Do Harvard Doctors Practice What They Preach? — by Steve Nadis
It’s the question everyone (and his uncle) has been asking, on the talk shows and on the streets: “Do Harvard doctors practice what they preach?” Well, the Harvard Health Letter, “the countrys first health newsletter for the general public,” decided to try to answer that question that has been debated over the years and, in fact, decades. Rather than sit around on their butts and talk about it, like most of us are content to do, they went out and actually surveyed more than 15,000 Harvard Medical School faculty physicians about their health habits. After collating the responses and applying various statistical tools too sophisticated for me to explain to lay readers like you, they reached a definitive answer to that very same question. You know, the one we’ve been talking about. And here’s what they found (and this is a direct quote to minimize any chances of misinterpration): “in many cases, yes, they do.”
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This is sort of funny. And it’s nice to see you write about something real again, rather than fake bumper sticker contests and the like. But now I’ve got to get back to something that’s even more real, at least for me. That baby girl of mine who is just waking up from a nap. Gotta run.
Hi Lindsey — good to hear from you. I know just what you’re talking about. Perhaps we’ll talk again during another naptime.
The real question is: Do Harvard doctors malpractice what they preach?
Interesting question, Gatemouth. I haven’t seen the study on that yet, but I think I have the answer: "In many cases, yes they do."