Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Evidence I Here Part 6 Treating poverty works like medicine


Adding to poor patients' incomes works to decrease the health effects of poverty, Canadian doctors are finding.

"Treating people at the low income with a higher income will have at least as big an impact on their health as any other drug I could prescript to them," Bloch said.

"I do see poverty as a disease," Bloch said.

For children in particular, the strong and frequent bombardment of "toxic stress" from living in substandard housing with adults who are also stressed can set the stage for lifelong damage, doctors say.

Ron Payne 
Welfare Legal 
Hamilton, Ontario 
Email welfarelegal2004@hotmail.com