Is Weight-Loss Surgery Better Than Diet and Exercise?
One of the topics in Health Attitude is obesity. This post includes a summary of what I wrote. Obesity is a chronic condition that has become a pandemic. In 2013 at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association, physicians voted overwhelmingly to categorize obesity as “a disease that requires a range of interventions to advance treatment […]
Do People Die Because They Have No Health Insurance?
One of the topics I wrote about in Health Attitude was about access and equity of healthcare in America. The access part is about the fact 30+ million people have no health insurance. The equity part is about the fact millions of people not having health insurance is not fair. In a prior posting I […]
Former Editor-in-Chief of PC Magazine Reviews Health Attitude
I was delighted to see Bill Machrone’s review of Health Attitude on the Amazon site. His review follows below. I have known Bill for more than twenty years, back when I was VP for Marketing in IBM’s Personal Software Products Division and Bill was Editor-inChief at PC Magazine. I started reading PC Magazine in August […]
The Patriot Brass Ensemble
The Patriot Brass Ensemble concert last night was outstanding. Organized by a young man from New Jersey, the Patriot Brass Ensemble’s vision is to enable all Veterans to have access to high quality music. They perform in every long term care facility in America for Veterans once a year. They also perform for community or corporate events. […]
Health Attitude On Display in San Francisco
The American Library Association (ALA) is the voice of America’s libraries. It is the oldest, largest, and most influential library association in the world. Its more than 50,000 members are primarily librarians but also trustees, publishers and other library supporters. The ALA mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and provide public access […]