The value that you place on treatments and lifestyle changes that might improve longevity or quality of life.

For this discussion post, l’m asking that you share your views on the value that you place on treatments and lifestyle changes that might improve longevity or quality of life. We all make subjective judgments about these things – how many of us still do things that we’re told we shouldn’t do? So why do you do it? When you’re told of a change that you could make that would extend your life, how do you decide whether to make that change or to ignore it? What does the benefit of a drug treatment have to be for you? Would you spend your hard-earned money to get rid of that cold sore 17-ish hours faster? Should pharmaceutical companies have to be more upfront about the limitations of the benefits that their drugs provide?