A world-changing approach to health

Realize That the Real Battle Is Infrastructure interview with health author Laurie Garrett raises some interesting points.

She says: "Public health has always taken a back seat to medicine. This has been true for a century. And I doubt that will ever change. Individuals always remember the great doctor who saved their life; they have never heard of the person who saved it hundreds of times a day by making sure the water coming out of their tap was disease-free. That's just how it is." Her dream is to see a world-wide approach that shows self-determination and self-sustainability in all matters of health, with one obvious goal post — life expectancy.

Have you ever stopped to consider your own approach to health? What do you take for granted? What priority do you give to ensuring that your future is a long, healthy and happy one?

This article reminded me of an earlier post on the future of public health. It said "the future of medicine is management of chronic disease... The healthcare system... was designed to focus on acute illness and injury, not long term conditions. ...In 2007 typical health care providers do not have the time nor often the expertise to teach patients about disease self management".

At the Health Highway, our focus is to give you a life brimming with long-term health, energy and vitality that will propel you on a path of success and steer you around avoidable social health problems. The health future we have tomorrow depends on the choices we make today. Are you happy with your choices?

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Laurie Garrett is the best-selling author of "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance"and "Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health" — both books that examine issues critical to public health's continued success around the world