It seems that we receive good news on the medical front almost every day. Did you know that fewer men are dying of heart attacks today, particularly young men? It appears that our concerns about exercise, diet, and cigarette smoking are beginning to pay off. I know that there are some of us will never give up our bad habits. We identify with Robert Maynard Hutchins who wrote:

"I never run when I can walk.
I never walk when I can stand still.
I never stand when I can sit down.
I never sit when I can lie down.
Whenever I feel the urge to exercise,
I lie down until it goes away."

There may come a day in the future that the only illnesses we need to face will be self-induced. It has already been estimated that a majority of illnesses today fall into that category. That is why our current scr…