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US Healthcare: What’s Wrong With It?
Posted by admin in Health Care on February 15, 2011
US Healthcare – What’s wrong with it?
By Phil Bate PhD
We spend 2-3 times as much on our healthcare as most of the countries that now have “socialized medicine”. Yet, every country with socialized medicine has much better overall health statistics. As a matter fact, we are hovering around 32nd in the world. Even some “third world” countries are ahead of us.
How can this be? The richest country in the world, spending more than any other country, yet the health is one of the worst! What’s wrong? How have we come to this state of affairs?
There are a variety of reasons. Let’s look at some of these, and look at the alternate answer:
1. There’s a lot of talk about 40-50 million “uninsured” people in the US. “Uninsured” doesn’t mean that they aren’t taken care of. No Emergency Room can turn down anyone who comes for “treatment”. (Although many hospitals try to shift “poor” people to county or state facilities for profits sake.)
There’s also Medicaid for the very poor. But, that still leaves the great majority of “uninsured” swinging in the wind. They make just a little too much money to qualify for Medicaid, or the state they live in has run out of money and facilities. (Under the Bush Administration, the cuts in Medicaid have limited this coverage in virtually every state.) A severe medical problem bankrupts many of these families every year.
Who pays for Medicare and Emergency visits? The usual – US taxpayers! So, like it or not, we already have a “sort of” socialized medicine. Read the rest of this entry »
Diet A Good Way to Combat Hair Loss
Posted by admin in Fruits, Health Care on February 14, 2011
Aside from all the wonderful tips in hair loss prevention and all the remarkable or unbelievable hair restoration techniques possible today, still the best way to address or combat the problem of hair loss and baldness is probably to start it from even happening. The only way to do so is to maintain a good proper diet.
A good balance of fruits, vegetables and other proteins are all essential for achieving good hair health. These food products will supply the hair with the necessary vitamins and minerals that are also good for your entire body. Specific foods that are recommended for a regular basis are the following.
First, we must start off with the Omega-3 component. As a nutrient that is highly advertised in most tuna and canned fish products, Omega-3 serves an integral function in metabolism. This can be derived from fish products like salmon and it is really having some good impacts towards hair strengthening and scalp integrity. It is relatively advisable to add these types of dishes to your meal regularly in a week. Read the rest of this entry »