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This is one of the most startling realities of our healthcare systems. It is absolutely unacceptable for death rates for hospital infections to be in the several thousands in a country that supposedly has some of the highest standards of health in the world. What angered me the most in what I heard in this interview was the degree of arrogance some doctors have regarding their subordinates reminding them to follow proper infection preventing protocol. These physicians took an oath to practice medicine in the best interest of the patient, and not following protocol is absolute hypocrisy. For the sake of patients everywhere I hope upper management in our health systems strictly enforce infection prevention policies, stressing accountability for their doctors and nurses.
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What is described in this article is exactly the reason why our president is pushing hard for health care reform. Medicare is being exhausted by the excess of billable tests that doctors order without regard for the necessity of these tests for their patient. Doctors deserve to be paid well for the type of work they do but they shouldn’t be milking a failing system. They should be improving ways to better determine which patients need angiograms. In the long run it will have a positive effect on our health systems.
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I read this article on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s Blog today and it concerned me. I realize that athletics are valued with a high regard by kids, parents and society, but at what cost?
The sad fact is that most of these kids getting injured would not have played at the high college or professional level regardless of how healthy they were. Is all the physical wear and tear on our youth worth that near impossible goal of reaching the big time?
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The other day one of my friends had sarcastically asked me whether I had been working out upon seeing my arms. I’ve always been ok with being skinny but the fact that people are noticing my lack of muscles made me feel much more self-conscious. However, beyond simple appearances I have realized that my skinny state could actually be approaching unhealthy. I check my body mass index (bmi) yesterday and discovered that I am in the normal weight category, however leaning more towards underweight. After seeing this I have decided to start working out. I have done some research and have devised a three day full body routine to build some muscle (see below). In addition I realize that I’ll need to start eating breakfast and and increase my intake of protein.
Full Body Workout M,W,F
Legs:
Leg press 3x12
Leg Curl 3x12
Calf raise 2x15
Chest:
Bench Press 2x10
Military Press 2x10
Shoulders:
Dumbell bench press 2x10
Back:
Front pulldowns 2x12
Arms:
Barbell Curls 2x10
Dumbell curls 2x10
Pushdowns 2x10
barebell wrist curls 2x10
Abs:
crunches 2x20 everyday
I feel that this is a good beginners routine. Will post updates.
