4 archives found for "lifestyle change"

I am lucky: I was able to change my general internal medicine practice from near its very beginning, when I realized that I was not cut out to see 20 patients per day and keep up with documentation, on-call schedules and quota demands from payers and administration all at [...]

Two views of why heart disease prevention does not work well: one, personal responsibility is not given the attention it deserves.   And two, physicians are not trained or incentivized to advise patients to stop smoking, improve their diet and become fit…maybe because people don’t [...]

Although this surgeon in Belleville, Illinois is a little hard to understand, she understands the principles well. Bariatric surgery can be lifesaving for those who need it, but it is not a cosmetic procedure. I like that she sees the beauty in her patients, though I’m a little concerned [...]

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