Prevention is better than cure “Prevention is better than cure”. Researching and treating diseases is too costly so it would be better to invest in preventative measures. To what extent do you agree? One of the widely discussed issues today is prevention of illnesses as a part of the fight against them. Now people are beginning to realize that it is better to invest in the prophylaxes of diseases because it is much cheaper as compared with treating them. Personally, I tend to think that prevention is not only profitable but also it can make the whole humanity healthier in common. Firstly, it is well known that our health depends on our life style. What I mean here is that researching and treating diseases is only a part of a fight against the effect of unhealthy life style. One of the main reasons behind that is the fact that we can cure the illness again and again but it will come back until the person changes his behavior. A good case in point is the fight against obesity by means of different diets. As long as the person is on a diet he or she loses weight. As the losing weight comes back to his or her common life style, the previously weight comes back very quickly. On the other hand, it can also be argued that inculcation of healthy life style to the masses is nowadays much easier because of mass media and Internet. That is to say that each government has all the possibilities to make its nation healthier without investing huge among of money in it. Take for example the effect can be made by showing right adverts or placing healthy pictures around to influence people subconscious. In conclusion, taking everything mentioned into account in our final analysis we can say that in modern life researching and treating diseases takes much more recourses than prevention them. This is my essay I've written as a part of my exam trayning. Thank you in advance for checking it :-)