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Dr. Erika: Time to Take Responsibility for your Own Healthcare

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take responsbility for your own healthcareThis New Year I want to start a tradition to help us all apply the following statement to our health: “The absence of intervention doesn’t necessarily kill us.” The author of the statement is Malcolm Gladwell. He wrote the best-sellers The Tipping Point, Outliers and most recently What the Dog Saw, a compilation of his articles for The New Yorker. I’m a big fan of Mr. Gladwell.  He has a brilliant way of analyzing, distilling and presenting information that is so well balanced, it helps readers feel validated, in the know and ultimately more confident. The problem with our healthcare system is that people like Mr. Gladwell aren’t doctors. Continue reading...