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Post by Montrealer on Jan 26, 2005 10:41:44 GMT -5
Interesting link, Skilly.
Ironic that Japan, with 193 doctors per 100,000, has a much higher life expectancy than the U.S. with 253 doctors per 100,000.
The American health system is incredibly inefficient.
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Jan 26, 2005 11:01:32 GMT -5
Interesting link, Skilly. Ironic that Japan, with 193 doctors per 100,000, has a much higher life expectancy than the U.S. with 253 doctors per 100,000. The American health system is incredibly inefficient. In comparison to the Japanese, the average American's diet and general lifestyle vis-a-vis life span is deficient.
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Post by blaise on Jan 26, 2005 13:49:02 GMT -5
Medical professionals in the US are aware of the problem and are trying to do something about it. Attention has increasingly turned to preventive care, which includes lifestyle modification. The steady decline in mortality from heart disease is related not only to the improvement in hospital and posthospital care of patients with myocardial infarctions but also to the reduction in the number of smokers. Now obesity and physical inactivity are being addressed. In addition to being risk factors for heart disease, they are largely responsible for the epidemic of type 2 diabetes (i.e., the patients produce insulin but their tissues lose sensitivity to it).
A footnote: Many physicians do not practice medicine. They work for pharmaceutical or biotech companies, insurance companies, or governmental organizations; do research; or become entrepreneurs. Furthermore, many practicing physicians no longer treat sick patients; instead they perform cosmetic surgery or other lucrative sidelines.
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