Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Prevention is better than cure.
Precaution is better than cure.
Alternative medicine plays into this exaggerated notion that you can prevent disease simply by doing the right thing.
Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.
You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude.
Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Preventive medicine isn't part of a physician's everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery.
The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.
It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.