WEBVTT - 2-16-26 Sloan with Dr Randy Drosik

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<v Speaker 1>You want to be in a Mexican idiot, that'd be

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<v Speaker 1>fog Day slash President's Day. Good Marti Scott's loan back

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<v Speaker 1>on seven hundred WWD driving. Yeah, that FOG's no joke

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<v Speaker 1>this morning. There's there's still a fog out there. Obviously.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's gonna burn off till like ten eleven,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve o'clock today. For sure makes sense with the warm

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<v Speaker 1>weather moving in, all that snow and ice and rain,

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<v Speaker 1>o the grap you know, the moisture is what's causing this. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>definitely two hands on the wheel and turn the fog

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<v Speaker 1>lights on if you have them. So, if you are

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<v Speaker 1>in the under the age of fifty, in that cohort

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<v Speaker 1>sub fifty, you are seeing an eighty percent increase over

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<v Speaker 1>the last thirty years of cancers, in particular digestive cancers.

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<v Speaker 1>You're twice as likely to have colon cancer, four times

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<v Speaker 1>more cases of rectal cancer than people born in nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>That's unreal. What's driving this is the question? He is

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<v Speaker 1>Randy Drusik, He's the president of HC and ken Wood.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. How are you? Those are all seeing rapid

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<v Speaker 1>increases as well as a matter of fact, today, in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five, young adults are twice as likely to

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<v Speaker 1>be diagnosed with colon cancer and four times more likely

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<v Speaker 1>to be diagnosed with rectal cancer as those born in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifty. What the hell is driving this trend and

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<v Speaker 1>how do we fix it? Randy Drosick is the president

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<v Speaker 1>of HC here in Kenwood. Doctor Drosick, Good morning, How

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<v Speaker 1>are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fine, Thank you and thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I appreciate it. Weird paradox here, we're getting better at

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<v Speaker 1>finding and treating cancer as much earlier than ever before.

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<v Speaker 1>But why then are people developing cancers younger than ever before?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is it because that we are discovering them at

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<v Speaker 1>an early age because of that treatment. It's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like a self fulfilling prophecy here.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good. We don't really know why people are being

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<v Speaker 2>diagnosed younger, but we definitely have a trend in colon, breath, cervical,

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<v Speaker 2>and a few other cancers that we are seeing this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's being studied. We're concentrating. We've been concentrating for detection

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<v Speaker 2>so long. This isn't something that we've we've been working

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<v Speaker 2>at very long.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Or are we just catching it earlier. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>it's the point, you know, the cancers that we wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>see develop and maybe slow moving cancers that would develop

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of a few years, we're catching so

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<v Speaker 1>much sooner now, and therefore it seems like, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>are getting maybe we always had it, but is there

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<v Speaker 1>evidence that that's the case.

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<v Speaker 2>That may be part of the case. The other thing

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<v Speaker 2>is we are better at genetics, so we do screen,

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<v Speaker 2>like you said. But the interesting thing, the cancers that

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<v Speaker 2>we see in these people who are under fifty tend

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<v Speaker 2>to be much more aggressive than the cancers that we

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<v Speaker 2>see and people who are over fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, oh paradox. It is a paradox. But as

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<v Speaker 1>I looked at these numbers, what jumps off the page

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<v Speaker 1>to me is there's like fourteen cancer types that were

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<v Speaker 1>screened in the study that did. Eight of them are

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<v Speaker 1>digestive based, right, So it's it's upper lower GI, stomach, throat, esophagel,

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff. And does that tell you maybe it's nutrition, diet,

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're absolutely correct. I think it's our seventy

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<v Speaker 2>lifestyle and you know, we have a lot of obesity

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<v Speaker 2>in this country, smoking heavy alcohol, use a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>processed foods. I think all those contribute to GI cancers.

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<v Speaker 1>How much do you attribute this to the to the

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<v Speaker 1>diet because smoking numbers have been declined for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>But I look at that and go, although I should say,

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<v Speaker 1>before the diet thing, let's talk about smoking. Vaping is

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<v Speaker 1>a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think there's a tie there? Now there's no.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if there's any scientific data to back

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<v Speaker 1>that up, but smoking vaping is there something there?

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<v Speaker 2>I think vaping is definitely not good for you, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're you. Also, it's the nail on the

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<v Speaker 2>head again that diet. Our diet in US is just

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<v Speaker 2>not very good. We're a fast food country.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we still are, right despite an effort to try

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<v Speaker 1>and need better. I know in my advanced stage that

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<v Speaker 1>I am trying to do the best I can. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean that I don't enjoy pizza or you know, burger

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<v Speaker 1>and fries or something like that, but not not every day.

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<v Speaker 1>And people hear that moderation, moderation, But physicians like yourself

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<v Speaker 1>have been preaching that for a long time. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>we tune that out?

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<v Speaker 2>I think Americans tend to work longer hours than other countries.

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<v Speaker 2>When you look at the number of hours the American

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<v Speaker 2>worker works compared to other countries, I think our free

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<v Speaker 2>time is left and I think we try to cram

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<v Speaker 2>as much into a day as we can.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's an interesting analysis. I mean, if you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever been overseas, for example, you go to Europe Italy,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been to a few times, and it's just a

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<v Speaker 1>whole different thing over the UK. Maybe a pretty similar

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<v Speaker 1>to us here, but you know, you go there, things

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<v Speaker 1>shut down for a couple hours in the afternoon, you

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<v Speaker 1>want a cup of coffee. If there's no drive through there,

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<v Speaker 1>you got to sit down and enjoy your coffee, and

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<v Speaker 1>you come back in a super chill and I think

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<v Speaker 1>there's something to be said about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely think we're working ourselves into bad health, but.

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<v Speaker 1>We have for a long time. Maybe the generations figure

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<v Speaker 1>out because you hear about, wow, the work ethic of

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<v Speaker 1>these young people. They just want to go on vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe there's maybe they're going to live longer as

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<v Speaker 1>a result of that as opposed to what we were doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, they may, that's that's for sure. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we tend not to exercise as much as other countries. You.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that plays a huge role in it also.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think the older you get, the more sedentary

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<v Speaker 1>you are too. But you know, we're talking about cancer

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<v Speaker 1>and young people. What is it specifically about our diet

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<v Speaker 1>Western diet? Is it the saturated fad? Is the processed

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<v Speaker 1>nature of foods? As a physician, doctor do I said,

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<v Speaker 1>can you finger? Can you point the finger at any

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<v Speaker 1>one thing? Or is it all those things?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's I think it's everything. I think high

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<v Speaker 2>fat diet definitely plays into it. Processed foods play into it,

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<v Speaker 2>high sugar content. You know, with we see processed foods

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<v Speaker 2>and snacks, you're you're probably better off eating a carrot

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<v Speaker 2>for a snack than the bag of chips.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but between me and you, the chips are so

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<v Speaker 1>much better.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, particularly if you have French onion dip.

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<v Speaker 1>I hard to argue with with.

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<v Speaker 2>French onion dip and chips, I agree, yeah, but.

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<v Speaker 1>It can't be every day. It has to be you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I know people my age that are you're probably having

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<v Speaker 1>a bag of chips a day, or a six pack

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<v Speaker 1>of beer or twelve pack, as the case may be.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean, that's all and good if you've don't

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<v Speaker 1>plan on living long, but that's the unfortunate part of

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<v Speaker 1>this thing. How much is alcohol use playing into this?

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<v Speaker 1>Especially for people under the age of fifty are developing cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>Heavy alcohol use, particularly as the sovageal cancer and the

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<v Speaker 2>softageal cancer. Alcohol and smoking together is a very lethal combination.

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<v Speaker 2>So we definitely see that not only that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you get cerrosus and deliver you get centripleal obesity. All

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<v Speaker 2>those things contribute to poor health. But the key is

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<v Speaker 2>what you said earlier, moderation moderation.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that sleep deprivation, poor sleep quality factors

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<v Speaker 1>into this too? And that you mentioned we're going and

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<v Speaker 1>going and going all the time. Most of us are

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<v Speaker 1>not getting as many hours as we need. Most I

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<v Speaker 1>think the average American has lessened seven hours of sleep. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>is that a factor here that your body doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>time to repair those hells?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, again, you're corrected. I don't know if it has

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<v Speaker 2>as much effect with cancer, but it certainly does with

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<v Speaker 2>our overall health, not just that, but our mental health

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<v Speaker 2>and risk of Alzheimer's, you know who. In our brain

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<v Speaker 2>just needs to be compressed just like an athlete's body

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<v Speaker 2>needs to decompressed.

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<v Speaker 1>It just because you know, you work out, let's say,

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<v Speaker 1>a lift weight. So we got to take a day

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<v Speaker 1>off before you do anything else because you're sore and

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<v Speaker 1>your muscles have to in order to grow your muscles,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to rest. That's part of it. Another paradox here,

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like you're saying the same thing with this.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely yeah, your brain needs to be worked, your brain

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be relaxed, and finding that balance is very difficult.

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<v Speaker 1>And we don't like that right the whole olm yoga right,

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<v Speaker 1>take a calm time relaxation technique. I got an iPhone

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<v Speaker 1>that nags me like a like a second wife about

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<v Speaker 1>you know, stand up, sit down, do this, do that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like we just turned that stuff off and we

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<v Speaker 1>just want to plow through it. And especially men, we

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<v Speaker 1>just want to plow through that wall. We'll just keep

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<v Speaker 1>going when we fall over.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I agree. I have a bad habit of at Also,

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<v Speaker 2>I did hot yoga for a year or two prior

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<v Speaker 2>to the pandemic, and I can tell you you want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about something that will let your brain decompress.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unbelievable and I'm sorry that haven't gone back to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I tried it actually before I backsurgery years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just I can't do the yoga thing. It's

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<v Speaker 1>too much of me. I can't spend that much time

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<v Speaker 1>with myself. Doctor.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan of me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be honest with you. I got, like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>enough of this stuff. I got me with my voices

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<v Speaker 3>in my head, by myself. It's a it's not a

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<v Speaker 3>good combination. I just I got to get away from

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<v Speaker 3>me sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, you have to stay active. I always

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<v Speaker 2>tell people, once you sit, you stay seated. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sixty four and I ran the pig this past year.

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<v Speaker 2>Good and you just have to keep doing that. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're I should say age properly about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I uh, well you're a you're a freak then,

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm thinking man running it that uh. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>younger than you are. Although I still box, I may

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<v Speaker 1>have to give that up because I got, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>ostri arthritis, and everything hurts now, but I'll find something

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<v Speaker 1>else to do, uh, in order to keep active. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's good for your brain, it's good for your body.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking to doctor Randy Drusick this morning. He's an ecologist.

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<v Speaker 1>He's also president of OHC Cancer Specialists all all all over.

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<v Speaker 1>The one here in Kenwood is fantastic, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>firsthand experience there. They are the cancer specialists in Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 1>talking about a weird paradox here. We're getting better at

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<v Speaker 1>finding and treating cancers, but we are seeing cancer developed

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<v Speaker 1>earlier than ever before. Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Hamlin

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<v Speaker 1>County Auditor, Bridget Kelly. There's Chadwick Boseman, of course, James

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<v Speaker 1>Vanderbeek from Dawson's Creek who just died days ago. How

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<v Speaker 1>much of this? You know? I mentioned the diet element

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<v Speaker 1>of this thing too, and then I started thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I just mentioned when I had surgery and

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<v Speaker 1>I had seed iff and it's a gut back. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't think about our back here and our gut until

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<v Speaker 1>things go really, really south. Is that also part of

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<v Speaker 1>this too? We're eating the processed foods and alcohol and

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<v Speaker 1>smoking and lack of exercise, probably over prescribed antibiotics and

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<v Speaker 1>stuff like that have a factor in your gut health.

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<v Speaker 1>How important is that with cancer?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure your gut has natural bacteria in it, and if

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<v Speaker 2>we disrupt that mal you you can have all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of problems. You can have an infection called clustered and different. Still,

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<v Speaker 2>there are certain types of guests to intestinal cancers that

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<v Speaker 2>we know are related to helicobactor. So yes, there are,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can actually treat those cancers by treating the

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<v Speaker 2>helico factors. So bacteria certainly can play a role, and

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<v Speaker 2>so conviruses.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and so you're yeah, does HPV for women.

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<v Speaker 2>Fit in this too, Yes, yeah, it definitely does. They

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<v Speaker 2>plays a very big role in cervical cancer and now

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<v Speaker 2>we're seeing it in some all cancers also.

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<v Speaker 1>Right right right, I think, and it all fits together

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<v Speaker 1>that the the the bacteria in the gut, and it

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<v Speaker 1>sounds kind of like new agy, but you know, stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like yogurt and kafir and anything like that that's a

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<v Speaker 1>probiotic that you can consume is definitely gonna help help

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<v Speaker 1>move the needle for you, especially if you maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>are cutting corners when it comes to diet and exercise.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree, and I think we don't know exactly why,

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<v Speaker 2>but it may have to do with what we call

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<v Speaker 2>transit time. If you have a bowel movement every day,

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<v Speaker 2>all the bad stuff gets out of your gut. If

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<v Speaker 2>there's someone that has an every five or six days

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<v Speaker 2>or what we with a lot of people would consider constipation,

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<v Speaker 2>you're more exposed to those tox in your gut. And

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<v Speaker 2>there's a question whether that may increase your risk of

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<v Speaker 2>these GI cancers.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that metabolism though? Can you change that? But the

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<v Speaker 1>way your body metabolizes I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think you can with with high fiber diets. I think

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of things you can do to increase,

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<v Speaker 2>increase your time.

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<v Speaker 1>More veggie and more exercise. And it makes stuff, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it makes stuff move through, if that makes sense. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean if it hangs around, it takes a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, essentially just sit there. And there's a reason

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<v Speaker 1>why your body's getting rid of it. I guess that

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<v Speaker 1>makes sense. You can't take the garbage otlet's put that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Why not be too too messy here? Yeah, And we're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing this alarming trend. Now, how concerned are you as

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<v Speaker 1>a as a oncologist doctor drawsick that we're seeing these

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<v Speaker 1>numbers and people getting cancer earlier and earlier than ever before.

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<v Speaker 1>How bad is it really?

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<v Speaker 2>From your perspective, it's devastating because the cancers are much worse.

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<v Speaker 2>If you take a colon cancer and a forty year

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<v Speaker 2>old for colon cancer and a seventy year old, the

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<v Speaker 2>prognosis is much worse. The stage tends to be picked

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit later, you know, because we don't

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<v Speaker 2>really screen for colon cancer nless, you have a known

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<v Speaker 2>genetic risk until you're forty five. So you take a

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five year old, it's not expected. You're not screening.

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<v Speaker 2>It tends to be later, tends to be more aggressive,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't respond as well the treatment, and some of

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<v Speaker 2>the markers of this tend to be the genetic markers,

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<v Speaker 2>both from the family genetics and the genetics. The tumor

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<v Speaker 2>tend to be different and.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just some more aggressive therefore harder to treat.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, when it comes to cancers that you see, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the I guess you know, we talk about lymphatic cancer,

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<v Speaker 1>which my mom had, but there's you know, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>host of ones that are like, oh that we just

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<v Speaker 1>have the treatment for that. The ones that you're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>that are just not survivable or we're not there yet

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<v Speaker 1>as first treatment goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Or what I think the young well, I think we've

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<v Speaker 2>made headway in every cancer. And I'm an optimist because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm an oncologist, but I think if the ones that

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<v Speaker 2>I see that I find to be devastating is our

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<v Speaker 2>younger patients with colon cancer. You know one that's it's

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<v Speaker 2>on the rise one to two percent year. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>respond quite as well. And to me, that is that

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<v Speaker 2>is a very heartbreaking when you see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we're seeing a rise in colorectal cancer, which is

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<v Speaker 1>normally something you would see in middle age or beyond,

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<v Speaker 1>and now we're seeing in patients, as you said, as

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<v Speaker 1>young as forty and certain under fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that's yeah, that's exactly correct.

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<v Speaker 1>That's horrible. I saw something else too recently, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>called the birth cohort effect, in that each group of

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<v Speaker 1>people born at a later time, let's say ten years apart,

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<v Speaker 1>had a higher risk of delphing cancer and life. We're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing that trend now that it should be going the

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<v Speaker 1>other way, but it's the exact opposite.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's that's alarming. In our survival rates for some

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<v Speaker 2>of these cancers, particularly like breast cancer, have gotten better,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think some of that's due to early detection,

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<v Speaker 2>but you do wonder whether this curve is going to

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<v Speaker 2>slide back the other way now that we're seeing it

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<v Speaker 2>in younger people.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean prostate cancer for example, right is like

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<v Speaker 1>now we're not doing the you know, post COVID, not

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<v Speaker 1>doing the exam anymore, thank god. And it's it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>blood work, it's it's a fecal study, stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean that technology is amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes it is. And one thing is when you're broke

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<v Speaker 2>about COVID, we have a thing here at OAC and

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<v Speaker 2>we try to preach this to the hospital. Cancer is

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<v Speaker 2>not going to stop because there's a virus and a pandemic.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't stop your screening, don't stop your mammograms, don't stop

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<v Speaker 2>your colonostrophies, don't stop your your yearly cascans of the

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<v Speaker 2>chest for smokers because there's a pandemic. Because this is

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<v Speaker 2>going to catch up to us later when they're diagnosed.

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<v Speaker 2>These patients are diagnosed at a later stage.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no one likes to go and have that prostate

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<v Speaker 1>screening if you're a guy, or you have your colonoscopy

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<v Speaker 1>done to check. But you know, I've known people before

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<v Speaker 1>that have said, man, I wish I would have because

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're now gone and they died way too young

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<v Speaker 1>because they never did that that work, and it's uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 1>Who likes to go and I'm sure it's not pleasant

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<v Speaker 1>for the physician either, but it's something you have to

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<v Speaker 1>go and do and it's it's not it's uncomfortable and

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<v Speaker 1>no one likes to do it, but the end result

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<v Speaker 1>is catastrophic because you're living, your family and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of life left again. It's doctor Ran Drosic. He is

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<v Speaker 1>the president. He's an oncologist at o HC Cancer Specialists

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<v Speaker 1>and Columbus and ken Wooden across the state as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Drusick, thanks so much for taking time out and

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<v Speaker 1>you're really busy, but appreciate the information this morning, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, certainly the best awareness campaign we have for this

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<v Speaker 1>are young people getting cancer and dying. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think you'll mentally we put it together because James Vanderbeek

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned, just died at what forty eight, And there's

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty consistent pattern of people under the age of

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<v Speaker 1>fifty getting and dying from cancers. Because you don't expect

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<v Speaker 1>there was a nineteen year old, nineteen year old Miranda

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<v Speaker 1>McKeon I think her name was, and with a nie.

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<v Speaker 1>She's an actress, had stage three breast cancer. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's extremely young, right twenty two. Lea died at twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two Dustin Diamond members saved by the bell. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he was in his early forties from carsonoma. And it

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<v Speaker 1>just it's a steady drug me to this. We just

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to go, wow, there's there's a trend going on here.

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<v Speaker 1>When you do that, though, you're you're surprised, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you're younger, you also thinking we all were

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<v Speaker 1>at some point fallible that we can eat and drink

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<v Speaker 1>and do whatever we want. We're good. Well apparently not

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<v Speaker 1>because whatever it is and somewhere in our environment and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe also in our DNA, we don't know. These things

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<v Speaker 1>are coming together with catstrok results, you know, when you

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<v Speaker 1>see the cancer rates go up eighty percent over the

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<v Speaker 1>last forty years, there's certainly something in the water and

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<v Speaker 1>in the food and maybe within us as well. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know the best thing you can do is go

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<v Speaker 1>get those screenings. At a time as we debate healthcare,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna look at congresshutting down again and curely

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<v Speaker 1>not for health care. But you know, the one before

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<v Speaker 1>this was that people are pinching pennies and going lo

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<v Speaker 1>I really can't afford this. And if you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>health care, you're not going to go get the screenings,

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<v Speaker 1>and you may wind up becoming a casualty, becoming a

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<v Speaker 1>statistic I think the healthcare system is somewhat negligent in

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<v Speaker 1>this as well too. Yeah, we got to engage in care,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you're fortunate to have the care, you still

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<v Speaker 1>have to go. I know people who have insurance don't

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<v Speaker 1>go to the doctor and all the less they're sick.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a mistake. Especially used to be like over the

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<v Speaker 1>age of forty you got to go once a year

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<v Speaker 1>at least. Hell now it seems like at twenty you

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<v Speaker 1>should be going once or twice a year, if indeed

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<v Speaker 1>you have the insurance, which is another big part of

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<v Speaker 1>the problem. Let me do a news update here. We

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<v Speaker 1>still have pretty heavy pockets of a fog. We'll find

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<v Speaker 1>out when that burns off and more. Scottsland on this

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<v Speaker 1>President's Day twenty twenty six, seven hundred ww