The Hot Spotters Lower Medical Costs

Author physician, Atul Gawande has done it again with his well written article in The New Yorker magazine called, The Hot Spotters.  It deals with the fact that 5% of people with chronic illness make up over 50% of all health costs.  If we can zero in on providing better preventive care for those people, we can finally get our arms around runaway health costs.   How great that you don't even have

First Trimester Abortions Don't Cause Psychologic Problems

The New England Journal of Medicine published a new study that shows there is no increased psychologic impact for women who have early abortions.  The researchers from Denmark looked at almost 85,000 women who had first trimester abortions over a 13 year period and compared them with women who gave birth to live babies.  They found that there was no increase in women who sought psychiatric

EverythingHealth Anniversary

Thanks to faithful reader, KM for this graphic and reminding me that I've been a blogger for 4 years!  Almost 1,000,000 visitors have been to EverythingHealth from every part of the world.  I have met other wonderful and creative health bloggers and developed cyber-friendships and learned so much from other health bloggers. I never run out of material or ideas because life and science and

Older Physicians and Safety

One third of all physicians in the United States are older than 65.  A 2006 study found that mortality rates among patients in complicated operations were higher when the physician was 60 or older.  The New York Times  recently ran an article  about the need for safeguards to protect patients from physicians who suffer from cognitive decline as they age and it is sparking debate about older

Rest In Peace Jack Lalanne

 “Exercise is King, nutrition is Queen, put them together and you’ve got a kingdom”

"The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more."

"That is the beautiful part about weights: even if you are 100 years old, you can lift something.  Maybe it's only a half a pound or a pound or two pounds.  It will still do something"

                                Jack Lalanne (1915-2011)

Wall-Mart Pushes Healthy Food

The retail giant Wal-Mart has announced it will start selling healthier food by reducing salt and sugar and eliminate trans fats in packaged foods.  They also promised to drop prices on fresh fruits and vegetables and to build Wal-Mart stores in low-income neighborhoods.  Wal-Mart plans to design a special logo to help its consumers identify healthier food options.  Siding with First lady

Health Insurers Continue to Gouge Americans

 This Video is from congressional hearings in 2010 after Anthem Blue Cross announced its 39% rate increase in California.

 In California, Blue Shield has just announced to its customers that it is raising insurance rates as much as 59% because of its own rising costs. The State Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones asked them to delay the planned hike for 60 days. The reply was equivalent to