Monday Matters #27

        Last week, vegetarians showed how they're a step ahead of the rest at preventing cancer. However, what if you're not leaning towards the vegetarian diet? No problem another solution has been found! HealthDay News states that increasing the colon cancer screening rates to 80 percent by 2013, there will be an estimated 21,000 fewer deaths from colon cancer in 2030. Surprisingly, with colon cancer being the leading cancer to cause death, it states that only 58 percent of adults aged 50-75 received screening for it. "Lack of screening is responsible for a substantial percentage of colon cancer deaths." Many organizations are already trying to get four out of five adults screened for colon cancer by 2018. With this, success and greatness can only come out of it. Death rates will be lowered by 19 percent and colon cancer rates will also reduce by 17 percent. With consistency, the numbers will increase and colon cancer will have a challenging struggle in front of it.