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From: Eeyore on 14 Nov 2006 12:30 unsettled wrote: > Don Bowey wrote: > >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>unsettled wrote: > >> > >>>What sort of preventive treatment is there for cancer? > >> > >>Good diet avoiding excessive red meat and processed foods and including plenty > >>of > >>fresh fruit and veg. > >> > >>Not smoking. > >> > >>Avoidance of exposure to carcinogens. > > > > > > But that includes not charring my steaks.... I'll need to skip that one. > > But I'll make up for it by using a good wine with which to enjoy it. > > I don't read Eeyore. That being said, what he proposes > are measures, not treatments, to be taken by a person > caring for themselves. None of that requires "preventive" > physician services which was the topic he is unable to > follow. You don't *prevent* a disease through *treatment* you ninny. Treatment is what happens after you get a disease. Innoculation is another matter entirely. Graham
From: Sambo on 14 Nov 2006 12:41 hill(a)rowland.org wrote: > hill(a)rowland.org wrote: > >>Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing. >> >> Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most >> of the posts were under the original subject title. This >> must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress >> test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc. > > > Amazing, now nearing 9000 posts and still going strong. > Furthermore, a subtle point, the posts haven't strayed far > from the original post in terms of individual thread-segment > lengths, so Google Groups tree view still nicely handles all > the pieces in a narrow sidebar. BTW, my own usenet-news > server completely lost it on this one long ago. > Lucky you. I wish netscape finaly allowed to totly delete news articles ( and possibly ignore further posts in a thread in selected for download groups,without dumping another feature ) , takes me about 5 minutes to come up when I select this group.
From: Don Bowey on 14 Nov 2006 12:32 On 11/14/06 8:58 AM, in article MPG.1fc3acd12058173e989b36(a)news.individual.net, "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > Oh, but they are! Vermont has the highest cost for tertiary > education of any state. The kids can't afford to go to school in > state, so leave. There is little industry stay gone. It's become > a state of dependants (24% are on some sort of public assistance) > and out-of-state ultra-rich. > > I'm outta here ASAP! So what's holding you? Someone picking up your tab, hypocrite? (snip)
From: Eeyore on 14 Nov 2006 12:38 unsettled wrote: > Don Bowey wrote: > > > Private Practice is not a "backup." It was in place long before government > > involvements. > > Toemahtoe -- tomato > > The question restated to a slightly increased level of > purism might read, "If NHS works so well, why would > private practice have enough business to be able to > survive, indeed, perhaps to flourish?" Because some ppl want a level of service that's more expensive with all the 'bells and whistles'. Most ppl don't need that. Also there are some conditions - like baldness and pure cosmetic surgery like face lifts that the NHS doesn't cover.. Graham
From: Eeyore on 14 Nov 2006 12:43
krw wrote: > The very idea of a "living wage" is socialist. No doubt you'd be all for 'dying wages' instead. Graham |