According to Cancer Research UK, cancer diagnoses in men and women aged 40 to 59 have risen by nearly 20 percent in a generation in the UK, reports the Guardian's Sarah Boseley. Part of that is due to more sophisticated screening methods that are able to pick up more cancers. But the other reason for the rise in diagnoses is that smoking, drinking, and obesity continues to plague middle-aged men and women, Boseley says.
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