http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/01/10/US-Worst-in-Preventable-Death-Ranking.aspxIn new rankings looking at preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 industrialized nations, France, Japan and Australia were rated the best and the United States was rated the worst. Preventable deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deathsenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/01/10/US-Worst-in-Preventable-Death-Ranking.aspx#117757Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:16:46 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1177574Hand Healthy&nbsp;I wonder about the relationship between big pharma and health insurance companies. Seems that preventative measures would be a cost -reducing practice for the insurance companies.That would translate to more profit,since natural methods are generally cheaper(in the long run) than drugs. <img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=117757" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/01/10/US-Worst-in-Preventable-Death-Ranking.aspx#117753Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:21:58 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:117753Russ Bianchi<P>Preventative health protocols remain vastly superior in lower cost, effectiveness, and lack of side effects, when compared to reactive drug and medical protocols at much great expense, and more bad side effects, up to, and including, higher death frequencies. </P> <P>Uncle Russ</P><img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=117753" width="1" height="1">