Comments on: 6 top medical comments, May 3rd, 2009 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/05/6-top-medical-comments-may-3rd-2009.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/05/6-top-medical-comments-may-3rd-2009.html#comment-91137 Anonymous Sun, 03 May 2009 16:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/05/6-top-medical-comments-may-3rd-2009.html#comment-91137 "We wouldn't be having this debate if the children had diabetes or cystic fibrosis and took "gobs" of drugs each day for their ailments. Yet, it is a huge issue simply because it is a "mental" illness."\<br /><br />We do though. Its a huge point of concern how many american children are overweight and have diabetes. It ought to be a cause for concern whenever our children have massively increased prevalence of any disease, particularly one where the drugs have significant side effects. “We wouldn’t be having this debate if the children had diabetes or cystic fibrosis and took “gobs” of drugs each day for their ailments. Yet, it is a huge issue simply because it is a “mental” illness.”\

We do though. Its a huge point of concern how many american children are overweight and have diabetes. It ought to be a cause for concern whenever our children have massively increased prevalence of any disease, particularly one where the drugs have significant side effects.

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