Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis?
by castlecrasher2 on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:01PM
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> Think about how cuba is able to have similar life expectancy, etc at a fraction of the cost with chronic shortages and subpar sanitation.
I suspect most of the US' problems is the atrocious lifestyle most live; overeating and under-exercising are literally a lethal combination.
Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis?
by nonbel on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:31PM
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Well the overeating is partially the healthcare industry's fault due to poor nutritional recommendations. People in general should not have grains as the main basis for their diet. This type of diet makes many people eat more than they otherwise would.
I would post a pubmed link but sorry, youll have to just try it yourself and read blogs because the medical researchers still haven't caught up to this. They are still calling a 30% carb diet "low carb".
Think about how cuba is able to have similar life expectancy, etc at a fraction of the cost with chronic shortages and subpar sanitation. Most likely there are many medical procedures doing at best nothing for the patient except draining their wallets.
Worse, it could be that treatment 1 for problem A causes problem B which leads to treatment 2, etc, etc for some moderate benefit at great cost over just dealing with problem A.
Worst, it could be the medical treatments are having a net negative effect on people's health. Eg, those studies that estimate hospital errors (not even just death from dangerous treatments applied as standard) are the third leading cause of death in the US.