by Dr. Manoj Jain | Jan 1, 2005 | Shelby Sun
I told my wife about a recent study, “Honey, married people live nearly a decade longer than unmarried people.” She smiled. Then asked “Who.the married men or the women?’ “Both,” I said. “The data from federal death records...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Jan 1, 2005 | Shelby Sun
We went to McAlister’s Deli for lunch last Saturday. As my daughter and I peered at the four columns of menu items above the counter, she noticed one column entitled “Vegetarian”. “Daddy, one-fourth of the meals are vegetarian”, she said. (She is learning fractions...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Jan 1, 2005 | Shelby Sun
Like it or not medicare is here to stay – infact there are many who advocate it as the insurance plan for all Americas who cannot insurance from their employees or self-insured. Now that would qualify for a mid-life crisis. The big 4-0 The health program that provides...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Jan 1, 2005 | Shelby Sun
Many Christmas dinners have come and gone and you still have not talked with Uncle Stan. Since that heated family argument ten years ago, neither has apologized and neither has forgiven. This holiday season reconsider your grudges. Forgiveness is not just a virtue,...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Jan 1, 2005 | Shelby Sun
Last Thursday I along with 20 other physicians met with Governor Bredeson for over an hour and a half. He was selling his TennCare reforms. Most of us listened. Some of us praised him. Some griped and others gave him new ideas, which he jotted down. Most obviously,...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Jan 1, 2005 | Shelby Sun
During morning rounds at the hospital I examine Mr. Jones. He had a lung transplant a year ago, and has made more visits to the hospitals than to the supermarket. I ask myself, “Is Mr. Jones happy?” I pass the automatic double door out of the ICU onto the hospital...