Cancer risk in younger people; of hormones and bones; stress relievers you can do anywhere – Morning Medical Update

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Cancer risk

More younger people are developing more cancers, including some that were declining in older generations. People in the Generation X and Millennial age groups are at greater risk and at least nine types of cancer, including colorectal and estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers, have rates that declined, but now are increasing. No one knows exactly why, but obesity may be a contributing factor. NBC News has this report based on the study published in Lancet Public Health.

Building bone strength

More than 200 million people around the world have osteoporosis, and women are at high risk after menopause due to declining levels of estrogen, which helps keep bones strong. Researchers have found a hormone that helps lactating women rebuild bone strength. Could that hormone, or a drug that works like it, be a future treatment for osteoporosis? Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, director of the National Institutes for Health, shares her interpretation here.

5-5-7 breathing

Being a physician is a great job with no stress. Well, maybe a little stress. For those rare moments when medicine is stressful, here’s an article on “2-Minute Stress Relievers You Can Do Anywhere.” (Special thanks to Mike DeMarco and Nancy Mancini, two health coaches who suggested the article this week in a learning program for MJH LifeSciences, the parent company of Medical Economics.)