Beware of Memory Foam Mattresses

They offgas some chemicals, including formaldehyde, which is used as an embalming fluid in funeral homes, that have me seriously concerned.  There is a strong smell that may give you a headache at the least, and possibly much more.  The only safe “foam” mattresses that I recommend are made from natural latex rubber (which comes from trees, by the way).

How healthcare institutions talk to you.

jayparkinsonmd:

I’ve been thinking a ton about the fact that patients aren’t the real customers in healthcare. Very little has been designed for you— the user of healthcare. When you visit a hospital’s website, do you get the same feeling as using Kayak to purchase a plane ticket or tumblr to create your first blog and start publishing within 30 seconds? Do you feel more knowledgeable or more empowered? Nope.

Healthcare talks to you in two ways. They choose from a few different stock photos of smiling old people, male doctors, and photos of their institutions. And then they have two different messages:

“We care about you.”

and/or

“We’re the best.”

Visit Hopkins, Mayo, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Mass General, and the Ohio State University Medical Center.

They’ll also throw in the obligatory syndicated health information in “diseases A to Z” because they think you’ll go to your nearest hospital’s website to search for health information rather than your Google search bar.

And these are the top institutions in the country all saying and doing the same thing. Do a random search for some rural hospital somewhere in America and you’ll find the same messaging. It may be tweaked with something like “We’re the best (for Western Maryland)” but of course don’t forget “We Care about you.”

Do they think that people respond to this messaging and these uber helpful tools providing generic syndicated health information? Or is this just a symptom of ridiculously unimaginative groupthink?

The main problem lies in the fact that all of healthcare tries to do all things for all people…and their messaging reflects that generic nothingness.

Healthcare needs to be made cool, engaging, unique, transparent, and personalized. We need to drag it out of pre-Mad Men era messaging, Marketing 101, and 7th grade health class and make the experience one that’s as awesome as buying a computer from the Apple Store or a hip replacement from Bumrungrad.

I can guarantee that in the next 5 years there will be an entire healthcare ecosystem that springs up from the periphery that truly speaks to you and lives up to the same expectations you have from Apple or Kayak. It won’t come from the establishment. It will come from a network of people who simply want something better for themselves and for you.

Swine flu vaccination alert!

After all that has been said on the swine flu, I hesitate to add more. However, it might be of interest for you to know the ingredients that all vaccines contain.

In the article: www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/37660, Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz reports that:

“All vaccines carry a list of ingredients that typically increase human disease and death (i.e., morbidity and mortality). These include toxic elements and chemicals such as mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde and formalin (used to preserve corpses), MSG, foreign genetic material, and risky proteins from various species of bacteria, viruses, and animals that have been scientifically associated with triggering autoimmune disorders and certain cancers. A growing body of scientific evidence strongly suggests vaccines are largely responsible for increasing cases of autism and other learning disabilities, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Lupus, MS, ALS, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, hay fever, allergies, chronic draining ear infections, type 1 autoimmune diabetes, and many, many more pandemics. “

Judy Roberts who took the swine flu shot of 1976, which left her and other 4000 Americans with severe neurological disorders tells her story. Take the time to listen to her experience in this video divided into two parts. It’s not very long.

Part 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIguUrElwc&feature=related

Part 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg1y-O0b_9I&NR=1

The following short video lists the symptoms of the Swine flu which are no different from that of the seasonal flu. Dr. Kent Holtorf – Expert in infectious diseases- explains the swine flu vaccine’s implication in autism and other diseases. It contains 25 thousand times the level of mercury than what would be considered toxic if it were in food or water. Listen to more here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1z7KSEnyxw