Preventing Whopping Cough from Killing Infants

by Dr. Terry Simpson
Imagine if your infant, or newborn grandchild or newborn family member, or good friend’s newborn was killed because you didn’t get a vaccine. How would you feel? Imagine that if you just got a shot, a vaccination, you could save the life of the most vulnerable among us.

The Anti Vaccination Crowd is Responsible For Deaths of Newborns
Ignorance is killing newborns.   The anti-vaccination movement is responsible for over 20 deaths this year from pertussis and that number is going to increase. The anti-vaccination crowd are people who are a danger to the public, to the most vulnerable in our society- the newborn. These people have a belief – not backed up by a shred of science, disproven in multiple studies, and yet think nothing of loudly proclaiming it is wrong to vaccinate kids. It is one thing to have a belief – but their belief is causing the death of newborns.
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Seven reasons obesity is a disease

by Dr. Terry Simpson
obesitydiseaseThe American Medical Association (AMA) –  has officially recognized obesity as a disease, joining the scientists of the NIH,  a move that could encourage physicians to pay more attention to the importance of addressing obesity, and spur more insurers to pay for treatments. Contrary to popular stigma obesity is not the result of eating too much or exercising too little.

Research has shown that obesity is far more complex than many people, and most physicians, understand.
Arguments Why Obesity Shouldn’t Be a Disease – and The Rebuttals 

(1) Obesity is preventable
Rebuttal: so is most heart disease, lung cancer, type 2 diabetes, trauma, food poisoning, osteoarthritis, and suicide. To state that something should not be a disease because it can be prevented is naive. First, we don’t know if it can be prevented – that is, while some would love to say all people have to do is eat less, the reality is we don’t know. Ever meet someone who eats junk food and never gains a pound – and yet you watch your overweight friend struggle with diet after diet?
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