The 2,000-Year-Old Wonder Drug, by David B. Agus (New York Times)
... When does regulating a person’s habits in the name of good health become our moral and social duty? The answer, I suggest, is a two-parter: first, when the scientific data clearly and overwhelmingly demonstrate that one behavior or another can substantially reduce — or, conversely, raise — a person’s risk of disease; and second, when all of us are stuck paying for one another’s medical bills (which is what we do now, by way of Medicare, Medicaid and other taxpayer-financed health care programs).
Showing posts with label preventative health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preventative health. Show all posts
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Aspirin.
Something very simple might do much good. I suppose we'll first need to clear this with the nation's pharmaceutical giants.
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