Age is just a number We all have a chronological age based on the day we were born. It tells us how long we have been alive, which is essential information. For instance, I was born in January 1945 during WWII. I remember such things as President Eisenhower, the Cold War (duck and cover), the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Health and Fitness
Some more thoughts on the virus and the vaccines.
Deciding to stay in Israel When the virus started to spread, we were on vacation in Bangkok. We came back to our home in Tel Aviv on Feb. 9th. On Feb 12, the flights from Asia were stopped and those returning had to go into 14 days quarantine. While we were not required to do … Continue reading
And even more thoughts about the virus
We don’t know how many people have Covid 19 It appears that many people have Covid 19 but no symptoms but are still capable of transmission. Only testing a sample population will let us know this very important piece of information. We need to test for antibodies and not just the virus Most people who … Continue reading
Some more thoughts about the Coronavirus
The Chinese Century China will be coming out of the problems due to the Covid 19 virus before the USA. Right now the USA looks like it is in real trouble medically and financially. China will fill the vacuum left by the major decline of the USA. The world’s experience with democracy is … Continue reading
The Lucky Years by David Agus
I don’t often write book reviews these days. In fact, I don’t often read books these days. For the last three years, I have been working on a project that I think will have an enormous impact on the quality of health for as much as 50% of adults 30-70 years old. I promise to … Continue reading
Our broken health care system
Our health care system is broken. We pay too much for too little. Obamacare is too compromised to do much about the real cost of health care. It’s primary purpose is to provide care to the uninsured it seems although eliminating preexisting conditions is a good thing. I support that concept and am willing to … Continue reading
Me and my belly: Not exactly a love story
If you have a weight problem and especially if you have belly fat, please read Why we Get Fat. I am tell you this because I wish someone had told me earlier. Continue reading
It is not the PSA test that is a problem but what one does with the results
Please forgive me for writing about this again. There has a been a lot of discussion recently about the effectives and wiseness of giving men PSA tests. I often say that I had PSA disease. From the time I was 50 (15 years ago), I had been getting regular PSA test as was the recommendation … Continue reading
The role of the health insurance industry
We have a misconception of what the insurance companies job is. There are two reasons for insurance companies to exist in the current scheme of things. The first reason is to aggregate risk. That is to share risk amongst a large number of people. This is similar to car insurance or fire insurance. The second … Continue reading
The Insurance Industry Protection Act
The Senate passed the Insurance Industry Protection Act. Glad to know that our insurance industry will be healthy. Now can we start to deal with how to make Americans healthy? And hopefully that can be done without effecting the health of the insurance companies otherwise, it will not happen. After all when the press counts … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 