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		BurningFrog 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just how bad are we at treating age-related diseas... One angle is that as we find cures for other diseases, cancer rates go up because we live long enough to get cancer. The sum of all causes of death will very likely continue to be 100%...

giantg2 5 months ago | [–]

I'm not talking about that. The rates in adults under 50 and in children have also been increasing.

leereeves 5 months ago | [–]

> The sum of all causes of death will very likely continue to be 100%...

If not, we'll have a whole lot of new problems.

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