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No one has any doubt that the healthcare system in America is broken. It works for a few wealthy medical entrepreneurs and leaves the rest of the country scrambling to pay bills or worried about insurance costs. I want to step away from the healthcare crisis and talk about the health crisis - something very few people seem to be discussing in the midst of this reform movement.

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This is a quick after school snack that your kids will love!  Enjoy…..

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In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to indoor air quality in schools.   About 57 million students, teachers and staff attend US elementary and high schools. Types of school buildings used in the USA are quite variable and range from new buildings, which often have poor ventilation, to buildings more than one hundred years old, which may have problems with dust, lead paint, and mold and moisture damage. 

A major impetus for school indoor air quality concerns is the high prevalence of asthma in children and adolescents.

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WELCOME to the September 2009 issue of our popular newsletter, KNOW THIS!
By Doug Kaufmann

Off to school they go! How I remember the sinking feeling that Ruth and I had as we drove our boys to school on opening day each year. The media, of course, popularizes the joy that parents should feel as each new school year begins, but we never knew that joy and I’m glad we didn’t.

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The first nutrition counseling session I ever remember doing about 15 years ago was with a man with Type 2 diabetes.  He told me that his doctor had diagnosed him that same week, and when he went to his “diabetes educator,” she told him that this was an incurable condition, and that eventually, he’d likely have to take insulin shots.

 

We met, laid out a plan, and three months later, his doctor officially deemed this man, “Cured.” 

 

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Life is full of surprises.  I had almost completed my article for this month’s newsletter when Doug’s office emailed me and said the topic this month would be diabetes.  “No problem,” I said to myself. “I can use this case study next month and I will get my article in on time for once.” So I started on a second article and was two-thirds done when Mr. August came into the office. “This is the case I have to write about it.”  So, I put aside Case study #2 for another month and started Case study #3.   Let’s get started before I change my mind again.

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