An Already Sick Nation Crushed By Coronavirus
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – We now know that most of the Americans who need to be...
Tag: Wellness Education
Bad Human Behavior Is The New Killer Disease
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – When it comes to taking care of our health, we Americans are...
Type Two Diabetes Is Preventable, But Nobody Says It
by Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – I recently read a very well researched article on the growing cost...
Wellness Programs Will Transform US Health care Doctors should be rewarded for teaching people how to stay healthy
WASHINGTON – Undoing Obamacare is proving to be a lot more complicated than what confident President Trump (and the...
80% Of All US Children Follow A Bad Diet Because of junk food, millions of American kids are developing heart disease
WASHINGTON – The alarming news is that millions of American children now exhibit signs of heart disease normally found...
The Cure For Many Chronic Diseases Is In Life Style Changes Sophisticated "precision medicine" will help a lot less than adopting good habits: healthy food and regular exercise
WASHINGTON – President Obama wants to support pioneering medical research. Hence his proposal to invest hundreds of millions of...
Americans Waste One-Third Of All The Money Spent On Health Care Incredible but true. Fixing Obamacare will not solve any of the problems due to over spending
By Paolo von Schirach March 2, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Obamacare fiasco, or at least semi-fiasco, continues to generate...
Bernard Tyson, Kaiser Permamente CEO, Argues That The US Health Care Industry Should Re-Focus On Prevention We spend immense resources treating diseases that could be prevented. The "fee for service" model does not help save any money
By Paolo von Schirach October 16, 2013 WASHINGTON – Whatever the eventual fate of Obamacare, let’s be clear that this law is...
Obamacare Will Not Improve America’s Deeply Flawed Health Care System The new law is mostly about extending health insurance. It does not address the built-in incentives to over prescribe, nor does it create credible "wellness education" programs
By Paolo von Schirach August 25, 2013 WASHINGTON – The real problem with soon to be implemented Obamacare is that, contrary to...
AARP Magazine Placed A Good Article On Bill Clinton’s Healthy Diet On Page 38 – Why Not The Cover Story? AARP does little to promote healthy habits among its members who are the largest consumers of medical services. Why is that?
By Paolo von Schirach August 8, 2013 WASHINGTON – The 38 million strong AARP (formerly the American Association of...