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My beef with infomercials

Over the holidays I watched television or listened to the radio at odd times. And lately I’ve run into a run of infomercials. I’ve tried to watch with a critical eye. I’ve given up on the ones with the rows of smiling, buff, dancing exercise enthusiasts. I know our increasingly obese American population likes watching [...]

Have you heard that Carrie Underwood song?

My kids loaded new songs on my iPod. One of them is sung by Carrie Underwood, a winner on the American Idol television show that our family watches with enthusiasm. The song is called “Jesus Take the Wheel” and tells the story of a young mother driving home on an icy highway, her sleeping baby [...]

When a health crisis strikes - will your family be prepared?

As many as 20 million Americans – mostly women in their 40s and 50s – have a lot on their mind as they find themselves responsible caring for an aging parent or in-law. It can be a highly emotional time as loved ones grapple with recovery from surgery, a serious chronic condition or a diagnosis [...]

Childhood obesity - is it a healthcare crisis?

Someday, we will cure cancer. Someday, we will turn off autoimmune diseases. Someday, we will have joint replacements that don’t wear out. But will we be able to reverse the terrible increase in childhood obesity? The fact is a scary number of our children will predecease us because they are overweight, have high blood pressure, diabetes [...]

The inspirational young with cancer

David Broder, the noted Washington Post columnist, wrote in the paper today about the need for healthcare reform which is at the forefront of people’s minds as the upcoming Presidential election draws near. But I am choosing to write about something much more grassroots, the story of 16-year-old Katie Hunter, who lives in Duvall, Washington. Katie [...]

A chronic health condition in an instant

Many of our discussions focus on living with a chronic health concern and fighting cancer. I know many of you are dealing with those illnesses; you seek out information on your disease and carry on quite courageously. But there are other people who are not diagnosed with a disease. To the contrary, they might be [...]

Blame the media for resistance to clinical trials

I have a big pet peeve with the media. It’s tough sounding off on this because for me it’s like yelling at your own family in public. Let me explain further. I have two journalism degrees and years of experience in the media. I am loathe to call others on the carpet. However, I am also [...]

Are some patient advocacy groups going “corporate?”

Okay, I am sounding off again on this subject. I am an entrepreneurial kind of guy. I spent some time in “Hollywood” and thought it was cool that some big movie deals were actually worked out by producers and studios over lunch at a deli and with the terms scratched out on a napkin. It really [...]

Surrogates for cancer survivors

It’s not yet Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but I am not one to believe we need to wait for a given “month” to put emphasis on a health concern and write about it. So here’s an unusual breast cancer story that’s also a story of family love and sacrifice. It started with me doing what you [...]

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