Obesity: Doctors slow to address the problem
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Surprising findings about doctors’ attitudes toward obesity were just released by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Alliance for Obesity. A survey of primary care doctors revealed that:
* Almost 90 percent of doctors feel it’s their responsibility to help patients lose weight.
* Yet 72 percent said that no one in their practice has been trained to deal with obesity and weight-related issues.
A separate survey of patients, including many who were obese (defined as body mass index of 30 or more), found that:
Michael Jackson’s father plans suit against doctor
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A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s father said Tuesday he intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the late pop star’s doctor within 90 days, claiming the physician’s actions amounted to murder.
Brian Oxman, who represents Joe Jackson, said the amount of the powerful anesthetic propofol given to the “Thriller” singer by Dr Conrad Murray before Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009 “was reckless, and it amounts to second-degree murder.”
“The continuous administration of drugs over six weeks - he (Murray) gave him propofol every night - that is Russian roulette, that is loading six bullets into a gun with only six chambers,” Oxman told Reuters.
