ABSTRACT
Americans in 1960 were healthy and had the finest food supply and medical care in the world. The new paradigm is self-direction. Certainly, events may simply happen to; for example, accidents or perhaps healthcare provider’s genetic endowment may cause us to become vulnerable to maladies. Diabetes of all types can lead to complications in many parts of the body and can increase the overall risk of dying prematurely. Possible complications include heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, leg amputation, vision loss, and nerve damage. Patients really count on their primary care physicians, and when healthcare providers find someone they can readily communicate with, losing that person for any reason can be detrimental to healthcare provider’s health. The black plague is a possible disease, but modern medicine can control the plague, as opposed to, say, bloodletting and cupping during the middle Ages.
