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Why is cancer so common nowadays?

Pearl York, 40 Years of Family Law Practice, now retired. • Answered March 27

I haven’t checked the stats on incidences of new cancers, but I expect that it is true that more people are getting cancer nowadays.   There are two main reasons I would assum...   Read more »

What happens to old people who don't save up for their retirement?

Michael Marks, studied at Indiana University • Answered April 23

I read a lot of answers and I didn’t see any that match my story. I retired right after I turned 63. I am single. I began collecting social security right away. I bought co...   Read more » Is it less painful to just let cancer take its course with no treatment than it is to endure rounds of chemo, etc. and surgery? Piet Bakx, M.D. Medicine and Healthcare, Erasmus University Rotterdam (1975) • Answered July 24 In 2016 at the age of 67 I was diagnosed with cancer. The first symptom was a lymph node under my left ear less than 1/2 an inch, just over 1 cm to the feel. When that diag...   Read more » Why do we become more scared as we grow older? Asked in Aging with an Attitude • Answered by Mick W • May 23 My dad had become more fatigued week by week at age 74. He had been very fit and healthy, a guy who believed devoutly in exercise, and he’d maintained his weight at a healt...   Read more » Does honey raise blood sugar? Pedro Roberson • Answered January 13, 2021 Honey has a lower glycemic index (GI) than sugar, too. The glycemic index measures how quickly a carbohydrate raises blood sugar levels. Honey has a GI score of 58, and sug...   Read more » What happens to elderly people? John Bloom, studied at Antelope Valley High School • Answered May 7, 2023 We begin to lose our sense of balance, fall and break a hip, go in for surgery, get an infection and just when things are starting to heal and we are all up and cheerful, w...   Read more »   Does morphine actually work in dying people? Or does it just make them sleepy and quiet So you think it works? Leslie Randall, former Teacher/Librarian: tireless reader on health/evol (2000-2012) • Answered November 5 Morphine dulls pain, but it also suppresses the instinct to breathe. I was present at the death of a dear friend who had terminal pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic condition th...   Read more »   My age is 75, my fasting sugar is 300, HbA1c is 15, and all other tests are normal. What do I do? Jim Quinn • Answered May 31 I’m 65 and six months ago my fasting blood sugar was 412 with an A1C of 14.3. I immediately made an appt with my PC who put me on 2000 mg of Metformin daily. Next I schedul...   Read more »