We continue our April salute to disasters with this Titanic show. On April 15, 1912, 1500 people drowned after the Titanic struck an iceberg. Every year, Kentucky loses 3500 people needlessly to lung cancer. Unfortunately, Kentucky’s loss is not as romantic – the movie rights are still available. We talk about the health benefits of PE teachers and woodworking, and about getting bad news over the phone.
Tip: Lowering our smoking rate with smoking bans and taxes would save 1200 lives per year if our lung cancer rate dropped to the national average.
Links:
The Institute of medicine report on cognitive aging. You can download it for free.