- Women between the ages of 45 and 64 are at greater risk for depression.
- Fifty to 75 percent of people with an eating disorder also have depression.
- The highest suicide rates in the U.S. occur in white men over the age of 85.
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer in U.S. women, regardless of race or ethnicity
- One percent of all breast cancer diagnoses in the U.S. are in men.
- According to an article published in 1995 in the medical journal The Lancet, when it comes to mammograms, “The benefit is marginal, the harm caused is substantial, and the costs incurred are enormous.”
- According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 233,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in 2014, with more than 29,000 men dying from the disease in the same year.
- Prostate cancer boasts incredibly high survival rates, with a five-year rate of nearly 100 percent, a 10-year rate of 99 percent and a 15-year rate of 94 percent.
- Even with impressive survival rates, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, with lung cancer being the first.
- Oil those tomatoes! Studies show that the lycopene found in these delicious orbs can reduce your risk of prostate cancer, but they need added oil to improve absorbability.
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