In a report nowadays, federal health officials announced the decline in deaths by cancer is accelerating. Those are nice words. According to the most recent year of comprehensive info, cancer deaths dropped an average of 2.1 percent each year from 2002-2004.

Cancer deaths started falling in 1992, and while that trend is promising, it is nowhere approach the 25 percent drop in deaths by cardiovascular disease seen amoung 1994-2005. For main cancers, colon cancer deaths realized the biggest drop, -4.9 percent for men amidst 2002-2004 and -4.5 percent for women. Prostate cancer deaths dropped -4.1 percent amoung 1994-2004, while breast cancer fell -2.2 percent for women within 1990-2004. Lung cancer deaths saw a -2.0 percent reduction for men within 1994-2004, while women had a much smaller reduction, 0.2 percent amidst 1995-2004.

According to one expert, the decline is attributed to several factors, including detection, treatments and Americans adopting healthier lifestyles. Makes me feel doubly good for choosing that healthy breakfast before stepping on the treadmill that wee hours! Read more in USA Today.

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