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| Issue: #2956 | 17/November/10 |
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Walk with a Doc Newsletter
 Greetings!
Good morning! Hope your day is off to a fantastic start. We always relish the opportunity to keep you apprised of all the things going on in the Land of Walk with a Doc - thank you.
This week, I got the impression our office staff may or may not have been feeling some guilt. For those who did not see last week's correspondance, they sent me for a colonoscopy - not realizing it was 10 years before my appropriate initial screening date - age 50 or 10 years prior to the age a close relative was diagnosed.
As part of their scheme they had told me it was National Colonoscopy Week. In reality it was National Egg Salad Week - a holiday our office doesn't traditionally observe (American Egg Board - no letters please).
Anyway, they have made me aware that this is National Guy's Night Out week. So, they sent me here to what appears to be a local Irish Pub (Fraulein Doris Schmidt's). I'm now enjoying a couple of beers and some wienerschnitzel with my cronies after a thrilling day on the mountain that actually involved a close one (that's me up top - far right).
"Hey Scott - 'nother Guiness over here please."
"Don't you mean red wine? - Dr. Fancy Pants"
"Actually Scott, all types of alcohol are protective for your heart. Both men and women can drink in moderation to improve their cardiovascular health. We all just have to be careful about the calories. Also women face a mild increase in breast cancer risk with moderate alcohol consumption - this is a good discussion for the ladies to have with their physician."
"Why are you talking like a moron?"
"Just spreading the gospel my fellow American."
"Ok then, what about nuts? Are they good for me?"
"Very much so. They are controlled by a little gland in the brain called the pituitary , and you need them to make babies."
"Not those! I mean these - the nuts on the table"
"Oh those? The almonds and walnuts? (also hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, some pine nuts, and pistachios)
Yes, absolutely good for you. In 1996, the Iowa Women's Healthy Study found that women who ate nuts >4 times a week were 40% less likely to die of heart disease. Two years later, another study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found a similar result in another group of women subjects. Furthermore, potential heart health benefits of nuts were also found among men. In 2002, the Physician's Health Study found that men who consumed nuts 2 or more times per week had reduced risks of sudden cardiac death. Just careful with the calories, no more than 1 or 2 oz/day."
"Thanks Cliff Clavin. What about that? Is that good for me?"
"What? Is what good for you? I don't know what you are...OH NO! That's horrible! Scott, that is not good for you and that is not good for anybody. Fiber is only good if you have control over it. That is wrong and you sir, better check your pants."
"Nancy, have you seen this week's newsletter yet? I know this guy is calling himself a "doctor". Has anybody ever looked into it? I mean like official diplomas, medical license - that kind of looking in to it?"
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 The Most Important Article You Will Read In This Newsletter
I have been seeing a lot of people in the office that have been dehydrated. In these patients, we do the full cardiac workup and everything checks out fine. Lo and behold - their fatigue has been from not drinking enough water. Here's a recent study that drives home my point - published in October 2010 issue of The Australian Journal of Hydroconsumption. *The following trial and aforementioned journal are entirely fictional.
The city of Auckland, NZ (temperate climate) looked at 19,372 of its working-class citizens over a period of 2 and half years (30.6 months) ending in February 2008. They had a control group that did not alter their water drinking habits and a variable group instructed to drink the recommended daily amount. For women this is 9 glasses; for men 13. In New Zealand a glass equals 8 oz. The control group averaged 2.6 glasses/day (no statistical significant difference between genders) while in the hydrated group women averaged 9.1 glasses; men 12.3.
The results were shocking. The hydrated group surpassed the control group in every category that was studied. This included less nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) by 74%; improved energy levels and work productivity (51% and 72%, respectively); 35% less hunger (sweet!); better quality of life (46%); and mild increase in trips to the loo (12%) - *remember the study was done in New Zealand and Europeans say "loo" instead of "bathroom". What was most amazing about this trial, even considering it is make-believe, is the far reaching and dramatic effects of something as unassuming yet as ubiquitous as water.
Bottom Line: Just because it's November and you are not running around sweating as much as July doesn't mean you shouldn't hydrate. With most of us getting caught up with our daily office activities, we forget. So...this still needs to get past the Walk with a Doc Board and our attorneys but I've already committed the funding because I know they'll agree. I'm proud to announce that our PSA (public service announcement) for the 1st Quarter 2011 will be:
Walk with a Doc Says Heavy Drinking at Work is OK.
This gets to the point; shows acceptance to what otherwise may be frowned upon (frequent trips to water cooler), and selfishly throws our name behind a very good message. I have to admit, I kind of like it.
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 This Saturday!
Wow are we growing! Thanks to you recommending us to friends on Facebook (www.walkwithadoc.org); your letters, word of mouth, etc., - walks are sprouting up everywhere. This week WWAD World HQ was involved in great talks with Boise (I learned when I was out there it is pronounced Boy-see); Ann Arbor (I know!); Indianapolis, and our first obstetrician! To stay abreast of where the walks are and which doctors are leading - please check out our website and FB.
That being said, in Columbus this weekend is as follows (full details on time/exact location at www.walkwithadoc.org):
Dr. Wendy is at Eastland Mall
Dr. Mary Lynn is in Westerville - Last outdoor Westerville WWAD for 2010
Dr. Trisha in Dublin - new phenom climbing the charts
Dr. Scott at Three Creeks - right alongside her
I'm at Highbanks.
It will be sunny and crisp. At Highbanks we will be discussing the latest trials from this week's annual AHA meeting in Chicago. The other 4 will be likely be far more entertaining and relevant. We also take requests for your desired topics...on Facebook.
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Walk with a Doc is a non-profit group composed of a gifted Executive Director (Kathryn Stephens), a multitude of exceptional physicians (plus an under-medicated cardiologist) and nurses, and a countless array of community members that are aware we can dramatically transform health care by a very simple means. 150 minutes or more this week - we are in the home stretch. We can do this.
See you Saturday,
David
Walk with a Doc
"The old man said to me
Said don't always take life so seriously
Play the flute
And dance and sing your song" - Howard Jones
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