Words to Ponder
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.
-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. -Eric Hoffer
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. -Anaïs Nin
Obesity Tsunami
More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980. Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of U.S. medical spending or an estimated $147 billion a year.
Except for smoking, obesity is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country. Three hundred thousand people die of obesity every year.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Poco Update
First of all thank you all for your well wishes and good thoughts! It’s greatly appreciated. Whew ~~ the last 4 days have been rough (for both of us). Sunday was especially bleak and I honestly had doubts if he … Continue reading
Dogs/Vaccinations/Advantix
Some of my regular readers may remember last summer when Poco our new Chihuahua puppy had a severe reaction to his Distemper shot. After being home for a few hours he was rushed back to the animal hospital, limp and … Continue reading
McCain on Health Care
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation. -John McCain Source: … Continue reading
2 minute laugh
After the last 3 days on Wall Street, and we still have 2 MORE DAYS, sometimes you just have to laugh. So let’s quit pickin’ on Sarah Palin, she may be our next President after all. I sure hope those … Continue reading
Count the lies launched
The Democratic National Committee has launched a new website, McCainPedia’s “Count the Lies.” To date, independent, nonpartisan fact checkers have published more than 50 fact checks debunking John McCain’s lies and distortions. So much for the maverick and straight talk … Continue reading
How do You pump gas?
Most of my readers know I do a lot of driving, in town and long road trips to DC and North Carolina. Driving alone doesn’t bother me but I am very aware of my surroundings when I stop to fill … Continue reading
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Fewer Medical Students choosing primary care
From the AP today, this disturbing news which is especially pertinent to the baby boomers. Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, News
Tagged medical students, primary care internal medicine
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Dismal Friday Numbers
The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in more than 4-1/2 years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets showed signs of accelerating decline. The Labor Department said … Continue reading
John McCain fails first test
I’ve kept quiet about John McCain’s VP nomination that sent shockwave’s into the GOP party (of which I am a former member) but that has no bearing here. I’ve watched the news and followed the political blogs all weekend. I’ve … Continue reading
