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Originally Posted by ukfswmart  You say that as though it's a mitigating factor; why do you think they're more obese? If the average diet in the US was similar to that of France or Italy, a vast number of these preventable deaths would dealt with
All this, and the CEO of Krispy Kreme is sacked due to flagging profit margins... |
Actually I say this because it demonstrates there are also cultural factors at work that are simply not taken into account. The average populace of France for example seems to have more of a concern with personal fitness and well being than the average population of the US. This makes a HUGE difference in the results of the study, but it seems to have not been considered. The same can be said about workplace stress.
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Originally Posted by ohio_eric Most research is still coming from universities and not the big pharmaceutical companies. Sure they buy it up and sell it like crack. But real advancement would happen even if there wasn't the big greedy animal that is corporate medicine. |
Knowing people that actually work in this field, from what I've seen you're simply not correct. The priority of researchers at commercial institutions is to develop something usable. The priority of University and non-commercial research labs is to get their grants renewed. One leads to actual treatments, one leads to small progress that always needs more work. Occasionally the two will overlap, but not very often.