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6

Jul

2018

Enough is enough: the patient population deserves simplicity and clarity

Health literacy, Wound care


Friday 6th July 2018


THE WOUND CARE supply industry is designed to be a simple, efficient and direct way for patients to receive wound care supplies at home. The supplies are ordered by licensed clinicians based on the medical…

20

Apr

2018

Lessons from around the globe in the fight against obesity

Health literacy


Friday 20th April 2018


OBESITY IS NOT a uniquely American problem. Since 1975, obesity worldwide has tripled, and in 2016 more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Of these, 650 million were classified as…

6

Apr

2018

Americans are exercising more, but obesity is still rising

Health literacy


Friday 6th April 2018


IT’S OFTEN SAID that you can’t outrun a bad diet. The American Heart Association even adopted it as a slogan and put it on a poster in 2015. The argument goes that even if you…

23

Mar

2018

Striving for consistency, not perfection

Personal


Friday 23rd March 2018


WE ALL HAVE friends who espouse nuggets of wisdom that impact our views and our actions. Our entire life, in fact, is filled with these nuggets, and the value of them is often defined by…

16

Mar

2018

Our fear of offense is killing people

Health literacy


Friday 16th March 2018


‘BODY POSITIVITY’ IS one of the buzzwords of the day. It encourages people to adopt more forgiving and affirming attitudes towards their bodies and to the bodies of others, with the goal of improving overall…

2

Mar

2018

Our obesity crisis is a threat to national security

Diabetes, Health literacy


Friday 2nd March 2018


DURING A RECENT visit with a cardiologist, I was told something I hadn’t heard before. The majority of people, he said, aren’t afraid to die––they’re afraid of suffering during the process. That’s why, he told…

16

Feb

2018

The forgotten dangers of diabetes

Diabetes


Friday 16th February 2018


IT ISN’T A secret that obesity can lead to a host of life-threatening conditions, including type-2 diabetes. It’s also no secret that diabetes comes with its own serious implications for health. But these facts are…

9

Feb

2018

Eat slowly, enjoy your food, and stay healthy

Health literacy


Friday 9th February 2018


IN OUR OVERSTIMULATED culture, our attention spans have become so short that we’re always in a rush to find the next distraction. This has a detrimental effect on many areas of our lives, from our…

26

Jan

2018

The ‘good genes’ argument is false

Diabetes


Friday 26th January 2018


TEN DAYS AGO, the results of President Trump’s first full physical by White House doctors made for guaranteed headlines. Despite his exercise being restricted to the golf course, and following a diet that reportedly includes…

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