I happen to follow Dr. Oz on Twitter too and the first day out of the barrel he posted they had “server” issues, why, I am guessing overload. That was only short-lived and everything is up and going. Why do we like Dr. Oz? I think because he is real and brings some very complicated...
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The website is up and going, complete with a link to follow on Twitter. What makes Dr. Oz unique I think is passion. When someone has passion for what they do, it shows, and if you have ever seen him on Oprah, well one show is all it takes to see that. I have quite a few of his videos...
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He states that true healthcare reform does not happen in Washington, instead it begins at home. He says the solution is for himself or others to make it almost impossible “not” to do healthy things. He states we over eat because we have made it “easy” to over eat. I agree but we still...
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He talks about becoming a “smart patient” and how little impact regulations are having. He reiterates much of what I have said here too about being the informed patient. A somewhat comical example, asking someone if they have had a colonoscopy, duh, do you remember? Do you remember...
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