In the hallowed tradition of dedicating months for awareness of various diseases, it is important to note that November plays a critical role as the Lung cancer and Diabetes awareness month.

Among cancers, Lung cancer is by far one of the largest killers of men and women. More people are killed by lung cancer than are killed by Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, Colon, Liver, Kidney and skin cancer. And the one true recognized cause of lung cancer is smoking - something we have control over. So this month, try to give the gift of life to your friend and family members, and wean them off smoking if you can.

One of the reasons why lung cancer is so deadly is because by the time it is detected its often spread widely in the body and taken on a deadly form. There has been no early and easy way to diagnose Lung cancer. However, just recently there has been some positive news in early detection of lung cancer. There is a test called spiral CT, which has been found to detect nodules in lung much much earlier than ever before detected by x-ray. Learn more about this test here. It just might save your loved ones life.

Here is an additional resource to learn more about Lung cancer.