I Am Music (Or Medicine) I don't mean to be catty, but Barry Manilow has a big nose. It could have happened to you or me, but it happened to him. However, he does sing well and has made a lot of money in the music industry, far more than I have made preaching Preventive Medicine. He wrote a song called "I Am Music" and it is a very pretty and well performed song. While I am … [Read more...]

Peace Or Pieces And Problem Solving A physician is a problem solver. If you wish to be the friend of that physician, that's nice, but the way it works in the United States is physicians are here to reduce your problems. For all the things that are going correct in your life, I congratulate you, but now let's address the problems. That doesn't make me negative, but it does make … [Read more...]

My Strength Is Your Weakness My strength is your weakness. What that means is that I will tell you the truth in what may seem a brutal fashion, but it couldn't be more caring. Perhaps (!*?!) I could use a little charm school for friendliness and support, but the truth I tell you about your biology-health is not subject to charm or manners, it is simply the truth. I am not … [Read more...]

Reforming American Health Care Through Preventive Medicine The central vision of Preventive Medicine must be to keep patients healthy by effectively changing unhealthy lifestyles to avoid treatment requiring ailments. As a consequence, many fewer patients become sick or admitted into the hospital with expensive illnesses. This emphasis on prevention in public health care … [Read more...]