I have been mulling over this thought for some time. For the longest time I have operated under the dictum that healthcare is similar to any other customer service industry. However I think that the pendulum has swung too far where customer service is eclipsing outcomes in the healthcare sector. One could argue that the…
not a good week for alcohol enthusiasts!!
This has not been a good week for “moderate” alcohol drinkers. There has been a barrage of articles which make me re-think what “moderate” alcohol intake is. Just 2 days ago I wrote this blog. Look at this BBC article. This was a half a million patient prospective Chinese study that indicated that if a…
alcohol = cigarettes??
How many cigarettes are there in a bottle of alcohol? A recent study showed that drinking equivalent of 1 bottle of wine per week (4 drinks) increased risk of cancer in women and in men. The overall absolute increase in cancer risk for one bottle of wine per week equals that of five (men) or…
walking by the minutes
I am passionate about walking. If walking can help gain India’s independence, it surely can help you achieve freedom from a lot of diseases Walking might be the best exercise there is – low to no risk of injury (unless you are walking on the Boulder Creek Path 🙂 ), can be done with any…
spring break books
Read some thought provoking books this weekend. In these five breaths – Paul R Lipton This is a semi autobiographical piece from Paul Lipton, a retired attorney from Boulder. The protagonist ends up in a hospital, dying, with 5 breaths remaining. During each breath he relives periods of his life. As Soren Kierkegarrd says “Life…
photography books
Looked through some interesting photo books this weekend. 3 of my favorites are: Koudelka Koudelka – Gypsies Looking In – Robert Frank’s The Americans Some quotes from Robert Frank: What you reject ….. is just as important. When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want…
media coverage
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_32289898/cu-boulder-golfer-grateful-routine-physical-revealed-heart http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_32101145/boulder-community-hospital-first-county-implant-worlds-smallest https://cyclingtips.com/2018/11/219-beats-per-minute-the-day-my-heart-short-circuited https://www.9news.com/amp/article?section=news&subsection=health&headline=heart-electricians-have-new-3-d-heart-map&contentId=73-344566583 Mike Lenick https://www.bch.org/Latest-News/2019/April/Lecture-Audience-Sees-Life-Saving-Skills-in-Acti.aspx https://www.bch.org/Find-a-Physician/O/Sameer-A-Oza-M-D-.aspx https://www.plantbaseddoctors.org/sameer-oza
walk in marble
Marble, Colorado is one of my favorite places to walk. We have a cabin there, in the shadow of Mt. Whitehouse. Part of this mountain is an old marble mine – the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC was carved from marble mined here. Marble is down the road from Carbondale – Mt. Sopris looms over…
run for your life – overexercisers beware
An excellent TED Talk by cardiologist Dr. James O’Keefe regarding the dangers of too much exercise.
sugar, the bitter truth
This is an interesting talk by Dr. Robert Lustig, endocrinologist at UCSF If you don’t want to sit through a 90 minute video, here is a condensed 30 minute version: