tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post6204376444787447298..comments2024-03-27T05:14:34.288-04:00Comments on Medinnovation And Health Reform: Richard L. Reece, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-20911113200339793492013-08-11T21:52:26.783-04:002013-08-11T21:52:26.783-04:00If patients are furnished the results of their ele...If patients are furnished the results of their electronic health quotient with the misguided notion that it might provide them with a sense of their overall health, it would fail for they could not possibly understand its meaning and significance? Thus, would it not just serve to cause distress rather than bring comfort?<br /><br />In his analysis, Dr. Reece sadly failed to develop the balance of the actual analogy of HQ with IQ. <br /><br />It is incontestable that we are all born with fixed IQ potential, and reading and study will not raise our potential for learning and understanding above the level of that with which we are born. <br /><br />Likewise, we are born with a fixed HQ, and we can neither improve our life expectancy nor our wellness above the level with which we are born. Simply put, one can neither diet nor exercise their way to a higher level of wellness than that with which they were born.<br /><br />Fundamental to this assertion is the fact that we are all born with defects. For example, if someone is predestined to contract (inherit) pancreatic cancer, there is nothing they can do about it until it occurs, and then they are limited to undergoing mostly futile treatments. Heredity plays a far more important role than those selling vitamins and exercise programs, among other snake-oil promises, will ever admit. And, useless anecdotal evidence is used as a sales tool.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com