Comments for Kare about Health http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare Exercise physiologist Karen Nelson helps keep Tucson healthy with fitness news, tips and revelations Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Great American Smokeout! by radmax http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/18/great-american-smokeout/comment-page-1/#comment-728 radmax Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:29 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=192#comment-728 Great! Now where can I get some electronic lungs? Great! Now where can I get some electronic lungs?

]]> Comment on A call to arms for health care by Sherry http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/17/a-call-to-arms-for-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Sherry Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:23:06 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=191#comment-723 Thank you Karen for your articles relating to the Editor's note. I can't tell you how infuriating this makes me. I am a marketing and office manager and partner in a local Oriental Medicine office here in Tucson. This wonderful medicine having been used by billions of people for over 5,000 years hasn't been discredited in it's countries of Origin. So you would think if it's not viable or credable it would weed itself out. Having first hand experience with numerous ailments cured by this medicine....I want everyone to know it's the best alternative to staying healthy and their best option to treat many many conditions. Western Medicine is great for an emergency, but for wellness and as a mainstream health care it just doesn't work. I like to refer to it as sickcare...because it doesn't do anything to prevent  an ailment...just cover it with drugs and their side effects. Thanks for listening. We in this end of medicine do not have big pharma to pay for educating or advertising the masses. So I for one...appreciate your efforts to set the record straight. I spend my day getting the word out here locally and that's a big enough group to master without having to get into AP's vast population of readers. Feel free to come by for a visit and a tour.   Thank you Karen for your articles relating to the Editor’s note. I can’t tell you how infuriating this makes me. I am a marketing and office manager and partner in a local Oriental Medicine office here in Tucson. This wonderful medicine having been used by billions of people for over 5,000 years hasn’t been discredited in it’s countries of Origin. So you would think if it’s not viable or credable it would weed itself out. Having first hand experience with numerous ailments cured by this medicine….I want everyone to know it’s the best alternative to staying healthy and their best option to treat many many conditions. Western Medicine is great for an emergency, but for wellness and as a mainstream health care it just doesn’t work. I like to refer to it as sickcare…because it doesn’t do anything to prevent  an ailment…just cover it with drugs and their side effects. Thanks for listening. We in this end of medicine do not have big pharma to pay for educating or advertising the masses. So I for one…appreciate your efforts to set the record straight. I spend my day getting the word out here locally and that’s a big enough group to master without having to get into AP’s vast population of readers. Feel free to come by for a visit and a tour.  

]]> Comment on Great American Smokeout! by mорское http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/18/great-american-smokeout/comment-page-1/#comment-722 mорское Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:08 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=192#comment-722 keep on smoking tippy. i am all for ya there. keep on smoking tippy. i am all for ya there.

]]> Comment on Great American Smokeout! by Karen Nelson http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/18/great-american-smokeout/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Karen Nelson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:54:10 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=192#comment-720 Awww... Tip... Hmmm... what a generous soul to sacrifice yourself for us that way! Awww… Tip… Hmmm… what a generous soul to sacrifice yourself for us that way!

]]> Comment on Great American Smokeout! by Danz http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/18/great-american-smokeout/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Danz Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:57:36 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=192#comment-718 Yes, I''ve tried this new electronic cigarette online, which is more user-friendly, that is electronic cigarettesmokeless.com, and also called this toll free hotline 1604-272-8858. Whew! The best electronic cigarette online! Perfect! Yes, I”ve tried this new electronic cigarette online, which is more user-friendly, that is electronic cigarettesmokeless.com, and also called this toll free hotline 1604-272-8858. Whew! The best electronic cigarette online! Perfect!

]]> Comment on Great American Smokeout! by tiponeill http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/18/great-american-smokeout/comment-page-1/#comment-717 tiponeill Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:35 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=192#comment-717 <em>all the money that will saved in healthcare…</em> Nope - despite claims by the anti-smoking industry, studies have shown that smokers save healthcare dollars and people who don't smoke wind up costing more. Non smokers live longer (costing more) and then eventually die of something else - often something more expensive.     all the money that will saved in healthcare…
Nope – despite claims by the anti-smoking industry, studies have shown that smokers save healthcare dollars and people who don’t smoke wind up costing more. Non smokers live longer (costing more) and then eventually die of something else – often something more expensive.
 
 

]]> Comment on A call to arms for health care by John http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/17/a-call-to-arms-for-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-712 John Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:27:53 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=191#comment-712 By the way check this out about H1N1 vaccine and miscarriage : <strong>http://tinyurl.com/yeahfa9</strong> <strong> </strong> By the way check this out about H1N1 vaccine and miscarriage :
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]]> Comment on A call to arms for health care by John http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/17/a-call-to-arms-for-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-711 John Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:33 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=191#comment-711 The AP every single week is publishing something against Alternative Medicine . This is a campaign and the lead writer his : Marchione. Just Google her name and you will see that she have a personal agenda. We have to stop this !! The AP every single week is publishing something against Alternative Medicine . This is a campaign and the lead writer his : Marchione.
Just Google her name and you will see that she have a personal agenda.
We have to stop this !!

]]> Comment on A call to arms for health care by leftfield http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/17/a-call-to-arms-for-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-710 leftfield Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:23:41 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=191#comment-710 As to the breast cancer screening issue - no one would want to be the one person who wasn't screened at age forty and then went on to develop a malignancy.  The panel recommended that women under fifty decide, along with their doctor and based on their individual risk, when to begin screening.  Nothing happens in a vacuum.  Resources used in one area are resources not available in another.  Even routine screening for every woman beginning at forty would not catch every case, while at the same time it would result in a larger number of false positives requiring biopsy and using more resources unproductively.   The biggest danger I can see is that of the insurance companies using the panel's recommendations to deny coverage for mammograms to anyone under fifty.  This is what would result in many more unnecessary deaths.    As to the breast cancer screening issue – no one would want to be the one person who wasn’t screened at age forty and then went on to develop a malignancy.  The panel recommended that women under fifty decide, along with their doctor and based on their individual risk, when to begin screening.  Nothing happens in a vacuum.  Resources used in one area are resources not available in another.  Even routine screening for every woman beginning at forty would not catch every case, while at the same time it would result in a larger number of false positives requiring biopsy and using more resources unproductively.  

The biggest danger I can see is that of the insurance companies using the panel’s recommendations to deny coverage for mammograms to anyone under fifty.  This is what would result in many more unnecessary deaths.   

]]> Comment on A call to arms for health care by leftfield http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/2009/11/17/a-call-to-arms-for-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-709 leftfield Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:11:05 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/kare/?p=191#comment-709 One big problem with determining the effectiveness of some alternative medicines is that they are substances that cannot be patented.  If a pharmaceutical company cannot be awarded a patent, they are unlikely to spend the money to do the research to prove the effectiveness of a medication.  On top of this, now that alternative medications can be sold OTC without FDA approval, i.e., proof that they are "safe and effective", another incentive for investigation is gone.  One big problem with determining the effectiveness of some alternative medicines is that they are substances that cannot be patented.  If a pharmaceutical company cannot be awarded a patent, they are unlikely to spend the money to do the research to prove the effectiveness of a medication.  On top of this, now that alternative medications can be sold OTC without FDA approval, i.e., proof that they are “safe and effective”, another incentive for investigation is gone. 

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