Cancer is now the leading cause of death in wealthy countries. Researchers say cancer has replaced heart disease as the top killer in the industrial world. If the trend continues, they predict cancer could become the leading cause of worldwide later in this century. However, the news is not that cancer deaths are increasing, but that deaths from cardiovascular disease are decreasing. Cardiovascular disease, or CVD, is a group of medical conditions that include heart failure, heart attack, and stroke. It remains the leading cause of death among middle-aged adults worldwide. But when you only look at deaths in industrial economies, that is not the case. In those countries, the new report shows that cancer now kills two times as many people as cardiovascular disease. The findings were published in The Lancet, and presented at the recent European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris.
Title: Researchers Identify New Leading Cause of Death in Wealthy Countries
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/lcod.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Researchers Identify New Leading Cause of Death in Wealthy Countries' data-article-id='4111'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6021'>Cancer is now the leading cause of death in wealthy countries.</span> <span data-start-time='6021' data-end-time='14021'>Researchers say cancer has replaced heart disease as the top killer in the industrial world.</span> <span data-start-time='14021' data-end-time='23875'>If the trend continues, they predict cancer could become the leading cause of worldwide later in this century.</span> <span data-start-time='23875' data-end-time='35708'>However, the news is not that cancer deaths are increasing, but that deaths from cardiovascular disease are decreasing.</span> <span data-start-time='35708' data-end-time='49063'>Cardiovascular disease, or CVD, is a group of medical conditions that include heart failure, heart attack, and stroke.</span> <span data-start-time='49063' data-end-time='55771'>It remains the leading cause of death among middle-aged adults worldwide.</span> <span data-start-time='55771' data-end-time='62688'>But when you only look at deaths in industrial economies, that is not the case.</span> <span data-start-time='62688' data-end-time='73542'>In those countries, the new report shows that cancer now kills two times as many people as cardiovascular disease.</span> <span data-start-time='73542' data-end-time='84896'>The findings were published in The Lancet, and presented at the recent European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/lcod.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13608 data-hint-location='6021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/what_does_industrial_mean.wav'>What does industrial mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the manufacture of products'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/the_manufacture_of_products.wav'><span>the manufacture of products</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/leading_cause_of_death.wav'><span>leading cause of death</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/middle_aged_adults.wav'><span>middle aged adults</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/wealthy_countries.wav'><span>wealthy countries</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13609 data-hint-location='35708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/cardiovascular_disease_includes_heart_attack_and__blank_.wav'>Cardiovascular disease includes heart attack and <blank>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='stroke'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/cancer.wav'><span>cancer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/liver_failure.wav'><span>liver failure</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/stroke.wav'><span>stroke</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/paris_congress.wav'><span>Paris congress</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13610 data-hint-location='23875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/deaths_from_cardiovascular_disease_are__blank_.wav'>Deaths from cardiovascular disease are <span class='blank'>decreasing</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='decreasing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/increasing.wav'><span>increasing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/becoming_common.wav'><span>becoming common</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/more_likely_to_kill.wav'><span>more likely to kill</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3632/decreasing.wav'><span>decreasing</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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