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Oct 29th, 2007 at 6:32 pm by Susie

Rudy tries to make us go “Ooo, I didn’t know that!” as he uses bogus and misleading info to make people think national health care will make you die of prostate cancer!

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on 29 Oct 2007 at 7:44 pm1John

Looking at this chart I do have one question, why is the rate so much lower in Japan? I’m guessing diet mostly but what is their health care, national or private? Just curious since it really has no relation to the subject at hand.
on 29 Oct 2007 at 9:05 pm2Izquierdo

Japanese health care is national.
on 29 Oct 2007 at 11:59 pm3Melanie

John,

Every industrialized nation (except the US) has some form of national health care.
on 30 Oct 2007 at 12:22 am4JJ

As one of his constituents, I always figured Rudy’s problem with his reproductive organs came from contemplating what Hillary was going to do to them in the Senate race.
on 30 Oct 2007 at 7:24 am5cassie

Suppose the rate of diagnosis could be the effect of non-diagnosis? Is the PSA and other screening tools used in Japan as they are in the US or maybe they stick to the myth that it doesn’t matter since you’ll probably die from something else before prostate cancer and treat it like many in the US do - they don’t. Only problem is that it is not always slow growing and maybe you’ll die from the spread to other organs - bones, brain, if not found early.
Rudy should thank his stars that his treatment was at a major hospital that receives major monies from not only the Feds but a multitude of bigPharma companies who underwrite research and treatment that attract only the best doctors and can offer the latest treatments by skilled staff. NYCity employees, including the mayor, have health insurance paid by the taxpayers which picked up the tab. We should all be so lucky.
on 30 Oct 2007 at 9:12 am6Grouchy Marxist

I guess Rudy is pulling stuff out his ass again “and this time, it’s personal”

Okay, enough juvenile mockery for the moment. Yes, the bar for Japan is really odd; and I’d expect that if it’s not some reporting anomaly that diet has a lot to do with it.

But remember, Japan is the place that pioneered the diagnostic toilet, if you’re really concerned about early detection of prostate (or colon) cancer, that’s the way to go. Although the ‘yuck’ factor is pretty big.

Question I’d most like to hear at a Guiliani presser: “Rudy! Did having prostate cancer change your opinion of ferrets?”
on 30 Oct 2007 at 6:05 pm7Izquierdo

Rudy still suffers from carcinoma of the soul,
for which the cure rate is depressingly low.

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