lining of the uterus or womb). The first sign is most often vaginal
bleeding not associated with a woman's period. Other symptoms include
pain with urination or sexual intercourse, or pelvic pain. Endometrial
cancer occurs most commonly after menopause, and is associated with high
blood pressure and diabetes. Approximately 40% of cases are related to
obesity, and 2–5% of cases have a genetic link. The most frequent type
of endometrial cancer, more than 80% of cases, is endometrioid carcinoma
(example pictured). Endometrial cancer is commonly diagnosed by
endometrial biopsy or by taking samples during a procedure known as
dilation and curettage; a pap smear is not typically sufficient. In
2012, endometrial cancers occurred in 320,000 women and caused
76,000 deaths, making it the third most common cause of death from
female cancers, behind ovarian and cervical cancer. If the disease is
caught at an early stage, the outcome is favorable, and the overall
five-year survival rate in the United States is greater than 80%.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometrial_cancer>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1872:
P. B. S. Pinchback took office as Governor of Louisiana, the
first African American governor of a U.S. state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._B._S._Pinchback>
1917:
First World War: Hussein al-Husayni, the Ottoman mayor of
Jerusalem, surrendered the city to the British.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem_(1917)>
1931:
The approval of the Spanish Constitution by the Constituent
Cortes paved the way to the establishment of the Second Spanish
Republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1931>
1958:
The John Birch Society, named after John Birch, an American
missionary who was killed in China by communists, was founded to fight
the perceived threat of communism in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society>
1979:
A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified
the global eradication of smallpox, making it the only human infectious
disease to date to have been completely eradicated from nature.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pass muster:
1. (idiomatic) To meet or exceed a particular standard.
2. (idiomatic) To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pass_muster>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The history of human thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum
which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a
moment of awakening. Then thought frees herself from the chains with
which those interested — rulers, lawyers, clerics — have carefully
enwound her. She shatters the chains. She subjects to severe criticism
all that has been taught her, and lays bare the emptiness of the
religious political, legal, and social prejudices amid which she has
vegetated. She starts research in new paths, enriches our knowledge with
new discoveries, creates new sciences.
--Peter Kropotkin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin>
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