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Originally Posted by ijusluvit
We all need to get used to the fact that a retirement community with more than 100,000 residents is a rather unique place. Of course we all know that older folks have many more health care needs than the general population.
So just how great a need is there? Here's a fact for you: According to my Villages Moffat Center oncologist, 40 percent of the TV population has a type of stage 1 or greater cancer. (No skin cancers except melanoma are included in this count.)
Thank God the Developer has been on a campaign to bring more health care facilities to TV!!!
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Only 4 to 6% of all cancers are genetic according to the CDC. Most of the rest are due to lifestyle (which includes the environment that we choose). So why do we have an epidemic of cancer in America's healthiest hometown? It seems the main effort, by the developer, is to treat cancer rather than strive for prevention, in my opinion.