Comments on: 16 Places Common Diseases Do Not Occur, and The Reasons Why

By: Windows 8 Technical Manual

Windows 8 Technical Manual — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:08:53 +0000

What about the international space station?

By: Windows 8 Technical Manual

Windows 8 Technical Manual — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:29:45 +0000

Your explanations of why are for the most part conjecture and unproven which is a nice way of describing BS.

By: purcon

purcon — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:46:38 +0000

I liked the article, though much of it I knew. But the arthritis thing? Who knew! Beautiful pictures, too.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:39:00 +0000

If pertinent, you might add breast cancer among (East?) Africans is lower than, say, among Brits and Americans, although it may not be “non-existent.”

About the Tarahumara, they have tried to keep their ancient traditions, despite the world around them. They’re not far from the U.S. border. We quite lovely people, known for their runners, who race in 100 mile or so competitions that last for days, not hours.

By: K.A.

K.A. — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:12:16 +0000

I liked the article, though much of it I knew. But the arthritis thing? Who knew! Beautiful pictures, too.

As for the explanatory part, he’s trying to sum up simply the most likely reason based on research, e.g., Amish pesticide use is the most obvious possibility according to studies on factors contributing to Parkinson’s disease risk (though another contributor would likely be their high intake of dairy, which has also been cited as contributing to Parkinson’s, in part because pesticides are concentrated in the milk fats.)

By: Ryan Winter

Ryan Winter — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:10:02 +0000

Kent,

The source for each is the link for each location. Thanks.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:25:53 +0000

This is utterly and completely BS!

This is posted under “healthcare news”?? wow, what are your sources?

By: Phil E. Drifter

Phil E. Drifter — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:22:33 +0000

US healthcare doesn’t care about peoples’ health, they care about peoples’ money.

By: korgo

korgo — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:17:10 +0000

What about the international space station?

By: Ryan Winter

Ryan Winter — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:44:01 +0000

Thanks all for your comments.

Pariah and Joanne,

You are certainly correct in that some of the explanations have not yet been proven, or at least we could not find the research to prove them. That said, the explanations for these truly amazing finds, are the leading theories to be tested when research is ultimately performed. Fortunately, these geographic anomalies have been identified, so future research can be performed, leading to hope that many of these diseases can actually be prevented. That’s truly exciting!