Hi Walt,
Health statistics have confirmed that in countries where doctors have gone
on strike, the mortality rates have gone down during the down time.
A fantastic account from the bleachers about Steve Irwin here
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0909satlets4-091=
.html
Best,
Mark
On 9/8/06, Walter Knapp <> wrote:
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> Posted by: "davem98607"
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> > 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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Mark Ragsdale
www.moonbridges.com
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