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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> So, just curious, what diseases are you going to prevent by "choice" and
> what do you mean by "choice?"

In case this is directed to me, please see my previous post on choice 
which I wrote in response to Van Dell's question.

As to which diseases can be prevented by human choices, I am not a 
god except in the sense that Teilhard de Chardin spoke of:

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are 
spiritual beings having a human experience."

There is far more that I do not know than what I do know. Just 
listing the diseases I do know that are human-caused would create a 
letter far longer than should ever be posted here. And to what 
purpose? Just to satisfy your curiosity? My time is much too valuable to me.

Some easy ones: lung cancer and heart disease caused by smoking, 
cirrhosis of the liver caused by excessive alcohol consumption, 
melanoma caused by sun exposure, crushing caused by driving badly.