100-year-old doctor, still practicing, shares longevity secret: "Fall in love and get married"

Even though he recently turned 100, Dr. Engleman still sees arthritis patients regularly at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He has some rather unconventional longevity secrets to share:

"I think exercise is mostly overrated. And the use of vitamins, forget it. And I don't encourage a lot of doctors.

Fall in love and get married. Sex is to be encouraged. Children are a priority."

His two sons are physicians. His daugher, a lawyer, is a married to a doctor, and their son is a physician.

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100-year-old doctor still practicing at UCSF, shares unconventional longevity secrets

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Mauna @MissMauna: How many times? RT @DrVes: 100-year-old doc, still practicing, shares longevity secret: "Fall in love and get married" goo.gl/fb/cw0ge

Jamie Carracher @JamieCa: That might be the hardest doctor's orders to follow of them all!

Michelle Kane @mishysmosh: I'm doomed.

28% of Vermont doctors "to stop practicing medicine" after single payer reform - doctors on Twitter disagree

According to BMJ, Vermont moves closer to becoming first US state to provide “socialised medicine”.

Vermont is set to become the first US state to launch a single payer healthcare plan after a bill passed both houses of the state’s legislature.

The plan is expected to be signed by Governor who originally proposed the idea that would abolish most insurance plans and would instead provide healthcare to all residents through public funding - a “single payer” scheme and is fiercely opposed by many conservative politicians as “socialised medicine.”

Some doctors in Vermont are unhappy about the proposed changes. In an online poll of 600 doctors conducted by a state representative and an ObGyn doctor, 28% said that they will stop practising medicine in the state if the plan is adopted.

Comments from Twitter:

@a_singledrop (Emily Lu): Seriously?

@movinmeat: calling their bluff.

@gruntdoc (GruntDoc): States as exp labs.

@backpackerchick (Hartley): In another era, doctors ****** about Medicare and found themselves richer than ever when it was enacted! What's good for the doctor (profits) is not necessarily good for the patient!

@RN_ing (Mary v. Seattle RN): Change is difficult... to be expected, but continue to want #singlepayor.

@irfandhalla (Irfan Dhalla): Single payer turned out to be well liked by docs in Canada. Will same happen in Vermont?

What do you think? Feel free to comment below, or post on Twitter.

References:

Vermont moves closer to becoming first US state to provide “socialised medicine”. BMJ 2011; 342:d2921.

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100-year-old doctor still practicing at UCSF, shares unconventional longevity secrets

Even though he recently turned 100, Dr. Ephraim Engleman still sees arthritis patients regularly at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He has some rather unconventional longevity secrets to share:

"I think exercise is mostly overrated. And the use of vitamins, forget it. And I don't encourage a lot of doctors.

Fall in love and get married. Sex is to be encouraged. Children are a priority."

His two sons are physicians. His daugher, a lawyer, is a married to a doctor, and their son is a physician.

From NBC’s Nightly News:

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Comments from Twitter:

@theRealAnubis: Hum...If he was right, 1/2 of the world population would reach 100 yrs.... For what I see about his case, money is the biggest ally..

Slideshow: Practicing Medicine in the Web 2.0 Era

There are few people who are more innovative in using the Internet for medical education than Berci Mesko. He is very gracious to list me among his mentors but this is one case where the mentee has far surpassed the mentor's achievements. Berci is the founder of the RSS-powered medical journal called PeRSSonalized Medicine and the web-advisory portal Webicina.com.

This visually-entertaining presentation is about the use of Web 2.0 by physicians, healthcare workers and patients:

Practicing Medicine in the Web 2.0 Era

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References:
Medicine 2.0. ScienceRoll.com.

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