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Undertoad · 08-12-2009, 02:38 PM

Yes and here's the catch. Most of the meaningful treatment Hawking has received will have been developed through a massive investment in research and development in the USA. Most ALS research happens in the USA.

And if you google for british als research you will find some research being done in British Columbia, Canada, and ALS meetings held in the British Virgin Islands.

Hawking is alive because the American health system offers incentives for the discovery of new treatments.

08-12-2009, 02:38 PM	#489
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yes and here's the catch. Most of the meaningful treatment Hawking has received will have been developed through a massive investment in research and development in the USA. Most ALS research happens in the USA. And if you google for british als research you will find some research being done in British Columbia, Canada, and ALS meetings held in the British Virgin Islands. Hawking is alive because the American health system offers incentives for the discovery of new treatments.