My Dad died from a sudden cardiac arrest in 1979 at the age of 67. That was 44 years ago. I was 42. I knew then I was in the gene pool for heart issues. My paternal grandmother also had heart problems and died at age 64, in 1952. My younger brother by 4 years,
(Note: This blog is a follow up to this previous one, garygruber.com/broken That piece focused on three systems, health care, education and politics. The premise is that these systems are broken and dysfunctional, in need of more than being reformed. They need to be transformed into different systems that are more efficient, effective and economical.
There are numerous systems in the U.S. that were designed to serve people according to their needs. Many of these systems have been overloaded, stretched beyond reasonable expectations and are dysfunctional to the point of being, for many consumers, a negative experience. The three that I will mention are among those where many of us
Our physical bodies consist of systems and functions. The six basic systems are skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestive and respiratory. At the basis of all human life are cells, the basic building blocks of the human body. These cells make up tissues, which form specialized structures called organs. Organ systems are groups of organs and
We have all heard the phrase about a glass being half full or half empty as a commentary on whether we look at things in a positive or negative light. The most common interpretation is that if we see the glass half full we are optimistic and if we see it half empty we are
