Last week Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN( a fellow Emory graduate) showcased the expensive cost of a surgery room suite in a typical hospital. Today , chief medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen of CNN discussed several cheap items in hospitals and clinics that are marked up by thousands of times driving the cost to patients, insurance premiums and healthcare costs in general.
Here are some of the items she presented on CNN:
Tooth brushes for $1000
One Tylenol tablet for $140
Disposable latex gloves for $53.00 a pair
One alcohol square swab( 1 x 1 inch) for $23
There has been incidents where a patient had come in ER at one hospital and only utilized one IV bag, but was "co-incidentally" charged for using 41 intravenous bags rounding out at a cost of $4182
We are now seeing this "wasteful" spending becoming commonplace in healthcare environments daily. This is not practicing defensive medicine , but "wasteful" spending adding up to a cost of some $1,000,000,000,000, 000, thats One Trillion Dollars!
While policy makers are still hammering out the cost of the healthcare system , how are health practitioners and more importantly you going to put the "health" back into healthcare?
More and more alternatives that are not only effective , but cost- effective are being sought by both practitioners and patients that are addressing this issue naturally.
Today we are seeing that the majority of our tax dollars are going for treating the biggest diseases that cost the most in healthcare which are all related to obesity and overweight. Enter the "paradigm shift" in delivery of healthcare in the USA.
Because obesity is the cause or co-morbid creator of heart disease(cardivascular disease such as high blood pressure, stroke, angina, heart attack), cancers(breast, prostate, colon),Diabetes, Arthritis, Polycystic ovarian disease, infertility in males and females, immuno-suppression, Pulmonary diseases(asthma, restrictive disease, sleep apnea, pickwickian syndrome), Body dysmorphia, Depression, and eating disorders along with gout, high cholesterol and poorly controlled blood sugar. It is time we use sound logistics and tactics to attack this problem of a poor lifestyle.
A more cost effective type of health can be delivered focusing on prevention , fitness, sound nutritional support, and Nano-Nutrition(supplements, herbs, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and enzymes).
If obesity is "The Mother of All Diseases" a Prevention Program can help eradicate our poor Lifestyle Culture into of Wellness.
Supplements are a fraction of the cost that pharmaceuticals do and in long term regular uses with diet and fitness may help prevent many illnesses we seem to be overpaying for.
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Eating more of a Mediterranean style diet along with garlic, onions, and a a Ayurvedic product called Guggul may help lower cholesterol along with eating more marine sea foods. Utilizing more monosaturated fats like olive oil is healthier as well. Omega 3 and 6 oils which have proven to help lower cholesterol. Alternative oils such as flax, flax seed , and safflower are also benefiting those who are seeking to lower body and blood fats like adipose, triglyceride and cholesterol. Try switching from saturated fats and margarine to Benecol!
Other Super Foods that can become part of your dietary regimen to fight chronic illnesses because of their vitamins and antioxidant power include:
Berries(cherries, strawberries, blue berries) Almond and nuts, avocado, salmon, dark chocolate that have flavonols, oatmeal, oat bran and fiber.
To combat heart disease the uses of more antioxidants in green, red, orange and yellow vegetables and fruit along with nuts such as almonds will help promote a more natural dietary approach . But, for those of us who don't get it all this way there are supplements that have antioxidants that combat or prevent heart diseases.
Avoiding Homocysteine in red meats in particular are important because these have become two of the greatest risk factors along with family history, diabetes, high triglycerides and high cholesterol. One must try to lose weight or maintain a weight control method as well through dietary and exercise modification.
Keeping your platelets less sticky by understanding that that blood Fibrinogen levels which is related to clot formation and another factor called CRP (which measures inflammation a oxidation and immune response to clots and plaque production ) can help you determine risk of having a heart attack.
Improving your cardio-pulmonary reserve is improved with aerobic style exercises such as jogging, swimming, skiing, basketball, tennis, and or Pilates are helpful.
Try adding Super Antioxidants to reduce inflammation and the oxidation process that produce oxygen free radicals in the arteries such as: Selenium, Co-Enzyme Q 10, NADH, NADPH, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Glutathione, Super Oxide, Dismutase, Grape Seed Extract, Resveratrol, Pomengranate extract, Hawthone and Acai.
CANCER REDUCTION
Besides continuing your exercise and nutritional food regimen you might want to consider Fermented soy, temph, casein and whey more often in your diet. Soy has phytoestrogens that help in the fight of preventing breast cancer and may be good for men to prevent prostatic cancer. More fiber to help the transit time of your larger intestines is recommended as well. For men with health concerns about their prostate consider trying more Saw Palmetto which helps enlargement and Lycopene a powerful tomato antioxidant that stops dangerous forms of testosterone in being formed.
HIGH BLOOD SUGAR CONCERNS AND CARB CRAVING
Two major problems in the battle on obesity and type 2 diabetes are the high concentration of sugar particularly by high fructose corn syrup(HFCS) which is seen more in sodas, snacks, cereals and childrens food items. We are seeing a rise in more Type 2 diabetes in kids along with fatty liver(liver dysfunction), obesity, overweight condition, high blood pressure and heart disease. Much of this is due to the higher amounts of sugar by HFCS in the diet along with high amounts of table sugar, snacks, candies and soda kids are eating.
There is hope today for those with blood sugars out of control. The mineral Chromium Picolinate and herbal Gynemma seem to help stabilize blood sugar so the "crash & burn" we get from immediate sugar ingestion isn't as hard hitting. Insulin sensitivity may improve with these two products along with regualar exercise. Body composition as far as the fat to lean muscle mass ratio may also improve as well.
Our society is seeing more food addictions occur to carbohydrates especially and the brain chemistry leads us to a neuochemical call serotonin which may be causing this. Hoodia, the famous South African plant seems to have a natural mechanism that specifically controls these "carb craves" , while HCA(Garcinia Cambogia) is more for generalized appetite control as it builds up more lean muscle mass and improving metabolsim.
The American Dental Association has endorsed Xylitol as a healthy alternative to table and simple sugars. But, another alternative making as much an impact is Stevia, another South American herb that is changing how we eat by being sweeter than sugar and not causing hyperglycemia, tooth decay or diabetes.
Learn more about how you can convert your diet and exercise program into a more natural regimen to combat chronic illness such as heart disease, cancers and diabetes at
Dr. Marcus Wells, MD, MPH is a past Clinical Associate at the National Institutes of Health at the National Heart , Lung & Blood Institutute(NIH/NHLBI) and has a Master's in Public Health from Emory University as well as worked for the HHS(Health and Human Services, Public Health Service and Commissioned Corp)http://www.tgx360.com/
Here are some of the items she presented on CNN:
Tooth brushes for $1000
One Tylenol tablet for $140
Disposable latex gloves for $53.00 a pair
One alcohol square swab( 1 x 1 inch) for $23
There has been incidents where a patient had come in ER at one hospital and only utilized one IV bag, but was "co-incidentally" charged for using 41 intravenous bags rounding out at a cost of $4182
We are now seeing this "wasteful" spending becoming commonplace in healthcare environments daily. This is not practicing defensive medicine , but "wasteful" spending adding up to a cost of some $1,000,000,000,000, 000, thats One Trillion Dollars!
While policy makers are still hammering out the cost of the healthcare system , how are health practitioners and more importantly you going to put the "health" back into healthcare?
More and more alternatives that are not only effective , but cost- effective are being sought by both practitioners and patients that are addressing this issue naturally.
Today we are seeing that the majority of our tax dollars are going for treating the biggest diseases that cost the most in healthcare which are all related to obesity and overweight. Enter the "paradigm shift" in delivery of healthcare in the USA.
Because obesity is the cause or co-morbid creator of heart disease(cardivascular disease such as high blood pressure, stroke, angina, heart attack), cancers(breast, prostate, colon),Diabetes, Arthritis, Polycystic ovarian disease, infertility in males and females, immuno-suppression, Pulmonary diseases(asthma, restrictive disease, sleep apnea, pickwickian syndrome), Body dysmorphia, Depression, and eating disorders along with gout, high cholesterol and poorly controlled blood sugar. It is time we use sound logistics and tactics to attack this problem of a poor lifestyle.
A more cost effective type of health can be delivered focusing on prevention , fitness, sound nutritional support, and Nano-Nutrition(supplements, herbs, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and enzymes).
If obesity is "The Mother of All Diseases" a Prevention Program can help eradicate our poor Lifestyle Culture into of Wellness.
Supplements are a fraction of the cost that pharmaceuticals do and in long term regular uses with diet and fitness may help prevent many illnesses we seem to be overpaying for.
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Eating more of a Mediterranean style diet along with garlic, onions, and a a Ayurvedic product called Guggul may help lower cholesterol along with eating more marine sea foods. Utilizing more monosaturated fats like olive oil is healthier as well. Omega 3 and 6 oils which have proven to help lower cholesterol. Alternative oils such as flax, flax seed , and safflower are also benefiting those who are seeking to lower body and blood fats like adipose, triglyceride and cholesterol. Try switching from saturated fats and margarine to Benecol!
Other Super Foods that can become part of your dietary regimen to fight chronic illnesses because of their vitamins and antioxidant power include:
Berries(cherries, strawberries, blue berries) Almond and nuts, avocado, salmon, dark chocolate that have flavonols, oatmeal, oat bran and fiber.
To combat heart disease the uses of more antioxidants in green, red, orange and yellow vegetables and fruit along with nuts such as almonds will help promote a more natural dietary approach . But, for those of us who don't get it all this way there are supplements that have antioxidants that combat or prevent heart diseases.
Avoiding Homocysteine in red meats in particular are important because these have become two of the greatest risk factors along with family history, diabetes, high triglycerides and high cholesterol. One must try to lose weight or maintain a weight control method as well through dietary and exercise modification.
Keeping your platelets less sticky by understanding that that blood Fibrinogen levels which is related to clot formation and another factor called CRP (which measures inflammation a oxidation and immune response to clots and plaque production ) can help you determine risk of having a heart attack.
Improving your cardio-pulmonary reserve is improved with aerobic style exercises such as jogging, swimming, skiing, basketball, tennis, and or Pilates are helpful.
Try adding Super Antioxidants to reduce inflammation and the oxidation process that produce oxygen free radicals in the arteries such as: Selenium, Co-Enzyme Q 10, NADH, NADPH, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Glutathione, Super Oxide, Dismutase, Grape Seed Extract, Resveratrol, Pomengranate extract, Hawthone and Acai.
CANCER REDUCTION
Besides continuing your exercise and nutritional food regimen you might want to consider Fermented soy, temph, casein and whey more often in your diet. Soy has phytoestrogens that help in the fight of preventing breast cancer and may be good for men to prevent prostatic cancer. More fiber to help the transit time of your larger intestines is recommended as well. For men with health concerns about their prostate consider trying more Saw Palmetto which helps enlargement and Lycopene a powerful tomato antioxidant that stops dangerous forms of testosterone in being formed.
HIGH BLOOD SUGAR CONCERNS AND CARB CRAVING
Two major problems in the battle on obesity and type 2 diabetes are the high concentration of sugar particularly by high fructose corn syrup(HFCS) which is seen more in sodas, snacks, cereals and childrens food items. We are seeing a rise in more Type 2 diabetes in kids along with fatty liver(liver dysfunction), obesity, overweight condition, high blood pressure and heart disease. Much of this is due to the higher amounts of sugar by HFCS in the diet along with high amounts of table sugar, snacks, candies and soda kids are eating.
There is hope today for those with blood sugars out of control. The mineral Chromium Picolinate and herbal Gynemma seem to help stabilize blood sugar so the "crash & burn" we get from immediate sugar ingestion isn't as hard hitting. Insulin sensitivity may improve with these two products along with regualar exercise. Body composition as far as the fat to lean muscle mass ratio may also improve as well.
Our society is seeing more food addictions occur to carbohydrates especially and the brain chemistry leads us to a neuochemical call serotonin which may be causing this. Hoodia, the famous South African plant seems to have a natural mechanism that specifically controls these "carb craves" , while HCA(Garcinia Cambogia) is more for generalized appetite control as it builds up more lean muscle mass and improving metabolsim.
The American Dental Association has endorsed Xylitol as a healthy alternative to table and simple sugars. But, another alternative making as much an impact is Stevia, another South American herb that is changing how we eat by being sweeter than sugar and not causing hyperglycemia, tooth decay or diabetes.
Learn more about how you can convert your diet and exercise program into a more natural regimen to combat chronic illness such as heart disease, cancers and diabetes at
Dr. Marcus Wells, MD, MPH is a past Clinical Associate at the National Institutes of Health at the National Heart , Lung & Blood Institutute(NIH/NHLBI) and has a Master's in Public Health from Emory University as well as worked for the HHS(Health and Human Services, Public Health Service and Commissioned Corp)http://www.tgx360.com/
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