Archives: March 2008
Wed Mar 26, 2008
Cracking Through Denial
I'm going to get off the soapboax for now and give useful tips to doctors on talking to bariatric patients. I spend 30 minutes with each patient; you spend 10-15 (you also make more money than I do) (Don't tell my wife) You don't have as much time to be creative and experimental. So I offer some, short techniques that have often worked well in my patients.
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Thu Mar 13, 2008
Americans Hope Not To Make Choices
Let me connect some dots for you. Dot #1. Hillary Clinton mooted that if people voted for her, she might get Barack Obama as a running mate, i.e. voters would not have to choose between Barack and Hillary--they could get both. Dot #2. New York's governor & former prosecutor Elliot Spitzer was caught spending $$$ repeatedly for a high-class prostitute. Dot #3. Diet foods, diets, pills and programs promising you can eat a lot and still lose weight.
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Tue Mar 04, 2008
Morris Says
Sociologist Morris Berman says the moron index in the U.S. has passed 43%. A society becomes unstable, he says, when the moron index exceeds 33%.
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Sun Mar 02, 2008
Patients Always Know What They Do Wrong
The great majority of my patients lose weight from visit to visit, but for those who don't...
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