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sarge43

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30. It was the early 20th century before infectious diseases began to be under control.

Reply to zanana1 (Reply #27)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 11:29 AM

Jul 2012

It wasn't until after WWI when heart diseases, cancer and strokes became the leading causes of death in the US. Until then infection was the killer and it hit the very young and elderly the hardest.

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My Grandparents didn't have a table top full of prescription drugs like todays elders. [View all] texanwitch Jul 2012 OP

I think it depends on the general health Irishonly Jul 2012 #1

The commericals scare me. texanwitch Jul 2012 #2

If you believed all of the commercials talk about symptoms.. Irishonly Jul 2012 #5

"It was a mistake to allow pharmaceuticals to advertise." Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #21

They list side effects that would have been experienced without the drug- digonswine Jul 2012 #7

Chantix is my example sarge43 Jul 2012 #15

Good for you, Chantix is dangerous, and you don't want to replace crunch60 Jul 2012 #17

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check it out. sarge43 Jul 2012 #20

I think you made a good choice! digonswine Jul 2012 #24

I think so, too. That stuff is just flat dangerous. sarge43 Jul 2012 #25

Gram did much better when we pared down the drugs she was taking Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #3

I wonder if the seniors get the drugs mixed up. texanwitch Jul 2012 #4

They do. Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #22

When our diets went to shit LynneSin Jul 2012 #6

+1 million, Lynnie! pink-o Jul 2012 #12

They may have been less comfortable, though treestar Jul 2012 #8

Because drugs can 'fix' stuff we didn't used to 'fix'. trof Jul 2012 #9

I have 5 precriptions. Archae Jul 2012 #10

My Grandparents seemed healthy to me. texanwitch Jul 2012 #11

I'm young and I already take a lot of pills. Neoma Jul 2012 #13

Folks are living longer. Swede Jul 2012 #14

When my grandfather was my age, he was old and crippled. hedgehog Jul 2012 #16

Penicillin was not available in 1934. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #23

I read something interesting the other day... zanana1 Jul 2012 #27

Lots of women died in childbirth too. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #29

It was the early 20th century before infectious diseases began to be under control. sarge43 Jul 2012 #30

If you notice the interviews with people who hit their 100th birthday yellerpup Jul 2012 #18

A lot of people "back in the day" solved this problem by simply dying younger 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #19

When you turn 65, write another post. nt zanana1 Jul 2012 #26

I think it was related to when they started living longer. harmonicon Jul 2012 #28

My grandma did gollygee Jul 2012 #31

We live in a reactive society. That goes for how we treat illness too. Avalux Jul 2012 #32

My grandma would be dead without her prescriptions. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #33

My grandparents took very few drugs. They didn't live as long as today's seniors. Codeine Jul 2012 #34