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<blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6190323" data-attributes="member: 78752"><p>This is a pretty commonly held cynicism, but it's probably not accurate for the most part. I could go on about drug pipelines and pharmaceutical regulation, but it ultimately comes down to one simple point that anyone who has ever worked for any corporation knows: corporations do not look to the long dollar. They aren't built for it. They will gleefully sacrifice profitability five years from now for profitability this quarter. </p><p></p><p>Even if there were trepidation in the industry regarding the adoption of a one-shot cure for herpegonosyphilaids in place of a long-term treatment, /one company/ would break with the pack to manufacture the cure, just for the 90-day jetpack on their stock shares. And then everyone's herpegonosyphilaids treatments are worthless and it's a race to see who can manufacture a cure with fewer side effects, with a friendlier presentation, or for less money.</p><p></p><p>In your grim assessment of corporate greed you are forgetting one thing: corporate greed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What is far more likely is that the hospitals realized that the poop test would not replace the colonoscopy as a diagnostic instrument. A guaranteed accurate negative result is the Loch Ness Monster of the world of diagnostic medicine. Put another way, it is comparatively simple to prove that a thing is there. Proving that it is not there is virtually impossible. </p><p></p><p>A negative result from the poop test would be inconclusive at best, requiring a follow-up colonoscopy, and a positive result wouldn't tell you where the cancer is, requiring a follow-up colonoscopy.</p><p></p><p>Either way, if you're over 50, PREPARE THYSELF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMZ2112, post: 6190323, member: 78752"] This is a pretty commonly held cynicism, but it's probably not accurate for the most part. I could go on about drug pipelines and pharmaceutical regulation, but it ultimately comes down to one simple point that anyone who has ever worked for any corporation knows: corporations do not look to the long dollar. They aren't built for it. They will gleefully sacrifice profitability five years from now for profitability this quarter. Even if there were trepidation in the industry regarding the adoption of a one-shot cure for herpegonosyphilaids in place of a long-term treatment, /one company/ would break with the pack to manufacture the cure, just for the 90-day jetpack on their stock shares. And then everyone's herpegonosyphilaids treatments are worthless and it's a race to see who can manufacture a cure with fewer side effects, with a friendlier presentation, or for less money. In your grim assessment of corporate greed you are forgetting one thing: corporate greed. What is far more likely is that the hospitals realized that the poop test would not replace the colonoscopy as a diagnostic instrument. A guaranteed accurate negative result is the Loch Ness Monster of the world of diagnostic medicine. Put another way, it is comparatively simple to prove that a thing is there. Proving that it is not there is virtually impossible. A negative result from the poop test would be inconclusive at best, requiring a follow-up colonoscopy, and a positive result wouldn't tell you where the cancer is, requiring a follow-up colonoscopy. Either way, if you're over 50, PREPARE THYSELF. [/QUOTE]
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