I have been blogging about obesity and its effects on the population as a whole. For all the discussion about what being obese does, no one has ever figured out the answer to the main question which is, and always will be, “Does It Kill You?” We know that obesity seems to increase the risk [...]
Three papers published in The Lancet (Lancet 2011; DOI: 10.1016) highlight the fact that we in the United States know all to well. It turns out that the whole world is getting fatter except for one very surprising group.
Table 1: The International Classification of adult underweight, overweight and obesity according to BMI
A graph of [...]
The keeper of much of the information regarding the health, or the lack of it, in the United States is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). Using the NHANES or the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey an attempt is made to obtain a “snapshot” of how we, as a people, are doing health-wise and [...]
In the age of increasing complexity in medical care, it is in a patient’s best interest to take a more active role in health maintenance. It is an irony that many patients have a better handle upon their finances than their own health status. Technological advances allow people to track their financial data, anticipate and [...]
A small piece of vital information has turned up. Although this is supposed to be “widely” reported, I found out by accident, and I wish to share it with my readers.
It seems that Pradaxa that is given to a patient as a 30 day supply comes in a bottle, and the pills are only stable [...]
I hope I caught your attention with this title; if I did, good, read on. I want you to take just a minute to think about your friends and family and the people you care for. I bet a lot of them are women, right? I can honestly say that most of us think that [...]