Bits of life through these blue eyes . .
Posted in Health and wellness on Nov 30th, 2009
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, and this has substantial public health implications," lead author Dr. Holly Kramer said in a [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Nov 23rd, 2009
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 and hospital bills during the last two months of patients’ lives – that’s more than [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Nov 22nd, 2009
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 26,000 fatal overdoses each year, says Leonard Paulozzi of the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Nov 15th, 2009
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 agency has been scrupulously analyzing data from each individual state. Additionally, they have included deaths [...]
Posted in Health and wellness on Nov 12th, 2009
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 something about it. Nov. 12, 2009 — Baby boomers are entering their 60s just in [...]
Posted in Vacation on Nov 12th, 2009
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.
Posted in Health and wellness on Nov 11th, 2009
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 getting it in time, Drs. Leora I. Horwitz and Elizabeth H. Bradley of Yale University [...]
