“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.

Many believe that preventing diseases is more important
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than
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research and
treatment
because
that is
less costly. In my opinion, investments in preventive measures should have a greater emphasis because
this
will give
a
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better public
health
and it is cheaper for both the individual and
public
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the public
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. In general, when a person is healthy, he or she is able to have a better quality of life. More
specific
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, the person is able to function better at home with family,
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and will
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function better at work, and in the broader society.
Consequently
, increasing the person is benefitting
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the public. Even though there is a
treatment
for an illness, when it strikes, all three domains will be affected. Namely, the family have increased
expense
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of medicine and less social interaction.
In addition
, companies have
a
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lost
employee
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employees
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. Treating diseases is a costly affair for individuals and the public. In many cases, simple everyday measures
such
as training, reducing alcohol and
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smoking will impact
health
, reducing the expenses related to cardiac, transplantation and cancer
treatment
respectively.
For example
, in a recent study,
researches
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researchers
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found out that a third of morbidity and mortality in Norway is preventable with lifestyle changes.
Although
research is
also
important, expenses in
this
regard
outweighs
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the effects a preventive approach
have
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. In conclusion, there are simple and cheap methods for
health
gain that should be invested in. Despite the importance
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research and
treatment
, preventing diseases results in
better
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quality of life for individuals and
reduce
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reduces
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public expenses on the
health
budget.
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