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People worldwide living longer, but sicker

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By MARIA CHENG

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We have to take this data with some grains of salt

Not too much salt I hope, - I'm told it's bad for your health.

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It's coz huge untouchable corporations and industry giants are spewing mercury, lead, BPAs, artificial sweeteners, copious amounts of sugar, HFCS, colours, flavours, fillers, chlorine, flouride, GMO crops, herbicides, pesticides into our food, packaging and water sources.

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If we can balance the past and the present we might be able to reach a higher life expectancy and healthier well-being at the same time.

But all the nations' governing bodies doesn't want you know that having high life expectancy is bad for theeconomy, since old people are considered as burden (consuming the nations' social spending), therefore allowing nasty substances,foods,products, vices, surgical procedures etc, to be consumed by the people.

As stated by Mr.psychopathsareincontrol, those example are some of the things the governments pushes to KILL its people.

other examples are:

Root canal treatment, Radio frequency, circumcision, pain killers, flu vaccines, high hormone containing meat, tobacco, casino/gambling, genetically modified foods, bullying, unnecessary abortion etc.

These are traps set by governments. But if every people are aware, things will change.

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Given the third-world doctors/nurses/hospitals in Japan, I am amazed anyone lives to a ripe old age here.

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This is where Japan really needs to invest. Medicine has no global barrier.

Japan may want to learn from the American Cancer Research Center, Houston Texas that is leading a cancer research of the world to start.

Invest more on cyber knife technology that should be covered by Japanese national health care coverage.

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Japan is supposed to be a much vaunted leader in many fields but health care is not one of them...........

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I have had very good basic medical care here in Japan. In America, to see a specialist, I had to visit my primary care doctor, get a referral, and wait at least three weeks for an appointment. Then after consulting with the specialist, I'd have to go to another clinic to have my blood test. A week to ten days later, the results of my blood test would be sent to the specialist. I'd have to go to the specialist again in person to consult with him and get a prescription for medication. Finally, I'd take the prescription to an offsite pharmacy, wait at least an hour for my prescription to be filled. I had health insurance, but still had to pay at least $800 out of pocket for three office visits, blood test, and medication. In Japan, I did not need a referral to see a specialist. I walked into the hospital, said I didn't have an appointment, stated my health problem, filled out forms, waited an hour, saw a great doctor, went to another floor for an ultrasound and blood test. Within an hour the results of my tests were on my doctor's computer screen, he went over them with me, gave me a prescription. Went to the ground level of hospital, payed my bill, which included my prescription. Took the receipt to the in house pharmacy and received my medication. Total time: about 3 hours. Cost: 8,000 yen.

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Nothing "third world" about health care in Japan. I've had three hospitalisations (food-poisoning, shoulder reconstruction, snake bite), two cuts bad enough to require stitches, seven broken bones and a long course of rehabilitation here, and the treatment has been excellent every single time. The doctors, nurses and physios were all knowledgeable, professional, informative and caring.

I don't know where this myth that Japanese hospitals aren't any good comes from, but myth it is.

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Last week, had a chance to go to a state of the art hospital and the most expensive in the nearby town. Just imagine sitting in a sofa hotel style and be greeted by an attendant with a hot towel and a hot tea. Whoever says third world, isn't a citizen of a real third world country like me.

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