Posted by: "davem98607"
> Looking at the first two, it would seem that most of us are killed by
> our food and/or lack of exercise? Then again, nobody lives forever.
A bit OT, but oh well, a little rant...
One that should be on the list in the US, but never will be, is killed
by medicine. Of the various drugs I've been given in the last ten years
more than 90% caused worse problems than what they were for. I had to
research the medicines and diagnose what they were doing myself. It took
years to get it all in my medical record so that I'd not be given any of
that stuff again. I'm in some danger of losing my mobility due to foot
damage from those medicines. The stats are that if you loose a foot at
my age you live less than two years on average.
And what medicine did to me is common. And in addition it's getting
worse because medicine is for profit in the US and medical decisions are
often made by the accountants according to what's most profitable. Or
the drug companies finance studies who's real purpose is to show that
everyone in the country should be on their profitable drug for life.
I've found that while the medics give lip service to the value of
exercise that they often do things that are very antagonistic to any
sort of exercise program. It's the one value of having a heart attack,
they finally will then help you to maintain a exercise program. Not that
I want to have a heart attack.
Walt
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