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1. Don’t smoke 2. Try to maintain a healthy weight 3. Reduce your meat intake 4. Avoid ultra-processed foods 5. Drink less alcohol 6. If you notice anythin
by hsdropout 2y ago
1. Don’t smoke
2. Try to maintain a healthy weight
3. Reduce your meat intake
4. Avoid ultra-processed foods
5. Drink less alcohol
6. If you notice anything you are worried about, see a doctor
7. Keep up to date with screenings
8. Get physical
9. Wear sunscreen
10. Manage stress
11. Look into genetic risk
12. When faced with a diagnosis, knowledge is power
13. Don’t fear treatment
14. Talk about it
15. Live life to the full
- alexpetralia 2y agoAnd something about sleep
- amelius 2y agoIs this an ordered list?
- Horffupolde 2y agoOn some measurement function F.
- brookst 2y agoIf so, 15 is a really funny lowest priority.
- dghughes 2y agoAnd most of the steps above are how to live a full enjoyable life.
- reginald78 2y agoA guy goes to his doctor and when the doctor asks if he has any questions he asks the doctor, "Doc, what do I have to do to live to 100?" "Well," the doctor says "you have to quit smoking." "No problem, I don't smoke" the guys says. "And no drugs." "OK, no problem, what else?" the guys says "You have to exercise five times a week." The guy pauses for a moment and says, "Anything else?" "No processed foods or fast food. And no alcohol. Stay out of the sun and always get a good night's sleep." Looking irritated the guy says, "And if I do all that I'll definitely live to be 100?" "Well, no" says the doc, "But it'll feel like it."
- jimbokun 2y agoIn context of the article was clearly put last to be the most important take away and what the reader is most likely to remember.
- freilanzer 2y agoDoes not seem to be the case.
- croisillon 2y agofrom tangible to abstract maybe
- layer8 2y agoYes, it’s ordered by occurrence in the article.
- pharaohgeek 2y agoYoung-ish cancer survivor here. I would add "9a. Don't ever go to a tanning salon" to this list, per my oncologist. There are genetic factors that caused my cancer, so naturally I was worried about recurrence. Her comments to me? "Do you smoke? No? Good. Don't start. Do you visit tanning salons? No? Good. Don't start." The rest falls into "trying to live a moderately healthy lifestyle". Oh, and definitely #6. If something doesn't seem/look/feel right then have a doctor check it out.
- Mistletoe 2y agoDid you get skin cancer? I’ve often wondered if the higher vitamin D we get from the sun or even tanning beds outweighs the risks from melanoma. Low vitamin D is a big risk factor in the modern world. https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(22)03753-4/ https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(22)03753-4/ https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/38/2/1111 https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/38/2/1111 > Therefore, we rebut these conclusions by addressing the incomplete analysis of the adverse health effects of UV and sunbed exposure (what is ‘safe’?) and the censored representation of beneficial effects, not only but especially from vitamin D production. The stance taken by both agencies is not sufficiently supported by the data and in particular, current scientific knowledge does not support the conclusion sunbed use increases melanoma risk.
- AlexandrB 2y agoTo get enough vitamin D you need ~10 minutes a day[1] in direct sunlight with 25% skin exposed. > In spring and summer, 25 percent of the body (the hands, face, neck and arms) is exposed to the sun, and in these seasons, about 8 to 10 minutes of sun exposure at noon produces the recommended amount of vitamin D. [1] https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/ask-the-doctors-round-sun-exposure-vital-to-vitamin-d-production https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/ask-the-doctors-roun...
- layer8 2y agoAt noon, in summer, in Spain. And probably 25% of your skin needs to be hit by direct perpendicular sunlight, and not just be exposed. In any case, don’t assume, go measure your Vitamin D levels.
- jvanderbot 2y agoArguably, I think exercise should be #1. EDIT: Assuming they are ordered, otherwise ignore me. Cancer is about 20% of your chance of death. Intuitively exercise helps with many things on this list. The other (roughly) 25% is cardiovascular/cerebrovascular events. For that, the best thing you can do is exercise. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18264323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18264323 Then there's COVID (12), alzheimer + diabetes (6) and a smattering of "other causes" https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db492-tables.pdf#4 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db492-tables.pdf#4 For a less trite list with really solid scientific backing, try the book Outlive.
- soco 2y agoI would have thought #8 was exactly that, right?
- jvanderbot 2y agoYes I suppose - edited to limit to ordered lists only. I'll leave it up for the links.
- _mlbt 2y agoAlso, several types of preventable cancer are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Get vaccinated for it. Although this virus is primarily associated with cervical cancer, men should be vaccinated for it as well since it can cause penile, oral, anal, and other cancers.
- bckr 2y agoAnd you can give it to your cervix-owning partners.
- dxbydt 2y agoI'm not an oncologist. But I'm married to one. So she tells me these rules on an almost daily basis. Also, many of her cancer patients don't make it - and then she tells me - this person didn't make it because he/she broke this rule #xyz in that list. I mean, ok, I get it. I work in ML in an enterprise. So everyday we have our usual litany of complaints. This item is not ranked correctly. Boosting isn't working on that item. Human overrode the item recommendation and now the faceting is broken. Search is running out of memory. P2 alert!!! program crashed and we are losing $10000 per hour wake up the programmers in the middle of the night... So I can also play this rule game. 1. Don't use computer. 2. If you must use computer, don't program. 3. If you must program, please let it not be in Java. 4. If it is Java, please don't call Python ML code from it. 5. Better yet, don't use ML at all if you have humans overriding recs. 6. Don't cache everything to reduce latency. You'll run out of memory. 7. If you run out of memory don't wake up the fucking programmer in the middle of the night when he's trying to get some action. and so on...I mean, what purpose does it serve ? You can't get programmers in 2024 to stop using hadoop and sprintboot and whatever ancient enterprisecrap. You expect to get Americans to eat less meat, drink less, maintain healthy weight ? With an official obesity rate of 39%, the non-cookedup version hovering in the 70s ? Fat chance.
- disqard 2y ago> Fat chance. I see what you did there.