Obesity In America: A Growing Problem (Part 1) 70% of Americans are overweight, and 32% of them are obese. The numbers, and the people, are only expanding. By 2015, at this rate, 75% will be overweight, 41% obese. Lifestyle diseases related to obesity, including: heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes are the top killers, and...
This is a Test? Wow! What a week of reversals in medical testing guidelines for mammography screening and Pap smears. Let’s sideline the emotional issues for women, who for decades have been inculcated in the necessity and life-saving benefits of annual Pap smears and mammograms. Some women may now feel betrayed for having been put...
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The Human Brain: Use it or lose it Nicholas Kristof recently wrote a wonderful article: When Our Brains Short-Circuit. The article describes how our brains “systematically misjudge certain kinds of risks.” Above all else, evolution has programmed us for survival. One basic survival mechanism, hardwired into the most primitive part of our brain, is our...
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Health Economics Part 2 YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE $ICK! Medical problems contribute to half of all bankruptcies in the US. “Every 30 seconds in the United States, someone files for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious health problem. Each year, 2 million Americans face the double disaster of illness and bankruptcy”...
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