Life is generally valued over death (not always), health is generally
valued over disease, pleasure over pain, ect.
Not exact matches
Dr. Zhang points out that the unique
value of this study derives from the ability to perform longitudinal assessments of cognition in PD patients
over a long time period and access to data from a large cohort that began when patients were in the earliest stage of
disease.
For HIV patients, the further course of
disease is determined by the set point because viral load
values remain constant
over a long period of time after this.
Noting the potential of gene therapy to be a one - time treatment for rare and serious
diseases that otherwise cost hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars in chronic care
over a lifetime, Stuart Orkin, MD, and co-author Philip Reilly, MD, JD, of Third Rock Ventures, seek to «catalyze the discussion» by suggesting several new models for
valuing, pricing and developing gene therapy.
The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes of the global burden of
disease, delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health
over one year, and that the investments made in providing this intervention is excellent
value for money.
The devastating
disease Huonglongbing, or citrus greening, looms darkly
over the United States, threatening to wipe out the nation's citrus industry, whose fresh fruit alone was
valued... Read more
Dogs with kidney
disease may benefit from eating a dog food containing egg yolks because they are lower in phosphorus than other proteins and easier to digest because of their high biological
value, according to «Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats: Your A-Z Guide to
Over 200 Conditions, Herbs, Vitamins, and Supplements.»
One could argue about which is most worthy based on number of cases, years of life lost, etc., but in the end it's clear that both
diseases are worth combating and any ranking of one
over the other is a
value judgement.