Christoph Reuss wrote:
Ed Weick wrote:
But for ever so many others, the large majority, the lines will lengthen.
The basic approach of mainstream medicine is wrong. Add to this the
greed of the food, drugs and pharmaceutical industries and you end up
with a thoroughly ill population. The young are already more ill than
the old.\
We know that healthy lifestyle: exercise, lots of healthful foods like
broccoli, garlic, olive oil, whole grains..., stress reduction, less
automobile use (incl. don't drive if you drink...),clean air and
safe dringking water, etc.
helps keep persons healthy, so that they don't need so
much expensive medical attention. Why can't we declare a
*WAR AGAINST UNHEALTHFUL LIFE STYLE*, like
the war against terror, drugs, etc.? The persons looking for drugs
and terrorists could also look for unhealthy lifestyle elements....
The NYT yesterday raised the bar, with an article on
something new dentists are encountering: "Meth mouth" -- apparently
persons who use methamphetimine(sp?) wreck their teeth
down to the roots thru
some combination of dry mouth encouraging infection,
irresponsible attitude resulting from drug
use causing them to not do their dental hygiene (Who cares?),
caustic substances in the drug itself, etc. This stuff makes
mouth look like the person got caught in an IED event or
something -- there's a picture in the article.
I have long thought that something else should be done: medical
research funding should be primarily channeled toward the most
socially constructive and pressing issues, rather than to solving
"gee whiz" but epidemiologically peripheral
problems. Or are we doing this and I
just don't know it?
\brad mccormick
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Arthur Cordell wrote:
I think that some of the problem started when the current PM was Finance
Minister in the 90's and he succeeded in balancing the budget at the
expense of cutting the health care budget.
Medicare should not be subject to the whims of politicians.
Isn't the downsizing of healthcare, and the introduction of two-tier
healthcare, __part and parcel__ of neoliberal "reforms" aka globalization?
Can't be pinned at single politicians.
As to the present mess it really does look like the end of a dream.
Yes, globalization is the end of a dream in all sectors, not only in
healthcare.
Chris
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