The Good Life and Its Looming Health Threats
The Chicago Tribune preview outlines a six part series by Ronald Kotulak on preventing disease through lifestyle. It identifies tobacco use poor diet high salt obesity and inactivity as major killers and cites experts urging personal responsibility and public policy shifts toward preventive medicine. It notes costs of treatment and argues prevention could yield major health gains.
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Prevention Cuts Health Costs
A 1974 national survey by the Roper Organization shows half of patients at checkups were urged to eat better, exercise, and quit smoking. HMOs like Kaiser plan to charge a flat annual fee to curb care costs and hospital stays. Massachusetts General Hospital found three of five hospitalizations preventable with better self care. Blue Cross Blue Shield president Walter J. McNerney criticizes industry neglect of preventive medicine.
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