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: November 2009
Many Type 2 Diabetes Patients Morbidly Obese
Twenty percent of Americans with type 2 diabetes are more than 100 pounds overweight (morbidly obese), according to a Loyola University Health System study. "The rate of morbid obesity among people with diabetes is increasing at a very alarming rate, … Continue reading
The Cost of Dying
An excellent segment on last night’s 60 Minutes which I believe should be part of the health care debate and is not. It’s a topic no one wants to talk about. Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor … Continue reading
Deadlier than Cocaine, Heroin, and the Swine Flu
Once again the obesity epidemic is the root cause. Addiction to prescription painkillers — which kill thousands of Americans a year — has become a largely unrecognized epidemic, experts say. In fact, prescription drugs cause most of the more than … Continue reading
Nearly 4000 Americans Die from H1N1
Alarming new numbers! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that the death toll from H1N1 may be four times higher than previously estimated. The CDC earlier estimated 1,000 deaths associated with H1N1 flu. However, since then the … Continue reading
Boomers Doomed to Disability?
This is really bad news for our country! Who’s suppose to pay for all these disabled baby boomers? Your insurance? Medicare? Our government? Your kids? It’s time to take this obesity epidemic seriously while you still have time to do … Continue reading
Smokey Mountains
A short video with a few of the pictures from last months trip to The Smokey Mountains. Please note – I am a novice using Windows Movie Maker.
Those in true emergency hardest hit by ER crisis
The state of US emergency departments has been called a "growing national crisis," and a report out shows the situation is only getting worse. "Most distressingly," the people who need emergency care the most are the least likely to be … Continue reading
