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Background: My Polish wife comes from a family where everybody lives 90 to 100 years. Very healthy and long lived people.

Now, I am a Type 2 diabetic since age 15. For the past 3 years, my wife is suddenly diabetic. There is no diabetes in her entire extended family. Never have been, not ever.

Her sister was an RN nurse for thirty years before getting breast cancer and being forced to retire. Nobody in that extended family has ever had breast cancer.

This got me wondering about how one acquires a 'hereditary' disease. Is it really hereditary, diet, environmental or could it be from exposure? My mom was diabetic. Did I inherit it (common wisdom) or could it be transmissible? Nobody believes that one catches diabetes. Same with breast cancer. But what if we're wrong?

The nurse dealt with cancer patients for decades. I dealt with a diabetic mother my entire childhood. My wife dealt with me for 25 years. I am probably mistaken, but I do find these anomalies to be noteworthy.

So my question for all of you is: Do any of you ever see indications of diseases transmitted inexplicably to people by exposure? Keep in mind, everything most people believe about health comes from a (((possibly biased))) medical industry.

What say you?

Background: My Polish wife comes from a family where everybody lives 90 to 100 years. Very healthy and long lived people. Now, I am a Type 2 diabetic since age 15. For the past 3 years, my wife is suddenly diabetic. There is no diabetes in her entire extended family. Never have been, not ever. Her sister was an RN nurse for thirty years before getting breast cancer and being forced to retire. Nobody in that extended family has ever had breast cancer. ------------------------------------------- This got me wondering about how one acquires a 'hereditary' disease. Is it really hereditary, diet, environmental or could it be from exposure? My mom was diabetic. Did I inherit it (common wisdom) or could it be transmissible? Nobody believes that one catches diabetes. Same with breast cancer. But what if we're wrong? The nurse dealt with cancer patients for decades. I dealt with a diabetic mother my entire childhood. My wife dealt with me for 25 years. I am probably mistaken, but I do find these anomalies to be noteworthy. So my question for all of you is: Do any of you ever see indications of diseases transmitted inexplicably to people by exposure? Keep in mind, everything most people believe about health comes from a (((possibly biased))) medical industry. What say you?

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What causes cells to go mutant and become cancerous? That is (literally) a multi billion dollar question.

In the past the belief was that it was hereditary, diet, and environmental. But, we are now learning how key the roll of viruses are in cancer.

Some (like cervical cancer) are clear. But, most other cancers, we really have no clue if there is a viral trigger link and which virus triggers the cancer.

So - to answer the question - yes, there is a trigger thru viruses for some cancers, but little is known on this topic.

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While human cells are small, they are very complex things, like a whole city onto themselves. Living as part of a multi-trillion cell organism has its perks. You don't have to defend yourself and food is given to you, all in exchange for you performing your function. Think of it as an ancient covenant: the cell gives up some freedoms in exchange for safety and security. But what happens when one side breaks that covenant? What happens when that safety and security is absent? The cell becomes cancerous as a last ditch effort to survive. It says 'fuck you' to the covenant and starts doing what all life does: it uses the resources in its environment to replicate. Our body has defenses against this but they are not perfect. Once in a while they don't stop the cancer in time. Live a healthy life and don't break the covenant.