Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery?

by Danelle Karth

It's never to late to make a difference with your life. This can mean doing something good for another human life, or changing your habits to make it possible for a better futur...read more

by Francis Palmieri

Imagine yourself being in your late 50s or 60s and all of a sudden you and your offspring who have faithfully followed the governments approved and published food nutrition pyra...read more

by Jon Dainty Sr.

Reading this might be a temporary escape from reality. There are still people who believe that "personal responsibility" extends to every conceivable part of life, so long as t...read more

by Renee Dawson

Perhaps it can be said that the last prejudice is against those who are overweight. I know a woman who is overweight not because of what she eats, but because the the corticost...read more

by C.D. Pomfret

Bypass Denial?..... With this debate once again on the table, I can see a whole lot of debating about to be spewed and narrow mindedness coming forth. Who are we to choose who...read more

by Patrick Sills

Those of us, particularly within the United States, are in the midst of a social engineering phenomenon that makes George Orwell's Big Brother seem tame by comparison. For the p...read more

by Josh Wilde

I am the person you wanted to kill last month. On May 25, I had a quadruple bypass operation. It is probable that it was the result of my having smoked for 46 years. ...read more

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by Roxanne Dubarry

Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery? The answer to this highly debatable Helium issue must be definitely not for the following rational reasons...read more

by Andrea Hein

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery is a lifesaving technique that increases the performance of the heart and arteries by replacing narrowed arteries and increasing blood flow to the...read more

by Michele Kolp

The person without sin should throw the first stone here. Nobody is perfect ! If people have chosen a bad lifestyle they need help, not rejection. They have already suffered fo...read more

by Kim Sharpe

I don't feel that anyone should ever be denied medical treatment that they need to save their lives or extend them. On the day that we start to decide who lives and who dies is...read more

by Mark Cano

I do not feel this question should be together. There are smokers who have stopped and have helped themselves and there are obese people who have also tried to help themselves. ...read more

by James Mongold

LETS ALSO DENY DENTAL WORK FOR SODA DRINKERS! Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery? Before you answer, consider this: Someone that you ...read more

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by Tom Robertson

This is just such a stupid, illogical question. Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery? I don't know. Should HIV patients be denied medication?...read more

by Joseph Whalen

Denying medical treatment based on personal habits or physical condition is the first step down a very treacherous path. Insurance companies seem to be going out of their way t...read more

by Gavin Smith

I am (relatively) young, fit, active and, by upbringing, reticent about troubling the state for any kind of boon. I don't smoke, don't drink to excess and hoover up my greens wi...read more