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 2009
Why the Current Bills Don’t Solve Our Health Care Crisis
by Rose Ann DeMoro & Michael Moore Rose Ann DeMoro is executive director of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. Michael Moore is an activist, author, and filmmaker. September 29, 2009 Now we know why they’ve stopped calling … Continue reading
Dave Letterman Top 10 List
A little Sunday humor in case you missed Dave Letterman on Friday night when he took on Cathy Maples, a fan of Sarah Palin’s who recently paid $63,500 to dine with the ex-governor.
Bill Maher New Rule Sept 25 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009 New Rule: If America Can’t Get it Together, We Lose the Bald Eagle New Rule: If America can’t get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, Politics, Rants and Rages
Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Health Care Reform, New Rule
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Children’s Tylenol Recall
Johnson & Johnson recalls 21 types of infants’, children’s liquid Tylenol because of potential bacteria. NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil unit said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling 57 lots of infants’ and children’s liquid Tylenol products because … Continue reading
Map of the Day
This beautiful map comes from Stephen Von Worley, who has mapped the contiguous USA by how far any given point is from the nearest McDonald’s. Turns out the McFarthest Spot, somewhere in South Dakota, is 107 miles, as the … Continue reading
Bill Maher New Rule Sept 18 2009
New Rule: You can’t complain about health care reform if you’re not willing to reform your own health. Unlike most liberals, I’m glad all those teabaggers marched on Washington last week. Because judging from the photos, it’s the first exercise … Continue reading
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Health Care Reform, New Rule, Obesity, physicial fitness
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First U.S. H1N1 vaccines will be nasal spray
This is good news for everyone who hates shots! WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first roll-out of vaccines against the new swine flu virus will be 3.4 million doses of MedImmune’s needle-free nose spray, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and … Continue reading
R.I.P. Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze, who soared to stardom as a heartthrob dancer in "Dirty Dancing" and ascended to romantic icon status as a deceased lover in "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
New weight loss drug sounds promising
Shares of Vivus soared more than 70 percent Wednesday after the Mountain View company announced test data showing that obese patients who took its experimental drug Qnexa lost up to nearly 15 percent of their weight without the severe … Continue reading
