11/11/09

To Be or Not To Be Healthy

Myles J. Schneider, DPM

Show Description:
For weeks now, on several of my shows I have covered the news around the Health Care Reform that is now before congress. Never before in my own life have I witnessed and participated in a discussion that affects all people in the USA. Having spent my entire life involved in personally or close to the health care system of our country I have long seen it's weaknesses, the eroding spirit of many health caregivers due to stresses and pressures, and the sad preventable waste of life that befalls many innocent paitents who are victims of the selfishness of big business and our governments inability to solve the problem.

But the problem is not all about the influence of big business or our governments lack of leadership. The root of the problem actually lies with us, the population. What is it we are doing that has us falling into illness and disease, being robbed of our normal active lifestyles and even our very lives?

My guest today is Dr. Myles J. Schneider, DPM who brings us many answers in his book, "To Be or Not to Be Healthy", a primer that all politicians, healthcare professionals and the public should be reading. Dr. Schneider believes that 'wellness' should be the key to transforming our failing healthcare system. Come join host Catherine Bradford as she welcomes Dr. Myles Schneider to the Wellness Roadshow.

http://www.mylesofhealth.com

Guest Bio:

Myles J. Schneider, DPM grew up in the Bronx, New York and graduated from New York University in 1965 with a B.A. degree. He earned his DPM degree from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio in 1969, after which he pursued training in foot surgery at the Kern Hospital for Special Surgery in Detroit, Michigan. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine and has special interests in podiatric sports medicine and biomechanics. He has co-authored several books including The Family Foot Care Book and The Athlete's Health Care Book from the Hip Down. Dr. Schneider's future plans are to devote as much time as he can expounding on the importance of everyone becoming proactive about and self-responsible for their own health. He currently resides in Reston, Virginia.