Mick Jagger (68) on staying fit: "Don’t look at the clouds of tomorrow through the sunshine of today"

Prticipation in sport is associated with a with a 20—40% reduction in all-cause mortality compared with non-participation. Exercise might also be considered as a fifth vital sign, according to the Lancet: http://goo.gl/gyxYf

Mick Jagger on staying fit: "You watch what you eat, you exercise, you have a bit of fun. You keep on going forward. Don’t stop. Do what makes you happy. Don’t look at the clouds of tomorrow through the sunshine of today. That’s it."

In other news, you can do anything with a blog (full website and all) - the launch site of Mick Jagger's supergroup SuperHeavy is basically a blog: http://www.superheavy.com

Their new hit "Miracle Worker" plays with medical terminology:

"You have a medical condition.

In an emergency I'm very well prepared
My scalpel, mask and gloves; don't ever get too scared.

No need for anesthetics, I'll go check your charts

You're a Miracle Worker.
You're a surgeon of love."

-- Lyrics from SuperHeavy - Miracle Worker.



Mick Jagger is well-known as an exercise fanatic: "We were busy recording a song and Mick Jagger (68) was doing 120 situps and pushups and singing at the same time time", says Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart.

References:

Mick Jagger's new supergroup with Joss Stone and Dave Stewart. DailyMail.

Redefining age 65 - when your job description is "rockstar"

What is the status of U.S. health care today - JAMA video

Health Care in the United States has changed over the past several decades for those who receive, provide and pay for care. So, what is the status of U.S. health care today and the trends that emerged in the last 30 years? Catherine Dolf explains in this week's JAMA Report:



The key part of the video is the triangular diagram here, at 1:33 min:  http://youtu.be/PyOlMYK2Y4o?t=1m33s

References:

JAMA Network | JAMA | The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States http://bit.ly/1d3f49j

Statins for Heart Disease Prevention (With Known Heart Disease) | TheNNT http://bit.ly/1d3fhti

The 2010 Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit Starts Today

The annual Perioperative Medicine Summit 2010 starts on March 4 in Miami:

http://periopmedicine.org and @PeriopSummit

I maintain their website for the University of Miami and Cleveland Clinic, and help with the Twitter account, hosting of PDF handouts, videos, etc.

Dr. Jaffer, Chief of Division of Hospital Medicine and Summit Director will text his own tweets at http://twitter.com/PeriopSummit

Expect multiple free handouts posted on the front page of the summit website during March 4-6, 2010 and clinical pearls and discussions on Twitter: http://periopmedicine.org and @PeriopSummit

Program and Abstracts of the 5th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit 2010

Summit Brochure



Summary

Dr. Amir K. Jaffer and Dr. Franklin Michota, the founding Summit Directors, in collaboration with Dr. David Hepner, will direct the 5th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit in Miami, Florida.

The course is co-sponsored by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Cleveland Clinic in collaboration with the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI).

The goal of the Summit is to enable clinicians who are actively engaged in perioperative medical care to incorporate the latest findings from clinical research into their practices so that they can improve the quality and safety of their medical care.

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Rock star Ozzy Osbourne to CNN: "Between drugs and STDs, I'm lucky to be alive today"

"Ozzy Osbourne, the former front man of rock group Black Sabbath, says that after decades of living a life of drugs and sex, he's lucky to be alive today. Osbourne described how he often played a dangerous game when it came to using drugs and having promiscuous sex. "With the drugs, it nearly killed me on a daily basis -- I did a lot of heavy drug taking for a long time and I survived it by the grace of God. Answering a viewer's question on whether he realized his power to change people's lives, Osbourne replied with shock. "When you're on the inside looking, you don't see it that way," Osbourne said. "But I suppose you're right. I do -- I do have the power to change people's lives." Why aging rock stars still tour: "Once the lights go down and the crowds roar, something magical happens. All your aches and pains go" http://buff.ly/1hfxi3x References: Ozzy Osbourne: I'm living on borrowed time. CNN.

"Researchers studying Ozzy Osbourne's DNA found that the singer is descendant of Neanderthals" http://goo.gl/7Fa8 Related: