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The Inflammation Theory of Disease

Stuff You Should Know

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The Cost of Chronic Inflammation

In 2016, just in the United States, we spent $1.1 trillion directly on healthcare for diseases associated with chronic inflammation. Indirectly, if you take like lost productivity and all that stuff into account, it cost us $3.7 trillion in 2016. Think about what you could do with those billions of dollars now.

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