Archive | June, 2012

Why ObamaCare is Not Enough: It’s the Health Care Costs, Stupid!

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In the run-up to the presidential election, the political debate is heating up around ObamaCare.  This week the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare and the individual mandate, but the single biggest question is hauntingly absent from the campaign discourse. How do we stop and turn back the tsunami of chronic disease, in particular, diabesity – the [...]

Dr Mark Hyman, MD at TEDMED 2012

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Unhealthy lifestyles have brought on a social epidemic of “diabesity,” says author Mark Hyman, and community-driven solutions may be the only way out.

Why Doing Nothing is the Key to Happiness

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Attention and focus are hard to come by.  Starbucks built a $13 billion business because we need help paying attention.  Psychiatrists increasingly diagnose “adult attention deficit disorder” and prescribe Ritalin for grown-ups who can’t focus or pay attention.  But is coffee and prescription “speed” the answer to our modern distraction? Distracted by email, iPhones, the [...]

Ten Reasons to Quit Your Coffee!

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Coffee: is it good or bad for us? You might get media whiplash trying to figure that out.  The truth is, I find this subject to be as confusing as you probably do.  After all, the media certainly doesn’t help clarify whether America’s favorite cup of joe is going to land you in the Doc’s [...]