How scary - Australia's STD rates are going nuts. That's terrible news and I feel for anyone who is single. The STD article on smh.com.au interested me beyond the STD stats: 1000 new cases of HIV are detected every year, chlamydia cases doubled between 2004 and 2008 to 60,000, etc.
The real quote that bowled me over was by Federal parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler, who said "We know that as a nation we seriously under-do prevention. Of the slightly more than $100 billion that we spend as a nation on health every year ... around two per cent is spent on stopping people getting sick in the first place."
WHAT THE? TWO PER CENT? That is so shocking I'm thinking of moving to France, they have a handle on things much better there. And better cheese. And wine. And...
If more people saw a naturopath, acupuncturist or holistic doctor every now and then we'd be a lot better off. Yes it's a simplistic view, but it's called being in tune with your own body and seeing professionals who don't reach for a prescription pad every time you sneeze or have a back ache. It also sure as hell beats giving billions of dollars every year to the pharmaceutical companies so they can produce more and more pills to numb and dumb us down.
OK. Rant over. Have an awesome weekend peeps. Drink lots of water. Go for long walks. Learn to relax and switch off without the TV. Eat well. It's called prevention and it looks like it's up to us xxx
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