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Would you ever expect a doctor to protest on your behalf regarding the cost of a medical treatment? Well you should, because they do! Aflibercept (marketed as Zaltrap), a new medication that is effective in cancers of the colon and rectum, is extremely expensive; the estimated cost of this treatment is $11,063 per month. This extraordinarily…
Preventing disease by taking pills is easy. You pop the pills, and expect the benefits, and you’re done – no changes needed.
An equally important, but much more difficult way of preventing disease is by changing dangerous lifestyle behaviors. Examples of these behaviors are smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, drug abuse, overeating (which can result in obesity), and too little physical activity all produce harmful effects in your body.
Many patients can improve their behaviors just…