What do you need to know about your doctor before you and your
family decide that this is the person for you? Most of you have a
choice in who your primary care doctor or specialist is, and this
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Medications used to treat migraines show no real difference in
effectiveness. Those were the findings from a recent large review
of previous studies. This is important to you if you are paying a
ton ... Read More »
Making health care safer, that’s what we all want. Medical mistakes
contribute to unnecessary deaths each year, many of these during a
hospital stay. To improve patient safety, the healthcare ... Read More »
When was the last time you cracked open a fortune cookie? Those
little slips of paper, filled with uplifting, motivational
messages, always seem to brighten our days. Snippets of inspiration
such
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Every year new medications and study results change the way we
practice medicine. Many families will be affected by these new
updates and recommendations. Innovation in medicine and science is
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Physical ailments are pretty much a given as one ages and the
healthcare system in the US is attempting to gear up for what’s
been termed the “silver tsunami”—in other words, the aging of
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For physicians and patients the 2012 presidential election
profoundly influenced the future of our healthcare system.
Controlling healthcare costs and thus controlling our debt is
important to us as ... Read More »
Concierge medicine is where a patient pays an annual fee to be a
patient of a particular doctor in order to receive services and
perks ranging from 24/7 access to your doctor, guaranteed same day
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Really? After all the attention given to the whooping cough (AKA
pertussis) these last couple of years, I certainly would have
thought the numbers would have, at least, been slowing down or
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I’m sure you’ve heard the new idea in the fight against obesity in
America. The Mayor of New York is proposing a ban on large servings
of soda and other sugary drinks at restaurants, delis, ... Read More »