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WASHINGTON — What preventive health measures would save the most lives
\n for the least money?<\/p>\n
The top rank goes to taking aspirin daily to prevent heart attacks and
\n strokes in men over 40 and women over 50, according to a study reported
\n Wednesday on the Web site of an alliance of health insurers, state health
\n departments, academics, and trade groups. <\/p>\n
"Trade groups" is a euphanism for the pharmaceutical industry; in other Below Interesting list. Come to think of it, all of the measures (the full list has 25) bring Whatever happened to eating fruits and vegetables, getting off your article from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON — What preventive health measures would save the most lives for the least money? The top rank goes to taking aspirin daily to prevent heart attacks and strokes in men over 40 and women over 50, according to a … Continue reading
\n words the people who bring you this list are the insurance industry,
\n the AMA and the drug companies.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n are the top 10 preventive measures in rank order. Preventive measures
\n that are ignored by more than half of those who’d benefit from them are
\n indicated by asterisks.<\/p>\n\n
\n and women over 50.<\/li>\n
\n measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis B, etc.<\/li>\n
\n recognized method.<\/li>\n
\n if necessary.
\n Annual flu shots for adults 50 and older.<\/li>\n
\n cause pneumonia and related diseases.<\/li>\n
\n physicians.<\/li>\n
\n women over 21.\n <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
\n direct financial benefit to one or more of the sponsors of the study, except
\n the anti-smoking provision (#3), which
\n further discredits the judas goat\/sacrifical lamb of American Big Business,
\n the tabaco companies but also directly benefits the allied constituency of
\n America’s trial lawyers.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n duff to take a long walk throw a frisbee around, and physical and mental
\n techniques for stress reduction? Guess the fruit and vegetable lobby needs
\n to upgrade their efforts and sponsor a few studies of their own…<\/em><\/p>\n