seaeagle wrote:rajukurup wrote:it is true and confirmed at least here where I am living
And exactly how many centuries has your area had a specialist oncology department that has been able to accurately diagnose & record the myriad of cancers that afflict the human species?
More cancer is being diagnosed because modern medicine is better able to detect & diagnose it. Also, because people are living for much longer these days the likelihood of cell mutation increases as they age. Many men in the olden days died of other diseases before they even had a chance to develop prostate cancer. So, of course prostate cancer was less common. Not because men were healthier, but because they did not live long enough to get it.
If someone asked me if I would prefer to live now, where my life expectancy is close to 80 years, or a few hundred years ago where my life expectancy would be mid-40s, of course I would choose to live now. Who wouldn't?
valerie wrote:yes you said what I meant cancer is common now compared to olden times which indicates that now our enviornment is horribly polluted and we are becoming more unhealthy regarding hereditary studies have shown that only a few cancers are hereditary and the others are triggered by enviornmental factors and the rising toll in developing and developed nation show that modernisation has a great role in spreading cancerrajukurup wrote:valerie wrote:Not true.
All that you mentioned has always existed. Cancer, Diabetes, etc. It's always existed.
it is true that these diseases existed I meant that the number was comparatively less than that of today .in old times these diseases were rare but now these diseases are spreading like fire if we take a particular family any where in the world at least one would have it which is an impact of modernization
No they were not rare. They were very rampant.
In addition, much research has been done in cancer and many lives have been saved today
due to new research and meds.
It has also been stated and many researchers agree, that cancer is mostly hereditary.
valerie wrote:Not true.
All that you mentioned has always existed. Cancer, Diabetes, etc. It's always existed.
seaeagle wrote:People were healthier 400 years ago? I think you are looking at the past through rose-colored spectacles.
What about smallpox, the plague, leprosy, typhoid, tuberculosis, syphilis, scurvy, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, measles and the chance of dying from any minor cut due to no antibiotics?
Nutrition was not that good back then either, with rotting food & shortages much of the time. Plus most nutritious foods are seasonal, so long periods without adequate doses of vitamins also took their toll.