“Prevention is better than cure”. Researching and treating diseases is too costly so it would be better to invest in preventative measures. To what extent do you agree?

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It goes without saying that preventing is better than treating sickness and epidemics. The aim of
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with, we can mention the
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of India, well-known as Ayurvedic
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. Differently from Western
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, Ayurvedic defends that eating properly, sleeps well and do exercises are the pillars of a healthy life. While the traditional
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Western countries use medicaments to treat
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. Studies have been proof that Ayurvedic
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has better results than traditional
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and
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is easy proof if we compared the number of people who has obesity and high cholesterol in the western countries
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to the low level of
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disease in India. In that case, preventive measures will be less expensive than maintaining a sick society. Apart from these
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such
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as high cholesterol and diabetes, that the consequences are based on the alimentation , and for that ,
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the consequences are in a long term and difficult to see the results, we can mention other
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that can be easily prevented if educational measures would be spread between the population.
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, Aids and cancers related to
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. The amount of money that the government spend everywhere to cure the population affected by these
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is huge. To sum up, prevent could have the result in a long term,
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is less expensive than trying to cure someone.
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the financial cost, the quality of life of a healthy person is better than the of someone who needs
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to stay alive.
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