7 reasons why obesity is a disease – dismissing the arguments against The American Medical Association (AMA) who have officially recognized obesity as a disease, a move that could encourage physicians to pay more attention to the importance of addressing obesity.
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Two diets: one a smoothie diet, and the other eggs and beer. Who would lose the most weight over a month, and would the cholesterol improve or get worse? Here are the answers.
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Surgeons today are the modern priests of days gone by. We have our own holy garments, we purify our hands, we prepare. We are humbled by the body, because even the best of medicine, the best of preparation, the most careful handling of our patient’s tissues may not be enough.
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When a food blogger protests against Kraft for Mac N Cheese – they are hypocrites. We have something better- its called a kitchen – learn how to make real food, teach your kids to make real food- and that is far better than getting 200,000 petitions.
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A hospital cafeteria should not peddle junk food. A hospital cafeteria should be a place of healing and rehabilitation. It is time to change how hospitals view their cafeteria – it should be viewed as a place to teach patients to be healthy by teaching them how t and what to cook.
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The headlines: pigs that ate genetically modified foods had more stomach issues that those pigs who were fed non genetically modified foods. Sadly, the headlines were incorrect
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A lady who had too many medicines prescribed, and not enough time given by her physician. Taking time with patients is that – it takes time. In this case, the intervention saved this patient and the health care system dollars.
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The United States produces more GM crops than any other country and account for about 90% of the cotton, corn, and soy beans planted in the US. Are we growing Frankenfoods – an evil chimera grown from laboratory manipulation of the DNA that can spread, or are these foods the savior of the planet. The answer is neither – and the debate is between two groups who cannot speak the same language or to each other
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The governor of New Jersey had a Lap-Band installed in February and has already lost 40 pounds- which is a little over 10 pounds a month. He had the band installed by a great surgeon, Dr. George Fielding, who himself has a Lap-Band Of all the weight loss operations, the Lap-Band is the least invasive.
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