Category Archives: ACMS Wellness

The Best We Can Be

The abundance found in our culture presents an unusual challenge. People are not, in general, starving because of lack of food. Most of us can easily access a limitless supply of food, alcohol and tobacco. This has led to overuse … Continue reading

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Making Stairs a Lure for Exercise

It is an accepted fact that people who integrate more exercise into their daily routine as opposed to using a gym usually continue to get more exercise.  Dr. Ishak A. Mansi of Louisiana State University says that even a modest … Continue reading

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Study Says Bad Habits Increasing

Wonder if there is any correlation between the state of our nation’s health, health care funding, and the lack of attention to modifiable behaviors? Dr. Dana E King, a professor of Family medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, … Continue reading

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Industry Pledges to Control Health Care Costs

Wow,  what a concept.  This is fabulous and wise.  Perhaps the powers that be are concerned about the prospect of a one payer system or “socialized” medicine as well they should be.  For whatever reason,  it is wonderful to get … Continue reading

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Studying What Works in Medicine

When I heard that President Obama’s plan to reduce health care costs included a provision to determine what health care interventions work, I was ecstatic.  Much of what is done in health care does not work and conversely a lot … Continue reading

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Dr. Skirts Rule to Sway Tobacco Bill

There is an important bill that has already been passed by the House and the Senate will vote on it in just a couple of weeks.   The bill places tobacco regulation under the auspices of the FDA.  This is probably … Continue reading

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Changing Habits and Behaviors

An article in the NY Times got me thinking again today about what the impact on our health and health care funding would be if we just changed our habits and behaviors.  Sure, I could quote many studies but   for … Continue reading

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Merck Creates Phony Peer Review Journal

Can this possibly be true?  Merck Creates Phony Peer Review Journal? It seems that Merck wanted some positive press for the Osteoporosis drug Fosamax, which has a chilling side effect called osteonecrosis of the jaw.  In lay terms, it means … Continue reading

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Gems in Harvard Women’s Health

The May issue just arrived with a few wonderful articles.  The first is “Experts recommend low-dose aspirin to prevent stroke in women”.  It is important to know that there are gender differences in aspirin use.  The Women’s Health Study which … Continue reading

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Larger Waistline=Higher Cardiac Risk

It is no surprise to hear that a large study reported online April 7 in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure found that an increase in waist circumference  alone was a significant predictor of heart disease, regardless of other measures.  In women, … Continue reading

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