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Today the obituaries are filled with many people who are dying prematurely. I believe that people should not be dying in their 30s, 40s or 50s from diseases that 100 years ago were unknown. Heart disease was unknown before the 1930s and 1940s, and cancer was 1 out of 30 in the same period. Today, heart disease is the number one killer of the American population, and by the way, heart disease has doubled since the recommendation to avoid fats and use statin drugs to lower cholesterol. More money and research has been applied to finding a cure for cancer. We can mention dozens of known facts that cause cancer. If we made a concerted effort and avoided the causes, and used prevention as a cure for cancer, we could probably eliminate 80% of all cancer. What concerns me most about this is that we are leaving our children and grandchildren with a world of hurt.