Sometimes things happen that are out of our control, but it’s how we deal with them that can make or break us. As I have written before, I have a history of back issues due to an injury that happened back in 2000. Every once in a while I do something, sometimes it’s extreme...
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Power to the People!
No, not the name calling, spitting on, wrecking offices and death threats – the power that comes from being empowered through health and fitness. We had the power to reform health care by changing our exercise habits and improving our nutrition, but we did nothing about it. Not a good decision because now politicians...
I’m Fat, So What?
I received an email over the weekend with this information, “An alarming new study shows that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half century. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,047 per person — and is now projected to nearly...
Drug Makers Raise Prices In Face of Health Care Reform
Duff Wilson wrote an article for the New York Times today and it is just so troubling that I needed to present at least the first part of it (you need to subscribe to the NY Times to read the rest – they offer a free subscription): “Even as drug makers promise to support...
Step Up and Be Part of the Solution
We live in the unhealthiest society in the world. We rank 26th in longevity, just ahead of Cuba in 27th. According to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “We spend 50 percent more per person on health care than the average developed country, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. We...
How You Can Help Reform Health Care
Yes, how you can help reform health care. If you have ever read my “About” story from my website, you know that after 22 years, I recovered from a chronic illness by “reforming” my health care. Before you have your own health care crisis or your health deteriorates and impacts your quality of life,...
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