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Stress
The incidence of stress in our society is rising, and scientists
in general, and doctors in particular, do not understand the
effect the mind can have on reducing and controlling stress.
They do not understand the significance of early childhood rearing,
and the fact that the pointers to a person's destiny are found
within the way they are reared in the first twelve months of
life. These pointers are not only to educational attainment,
but also to delinquency, criminality and morbidity.
The problem of stress is further compromised
by the stresses that occur within the context of society, as
previously discussed, particularly in the work situation. If
people are forced to work in situations which are controlling
and restrictive, and in which they are not allowed to contribute
to decisions and management, they will get sick!
Dementia
Vast amounts of money are being spent for research into cognition-enhancing
drugs, by huge, wealthy, pharmaceutical companies. There is
a race to develop patentable memory enhancement drugs. To the
winner will go tremendous wealth. The problem is that the drug
authorities will only approve drugs that treat illness. They
will not approve drugs that improve people's memories or boost
intelligence. Also, the big pharmaceutical companies have little
interest in exploring cognition enhancement properties of substances,
such as herbs, vitamins and other substances which cannot be
patented.
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