Posted: 3/26/2018 Updated: 11/30/2019
Update Of 11/30/2019
Recently (11/16/2019), the MIT Technology Review has dedicated an entire Weekend Reads edition to cover how medical research and treatments for dogs are advancing human medical treatment.
Here is a selection of articles recommended in this newsletter:
- “Sick dogs could be key to unlocking mysteries of immunotherapy. People and dogs share some cancer-causing genetic mutations. Now the government is funding an effort to learn from that”
- “Pet cloning is bringing human cloning a little bit closer People are copying pets to preserve a physical, and spiritual connection to dead children.”
- “A stealthy Harvard startup wants to reverse aging in dogs, and humans could be next Biologist George Church says the idea is to live to 130 in the body of a 22-year-old.”
Why Is It Sometimes Better To Be A Pet Than A Human?
A hyperbolic question, but …
Short answer: Excessive government intervention and control is severely and mostly negatively affecting the health care systems in many Western countries. Unlike veterinary health care, where government regulation and control is fairly lenient compared to human health care. The medical profession has an outsize influence on government to the disadvantage of patients.
Advantages Of Veterinary Healthcare
Benefits of veterinary healthcare compared to human healthcare:
- Pet owners are self payers. They are accountable and responsible for all costs incurred
- Private veterinary health care insurance has evolved to serve the needs of pet owners
- Medical diagnostic and treatment advances in veterinary health care were improving and progressing at higher speed
- Possibly, medical advances in veterinary medicine have already or will soon feedback into human health care
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