This is why Preventive Medicine is so famous! by Dr. Nnamdi Elenwoke Even though we are living in the 21st Century, the number of the diseases and the sick people are still growing despite advances in Preventive medicine. It is an arguable question whether it is a part of the world’s evolution or a result of increased negligence of human health. With the development of research and technology, new medications, techniques, surgical procedures and disease detection methods are being invented every day. But we talk little about the prevention than the cure. According to the statistics , the developing countries, as well as the developed countries, spend a massive amount of money to treat and detect diseases. Millions of US dollars are spent every year for medications, surgical procedures, disease detection and rehabilitation of the patients who are sick. But, the proportion that is used for preventive medicine is really low in almost all the countries of the world. Most economists would...