the 80-year mark.  
The Hill spoke to experts to try to understand why life expectancy in Hawaii is longer
than the national average. Experts agreed on a few things but wanted to stress that not everyone on the archipelago is living a longer life. Disparities concerning life expectancy exist along race, education, income and gender lines. Here are few factors that contribute to the archipelago long-life expectancy.

Low rates of heart disease and cancer  
Apart from COVID-19 and accidents, the leading causes of death in the United States are cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke.  
In 2020, almost 697,000 people in the U.S. died from cardiovascular disease, and another 602,305 passed away from some type of cancer, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
And while Hawaii residents have their face share of strokes, inhabitants of the archipelago have the second-lowest cardiovascular disease death rate and cancer death rate in the country, according to CDC data. 
Those low rates of cancer deaths and heart disease are, in part, linked to Hawaii’s low smoking rate and relatively low rate of obesity, according to Deborah Carr, a professor of sociology at Boston University.  
Lack of exercise and poor diet are the two main contributors to obesity, and Hawaii residents have a few advantages in those two areas, explained Carr.  
“The fact that they have really temperate weather there helps people to exercise and to walk outdoors,” said Carr. “So, they have that strength going for them.”  
CDC data also show that out of all 50 states, Hawaii has the second lowest obesity rate, with 25 percent of residents 18 years of age and older considered obese.  
While that number has gone up in recent years, it is still far lower than the national average. Meanwhile, about 42 percent of U.S. adults 20 years old and older are considered obese, according to the most recent National Health Statistics report.  

Better access to healthcare 
Along with healthy lifestyle choices, Hawaii residents might have the longest life expectancy out of anyone in the U.S. due to health care on the archipelago, according to Yeonjung Jane Lee, an associate professor of sociology at the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.  
Hawaii ranked the highest out of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., in state health care system performance in 2022, according to a study from the Commonwealth Fund.  
The Aloha State was also deemed the best state for health care in the nation in a U.S. News and World Report analysis published last year. Hawaii earned the top spot in the analysis in part because of the low number of preventable hospital admissions and low uninsured rate.  
Hawaii had 2,109 preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 Medicaid and Medicare patients in 2021, a far fall from the national average of 4,378, according to the U.S. News and World Report analysis.  
The analysis also found that a very small percentage of Hawaii residents are uninsured. Only 5.9 percent of the state’s population between the ages of 19 and 64 doesn’t have health insurance — 7 percentage points lower than the national average.  
This is in part due to the Hawaii Prepaid Healthcare Act, a 1970s-enacted law that requires private employers to provide health insurance to employees who work at least 20 hours a week for at least four weeks a year. 
 
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Sunshine and clean(er) air  

Hawaii is famous for its sunny and temperate climate. And that climate essentially remains unchanged throughout the year. The longest and shortest days of the year only have a two- and half-hour difference in length, at 13.5 and 11 hours respectively, according to the National Weather Service.  
The resulting minimal seasonal variations in climate mean Hawaii gets a constant and plentiful supply of sunshine all year round. That sunshine means that many Hawaii residents get a significant amount of vitamin D, which is essential to maintain good health.  
Adequate vitamin D is needed to keep bones healthy, but some studies show that proper vitamin D intake can protect humans against other diseases like breast cancer and hypertension. 
 
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Lee added that Hawaii’s air quality might also play a role in the state’s extended lifespan. At least two cities in Hawaii, Honolulu and the Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina area, made it to the top five cleanest cities for year-round particle pollution in a 2022 American Lung Association “State of the Air” report.  
Studies indeed show that air quality does have an effect on life expectancy. Air pollution takes about 2.2 years off a person’s life expectancy, according to a report from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. 

While many nutritional supplements or alternative therapies might promise a longer life, longevity depends on many factors. A 2023 article in The Lancet says you can look to your family to estimate how long you live, and certain genes combined with your environment factor into your likelihood of developing certain health conditions. Lifestyle also plays a role in how long you live, such as whether or not you consume alcohol, drugs, or tobacco. A healthy diet that limits unhealthy fats, refined sugar, and artificial ingredients can influence your health. Physical, intellectual, and social activity are also included in your longevity.

Your life expectancy can also depend on where you live, according to a 2022 report from the National Center for Vital Statistics. Based on the mortality statistics for 2020, people who live in Hawaii have a life expectancy of 80.7, compared to the national average of 77. Women in Hawaii are expected to live longer (to age 83.8) compared to men in Hawaii (whose life expectancy is 77.6). Residents of Hawaii who have already reached age 65 can expect to live another 21 years.

Why residents of Hawaii might live longer
A 2023 analysis conducted by Ozmosi found that Hawaii has some of the healthiest residents. The study took data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that considered factors such as air quality, prevalence of obesity, chronic disease, and physical activity. Hawaii’s air quality, a lower percentage of inactive people, and a lower obesity rate contributed to its top rating. Hawaii has a mental health program called “Hawaii Cares,” which could point to its lower levels of depression compared to other states. Just 5.35% of people who live in Hawaii have cancer, and less than 5% have coronary heart disease.

Sociologists tell The Hill that Hawaii’s warm climate makes it easier to get outside and exercise. It also has a smaller variation in hours of daylight between the winter and summer solstices, which means more sunshine and healthy vitamin D. Hawaii also has a low percentage of residents who are uninsured because it mandates health insurance for employees who work 20 hours or more a week.

A big difference in life expectancy between states
Life expectancy provides a good snapshot of a state’s quality of life, such as its health habits, health risks, positive community development, and economic resources (per the University of Texas at Austin). You can compare Hawaii’s life expectancy to countries such as Sweden, Iceland, and Canada. The United States has a large discrepancy among states in terms of life expectancy, with an 8.8-year difference between Hawaii and the lowest life expectancy in Mississippi. States in the Deep South have lower life expectancies than those in the Northeast and West Coast. This is partially due to the shift in policies from the federal government to the state government.

A 2020 article in Milbank Quarterly said that states with more liberal policies tend to have longer life expectancies. These policies include how the state approaches tobacco use, civil rights, the environment, gun control, and women’s reproductive health.

Access to healthcare for underserved populations is often cited as the chief reason for poor health outcomes. However, a 2019 article in the Annals of Family Medicine said that access to healthcare can only explain about 10% of premature deaths or unhealthy outcomes. Instead, life expectancy might depend on other factors, such as health behaviors and social circumstances. Unhealthy behaviors include smoking, an unhealthy diet, and a lack of exercise.

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We already know that lifestyle choices can help influence how long you live.
But where you live may also factor into your longevity.
Consider this: in 2019, the U.S. landed at No. 40 for life expectancy when compared to other countries, according to the World Health Organization. With America’s advanced healthcare system in mind, an average life expectancy of 78.5 years, prior to Covid-19, was pretty low.
But there are some states where residents have a better chance at living longer lives, and it may be due, in large part, to their healthy lifestyles.
Life Extension, a company that aims to “extend the healthy human lifespan,” compiled federal data to determine the best states for longevity based on life expectancy at birth and eight lifestyle factors:

Exercise
Healthy diet
Healthy weight
Sleep quality
Stress levels
Social isolation
Proximity to parks

Amount that people spend on outdoor recreation:
States ranked high not only because of long life expectancies, but also if their residents live a healthy lifestyle.
The No. 1 state for a long, healthy life: Hawaii
It’s not surprising that Hawaii landed the number one spot as the best state for longevity. The Aloha State’s life expectancy at birth is 80.7 years, which exceeds all other states and is three years longer than the national average.
But it wasn’t life expectancy alone that helped the state rise to the top. Two-thirds of their residents report that they eat fruits and vegetables every day, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And 82.6% of them also say they have a park or school within a half-mile of their homes, the CDC’s data shows.

Top 10 best states in the U.S. for a long, healthy life
Hawaii
Minnesota and Vermont (tie)
Washington
New Hampshire
Utah
Colorado
Massachusetts
California
Oregon

Washington has the second-highest life expectancy, but it was displaced by Minnesota and Vermont for the No. 2 spot on this list due to lifestyle factors.
More than 80% of Vermonters say they’ve exercised within the past month. While, around 70% of people who reside in Minnesota claim they get sufficient sleep.
Still, Washington didn’t lag far behind, snagging the fourth spot, largely because of its high life expectancy and its residents’ low levels of stress. Less than 30% of those living in the Evergreen State report symptoms of anxiety.

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