tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post2185451999337958850..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Statistical idiocy in the NHSMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-44382233128847327752011-05-11T08:32:03.234+01:002011-05-11T08:32:03.234+01:00AKH, I'm always amused by the implication in m...AKH, I'm always amused by the implication in many US articles that, if such-and-such a disease was eliminated we'd all live for ever.<br /><br />Perhaps it's because, being a new nation, they don't have the heritage of the medieval 'memento mori' aspect of religion - 'As I am, so you shall be'.<br /><br />That, of course, is easier to accept that the annihilation of personality that comes with dementia - something our society is woefully <a href="http://newgatenews.blogspot.com/2010/08/too-little-too-late-for-dementia.html" rel="nofollow">inadequately equipped</a> to tackle.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-21979645304140761802011-05-10T09:25:27.703+01:002011-05-10T09:25:27.703+01:00Neat use of logic, it’s surprising what you can do...Neat use of logic, it’s surprising what you can do with it when you apply it to real life isn’t it? Which as you say, health professionals too often don’t.<br /><br />Healthy lifestyle won’t necessarily prevent serious illness either and if we live longer, the horrors of dementia loom larger.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-52215147721010649742011-05-09T14:41:19.727+01:002011-05-09T14:41:19.727+01:00Very true, Demtrius, and one of them is combined H...Very true, Demtrius, and one of them is combined HRT which, like statins, is now being widely prescribed as a matter of routine.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-81872038885786610642011-05-09T13:44:46.204+01:002011-05-09T13:44:46.204+01:00Aren't some medications supposed to carry a ri...Aren't some medications supposed to carry a risk of cancer?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com