Our counter-productive disease management system

Did anyone get to see the CNN report last night about the healthcare system in this country? If anyone can find a link to the whole program please share it with us.

Of course it presented many things we already know such as how we spend about twice as much for health care per person in this country with poorer results than many.

There was one segment that dealt with the military. They are now using acupuncture and other Eastern techniques to successfully treat PTSD and physical pain. This reduces dependency on pain meds, has no bad side effects and is cheaper so naturally it will be fought tooth and nail by the pharmaceutical companies.

The whole system is upside down but on the bright side it did have many good useable and proven ways of improving our healthcare outcomes and reducing costs. The obesity epidemic alone is going to sink the system unless we can turn it around. Here's a link to a trailer:
http://escapefiremovie.com

othershoe1030 wrote:Did anyone get to see the CNN report last night about the healthcare system in this country? If anyone can find a link to the whole program please share it with us.

Of course it presented many things we already know such as how we spend about twice as much for health care per person in this country with poorer results than many.

There was one segment that dealt with the military. They are now using acupuncture and other Eastern techniques to successfully treat PTSD and physical pain. This reduces dependency on pain meds, has no bad side effects and is cheaper so naturally it will be fought tooth and nail by the pharmaceutical companies.

The whole system is upside down but on the bright side it did have many good useable and proven ways of improving our healthcare outcomes and reducing costs. The obesity epidemic alone is going to sink the system unless we can turn it around. Here's a link to a trailer:
http://escapefiremovie.com

Aren't we the fattest country in the world?

Dreamsglore wrote:
Aren't we the fattest country in the world?

LOL, for once, a list we are not #1 on (in a good way!)

Fattest Countries in the World

More than 1.6 billion people in the world are either overweight or obese, according to a recent study by the World Health Organization. Here’s a look at the countries with the highest percent of overweight adults (people age 15 and over). People are considered overweight if their body mass index (BMI) is 25 or higher and obese with a BMI or 30 or higher.

Rank Country % Overweight or obese
1. Nauru 94.5
2. Federated States of Micronesia 91.1
3. Cook Islands 90.9
4. Tonga 90.8
5. Niue 81.7
6. Samoa 80.4
7. Palau 78.4
8. Kuwait 74.2
9. United States 74.1
10. Kiribati 73.6
11. Dominica 71.0
12. Barbados 69.7
13. Argentina 69.4
14. Egypt 69.4
15. Malta 68.7
16. Greece 68.5
17. New Zealand 68.4
18. United Arab Emirates 68.3
19. Mexico 68.1
20. Trinidad and Tobago 67.9
Source: World Health Organization.


Read more: Fattest Countries in the World | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/obesity.html#ixzz2NI6ip25b

The U.S. military lost more service members to suicide than combat last year as the number of troops who took their lives rose to a record high.
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In an effort to curb the trend, the military has hired more behavioral health-care providers, embarked on a long-term study of mental health for uniformed personnel and expanded the reach of a crisis line.
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Corps officials say they are partnering with research organizations to understand the root causes behind the trend.

So called non-traditional treatments such as acupuncture are proving to be ver successful in the treatment of pain and mental disorders.

This is a great improvement over excess dependence on prescription drugs.