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: July 2009
Senate Introduces Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
This has to be one of my pet peeves about driving and cell phone usage. It’s bad enough that some people are on their phone constantly while driving but throw in texting and it’s just an accident waiting to happen … Continue reading
Tanning Beds Deadly as Arsenic
LONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation … Continue reading
Pregnant Women First Priority
Pregnant women may be among the first to receive new swine flu vaccines due to data showing that they are among the most likely to be hit by the illness. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Continue reading
Healthy Snack Ideas
Fitness magazine got together their nutrition experts to compile a list of the Best Snacks. After going through thousands of different foods they came up with a list of items that you can add to your grocery list to make … Continue reading
Obesity costs US health system $147 billion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the United States or an estimated $147 billion a year, U.S. researchers said Monday. They said obese people spend 40 percent more — or … Continue reading
Is the American Vacation a thing of the past?
I read this at THE WEEK and thought I’d pass it on. When was the last time you took a full weeks vacation (and went somewhere) let alone 2 weeks. The great American vacation is slipping away. The number of … Continue reading
U.S. Adults Dying of Preventable Diseases
Did you know …Diseases easily preventable by adult vaccines kill more Americans each year than car wrecks, breast cancer, or AIDS. What are these diseases? Don’t be surprised if you don’t know. The surveys show that fewer than half of … Continue reading
Postman for iPhone and iPod touch
I love this new app that I found last night (thanks Ferd). For those of you that love to take and send pictures with your iPhone you’ll love this one, at least I do. Example below of postcard I made … Continue reading
Homeland Security advises turn off flash pending Adobe fix
In the wake of reports that malicious users have found a way to trick Adobe Reader 9 into triggering an exploitable crash in Adobe Flash 9 and 10, the US Dept. of Homeland Security’s CERT cybersecurity team is asking … Continue reading
Govt calls for volunteers to test swine flu shots
WASHINGTON — The government called Wednesday for several thousand volunteers to start rolling up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots, in a race to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against this novel virus before its … Continue reading
