Helpful Tidbits For Living Longer
other ways to stay aliveProstate Cancer
Deaths Per Year: 31,900
Prostate cancer is the one type of illness frequently associated with men's diseases. 50% of men over the age of 40 stand a chance of developing this if proper precautions are not taken, i.e. healthy lifestyle and regular check-ups.
How to avoid dying: Catch it early. If you do, then you have a 70% greater chance of beating it. Have a Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test and, after you turn 50, get a digital rectal poke once a year. For best results, ask a doctor to do it.
Deaths Per Year: 724,859
More than half of the 1.1 million coronary victims each year die on the way to the hospital. Why? Because they blow off their symptoms or delay calling 911 for help.
How to avoid dying: If you have even the slightest doubt, don't wait for your wife to get home from work to drive you to the hospital. Call an ambulance pronto.
Even worse, a study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that a third of heart-attack victims show up at the hospital without chest pain — making them twice as likely to die, since they aren't diagnosed as quickly as the complainers. If you're at risk, talk to your doctor about the other symptoms you may experience during an attack — including shortness of breath, nausea and fainting.
Influenza & Pneumonia
Deaths Per Year: 91,871
You, her and 17 of her closest friends — all in one hot tub. The next day, you feel like you're dying. What happened?
How to avoid dying: The tub was dirtier than your craven, wretched mind. Hot tubs that aren't working properly or that haven't been cleaned in the correct way have been known to carry an organism that leads to pneumonia. You jump in the tub, the germs jump in you.
So what do you do? How about the dishes? One study found that liquid dish soaps are really good at destroying the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) that can cause pneumonia; they do an even better job than so-called antibacterial soaps.
If it's the flu though, you can skip the dishes and go straight to the doc's office. Ask him about Amantadine. The stuff has been shown to stop the flu dead in its tracks if taken at the earliest sign of symptoms.
Poisoning (By Unseen Gases & Vapors)
Deaths Per Year: 638
Carbon monoxide is the silent killer of all gases: odorless, tasteless and colorless. And it can kill in minutes if you and a running car are locked in the same garage together, listening to "Where The Streets Have No Name".
How to avoid dying: If you're worried about leaks from your stove, just buy a CO detector or check the flame on the top burners: Blue is good; yellow or orange means a slow leak.
Now, all you've got to do is stop scrolling down this page, take your eyes off the screen, look outside for 5 minutes, and walk around for 2. This will prevent you from developing headaches, imbalance and eye problems in the future.
References: ABCNews.com, PlainSense.com, WebMD