Comments on: Is That the Sound of Cancer Being Cured? http://www.gnorb.net/1058/is-that-the-sound-of-cancer-being-cured In your head it's only a memory, but written down it's working knowledge Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/1058/is-that-the-sound-of-cancer-being-cured/comment-page-1#comment-79804 Gnorb Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:18:19 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/science/20080415/is-that-the-sound-of-cancer-being-cured/#comment-79804 Your first line is spot on. Your reasoning behind it... not so much. It's usually the corporate interests that tend to keep the FDA in check. (For example, why is aspartame, which has been proven to cause neurological issues, OK'd while stevia, with no issues associated, called into question? If you guessed that one put big bucks in the FDA's wallet, you win the prize!) IIRC, the big bucks are made by companies who make medications to handle symptoms (which ensure cash flow) instead of finding cures (which offer a one0-time payment). Sorry, but a universal health care system would take advantage of this. After all, it SAVES them (the government) money. (This is why more experimental and usually successful treatments are to be found in places with universal health care, particularly in Europe, which has better health care quality than the US almost across the board.) Your first line is spot on. Your reasoning behind it… not so much.

It’s usually the corporate interests that tend to keep the FDA in check. (For example, why is aspartame, which has been proven to cause neurological issues, OK’d while stevia, with no issues associated, called into question? If you guessed that one put big bucks in the FDA’s wallet, you win the prize!)

IIRC, the big bucks are made by companies who make medications to handle symptoms (which ensure cash flow) instead of finding cures (which offer a one0-time payment).

Sorry, but a universal health care system would take advantage of this. After all, it SAVES them (the government) money. (This is why more experimental and usually successful treatments are to be found in places with universal health care, particularly in Europe, which has better health care quality than the US almost across the board.)

]]> By: James http://www.gnorb.net/1058/is-that-the-sound-of-cancer-being-cured/comment-page-1#comment-79803 James Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:36:33 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/science/20080415/is-that-the-sound-of-cancer-being-cured/#comment-79803 That is if the FDA and the federal government don't stomp it. They make more money keeping us sick than they would if we could cure everything and stay home. Especially if they get their wish and we allow them to federalize health care. That is if the FDA and the federal government don’t stomp it.

They make more money keeping us sick than they would if we could cure everything and stay home. Especially if they get their wish and we allow them to federalize health care.

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