Jan 4, 2010

A friend forwarded me an interesting graphic recently that correlates annual health care spending per person with life expectancy in several countries http://bit.ly/7n0ukr. The standout, of course, is the USA, which according to the graphic has the highest expenditures per person and below average life expectancy. The debate about why this is so could go on...

Jun 25, 2009

A gluten-free diet is a way of life for the person with celiac disease, a digestive disorder due to severe gluten sensitivity or dermatitis herpetiformis, a skin condition directly linked with gluten sensitivity. No one needs to tell them to stay completely off of gluten, the protein component in many grains. But what about people with joint pain, brain fog,...

Jun 22, 2009

As an advocate of a greater focus on prevention in healthcare, the recent Wall Street Journal article entitled “The Myth of Prevention” http://tinyurl.com/lp9w2y caught my eye and interest.  If we are to be successful in creating savings from a new model for healthcare, one that places greater emphasis on preventation, we must first define what we...

Jun 16, 2009

One of the great keys to mastery in living is found in the ability to reveal what is called grace under pressure. No doubt you have seen someone who inspired you by their ease while performing effortlessly something that you know the be quite challenging. An advanced dressage rider, an accomplished pianist, a polished public speaker, for instance, all share this...

Jun 15, 2009

What would happen if we were able to stop or at least slow down the aging process? I recently heard Patrick Dixon, Futurist, speaking on the matter of longevity and its impact on society http://tinyurl.com/msyl82.  He mentioned a human aspiration that caught my ear and interest: the “Duracell Effect.”  Mr. Dixon states that people universally want...

Jun 10, 2009

According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, “Celiac Disease (CD) is a lifelong, digestive disorder affecting children and adults.  When people with CD eat foods that contain gluten, it creates an immune-mediated toxic reaction that causes damage to the small intestine and does not allow food to be properly absorbed.  Even small amounts of gluten in foods...