Crohn Disease

Researchers at University of Liege target Crohn disease

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 5th, 2008

According to a study from Liege, Belgium, "Rather than our routinely blamed ageing demography, pharmaceutical promotion and the medical business, not research, are responsible for our ever growing health bill. To keep essential health care affordable, only what has been proved necessary and cost effective should be financed by some kind of risk mutualisation system."

"Hedonistic care should be left to the free market. From conception to death, a devastating culture of medicalization and therapeutic agressivity has turned naturally inexpensive processes, such as conception, birth, ageing and death, into over-priced medical achievements. The increasing lack of personal...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2008-05-05)

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