American Cancer Society statistics show that when colon cancer is detected in its early stages, more than 90% of patients will survive. If not detected until the later stages, fewer than 10% will survive. ColoMarker(tm) detects colon cancer in these early, highly curable stages,” says Kevin Jones, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of EDP.
Multiple risk factors that figure in to your vulnerability to colon cancer, but the truth is that anyone one of us, no matter what our genetic background or current health status, is at risk — and most of the people who are diagnosed with colon cancer have no specific risk factors. This is why it’s important that to know the warning signs and risk factors are so that you can discuss them with your health care provider.
There is a school of thought that says we won’t ever be able to retire in the traditional sense. If that’s true, why not turn your hobby into a source of income? Baby boomers are a very creative people, but so often the demands of career and raising a family leaves little time to develop interests further than hobbies. But as more baby boomers complete careers and move toward retirement, they have plenty of energy and creativity left for a new passion in life — one that expresses all that creativity of their youth.
Dr. Ann Hester is a board certified internal specialist with over 17 years of experience. She developed her passion for patient empowerment while in medical school, when wrote her first self-empowerment book.
Most baby boomers came of age at a time when smoking was cool. We can only hope that they will be the last generation to grow up in a culture where smoking is cool and acceptable. The health passion of baby boomers that comes out of their dislike of anything that accelerates the aging process is one of the reasons the anti smoking movement has gained strength in the last decade. The reasons for quitting tobacco are well known to anyone who has paid attention to the issue at all.
Certain eye diseases such as macular degeneration are associated with aging. Macula is the tissue just inside the back of your eyeball — and if you have macular degeneration, it begins to slowly deteriorate, greatly affecting your central vision. While this disease doesn’t result in a complete loss of vision, your lifestyle may go through drastic changes. Such changes might include inability to drive a car because you have a blind spot in your vision which prevents you from seeing “the whole picture.”
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