1. The number one topic by far is whether or not the patient should get the swine flu vaccination. I recommend the injection for everyone. If you have asthma, make sure it is well controlled. Use your controller medications as prescribed, that is, routinely!
2. There really wasn't a second hot topic last week.
3. The Great American Smokeout is 11/19/09 this year. As my faithful readers know, I rarely miss a chance to take a swing at smoking. Factoid: about 5% of people can quit cold turkey. About 25% need some sort of aid. The goal is more important than whether or not you needed a temporary aid. The national smoking rate rose slightly to 20.8% in 2008 from 19.8% in 2007. This is one in five people. Still too high. Adult smoking rates are highest in the least well-educated. Write your goal out, tell your family and friends to support you, remove all reminders of smoking to make it hard to restart, then start living a better life.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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