More Americans Seek Medical Care and Most Walk Away with a Prescription

Actually, most waddle away with a prescription.

"On average, each American seeks medical care at a doctor's office, a clinic, or a hospital emergency department about four times a year, according to data released by the CDC."

Don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke detector when you seek medical care.

"And that number is an increase of 26% over the decade from 1996 to 2006, the latest CDC/National Center for Health Statistics National Health Care Survey showed.

The increase outpaced the growth in population, which rose by 11% during the same decade, wrote Susan M. Schappert, M.A., of the National Center for Health Statistics, and colleagues...

Regardless of setting -- physician office, outpatient clinic, or emergency department -- seven out of 10 patients left the medical visit with at least one prescription and analgesics were the most common drug prescribed."

Analgesics.

Life hurts, eh?

Guess all that fat fat people have is not cushioning them well enough.

While we are rebuilding our cities to accommodate fat people, let's include nice, soft, cushy Nerf sidewalks.