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A bit off topic Monica...but very stressed out men all either had, or were diagnosed with ulcers, decades ago. Then, ulcers went away! And heavily stressed men with high pressure jobs all got bad backs. Why the change?

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It was found that ulcers were caused by a bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori) and could be treated with anti-biotics. Bad backs are a result of many factors: lifestyle, injuries, posture, heredity and STRESS (which tightens up muscles and alters correct body alignment).

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I know that. But why did stressed out businessmen stop getting them?

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One simple explanation is people get stressed, their bodies hurt in some way, they go to the doctor and get something. But mainly they change their lifestyles, which is the actual cure.

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Lifestyle IS everything. Alternative medicine is knocked down by mainstream medicine even though it encourages lifestyle changes and healthy living. REASON: there's no money in healthy people. Money, as we've all heard, is the ROOT to all evil.

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How do you know they ever stopped getting them? They were certainly easier to identify and treat with anti-biotics. Doctors recognized what they were and treated them earlier than when they were surgically corrected, so it was less touted. And, it is not just stressed out business men that get them.

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IтАЩm making a point about stressed out businessmen. However I had ulcers early in my career. So I read about them. After a few years it appeared to me people stopped getting them. IтАЩm pretty sure before they were treated with antibiotics. Also IтАЩve read that in medical journals. Men in particular were getting them. Then they didnтАЩt. And the bad back thing began happening. And it seems to have passed.

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But to me the entire thing was odd. IтАЩve never done enough work to make any conclusive statements. And I likely wonтАЩt. But I canтАЩt help but notice diseases seem to, almost, go out of fashion.

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It depends on demographics....and socio-economic status of whom you are referring. "Bad backs" are still very much a health issue for a lot of people; they haven't "gone away".

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I certainly evaded the bad back until some a vertebra broke because of a bad turn. Later even more got broken also from a quick turn. As it turns out osteoporosis and age aren't good things. Years of knowing lift with your legs didn't matter.

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