Archives: April 2008
Wed Apr 30, 2008
A Balanced Life
Aristotle, the great ancient Greek philosopher, wrote that the "good life" results from balancing five activities: 1. sleep, 2. eating (meals with friends!), 3. working for money, 4. physical exercise, 5. leisure, by which Ari meant reading, contemplation, doing puzzles, etc. Active use of the brain, to improve and sustain the organ, just as physical exercise sustains muscles. The five point program is a very healthy prescription for life.
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Wed Apr 16, 2008
High Blood Pressure In Obese People
It is difficult to measure blood pressure in obese people. Hence a lot of fat people are prescribed BP medicine they don't need. Blood pressure is usually measured by compressing the upper arm with a cuff. As the pressure in the cuff is slowly released, the sound of the heartbeat returns and the doctor marks the systolic BP. With further release the sound goes away again and the doctor marks the systolic BP. Simply put.
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Tue Apr 08, 2008
Obesity & The Collapse Of Empires
There are many parallels between the final years of the Roman Empire and these final years of the American Empire.
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Fri Apr 04, 2008
More Techniques For Talking To Patients
I continue to be amazed by the eagerness with which Americans believe transparent garbage. Patients paying for my advice often object to Lesson #1 because "they heard" the MORE you eat the more you lose (!) or to Lesson #5 because "they heard" you shouldn't weigh yourself every day. Imagine the dim state of mind, the nerve of arguing with me, a fifteen-year veteran author/expert... arguing is okay... but on the basis of a mere rumor contradicting common sense? The people who say such things usually don't do well, but I still have to do my best. For those minutes they are paying me--I work for them.
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