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Their analysis showed that people who routinely ate a Mediterranean or plant-based diet experienced a lower incidence of constipation.

“I worry that our patients are going to come in and want it, and it’s going to increase breast-cancer recurrences and incidence of new primary breast cancers.”

At the same time, half of those diagnosed with lung cancer would never meet the strict screening criteria, and health professionals have been particularly baffled by the incidence rates among younger women who never smoked.

Agriculture remains the top employer in Kern County, and "would be dramatically affected by increased incidence of drought, and unprecedented heat waves that are already hitting the region," he added.

“I have no doubt that a real increase in incidence and prevalence of autism is occurring,” said Dr. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the global public-health program at Boston College.