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Visiting cuban Seniors at a Community Mental health Center
“Many men can draft many laws. But few have the piercing and humane eye, which can see beyond the words to the people that they touch. Few can see past the speeches and the political battles to the doctor over there that is tending the infirm, and to the hospital that is ...
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Yesterday I paid my respects to my dear friend of over 25 years, Father Thomas Logan, who made his transition at 100 years old. My relationship with him taught gave me a special insight to aging, the elderly, and quality of life. His frequent inquiries about columns I have written over the years, and his fierce desire to live life fully and with the greatest degree of independence possible, are among the many reasons that my next book will be ...
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Various estimates have pegged spending on unnecessary tests at $200 billion to $250 billion each year in the United States, a phenomenon blamed on such factors as overcautious doctors who seek to avoid malpractice claims and patients who don’t realize how much their treatments cost.
Organizers of Choosing Wisely say the goal is not cutting costs, strictly speaking, but achieving the best value and the best care. If an expensive test is necessary, then full steam ahead. Conversely, some tests are ...
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Anatomy of a Doctor’s Bill
Just how much of the $100 your doctor charges for taking 30 minutes to investigate your stomach pain goes into his pocket? After paying the bills, he gets less than half. The
breakdown, according to Robert Lowes, senior editor at Medical Economics:
$3.50 for malpractice insurance
$3.50 for equipment, repairs, and maintenance
$6 for supplies, including gowns, tongue depressors, and copy paper
$7 for rent and utilities
$11 for office expenses, such as telephones, accounting fees, advertising, medical journals, licenses, and ...
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People in the United States do not enjoy the favourable health outcomes of other rich nations despite spending almost half of the world’s health care bill. Disparities in health within the nation are also greater than in other developed countries. Explanations for this fact relate to the greater health inequalities present in the US. The challenge is to get Americans to recognise that they die younger and lead less healthy lives than they should. The political will to create policies ...
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Habari gani?
I am currently in Nairobi, Kenya, on what is my first trip to the continent. I can never put into words the feelings I experienced as I arrived at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, almost 500 years after my last direct ancestor left Africa, only to enslaved.
With the recent attention being given to the Horn of Africa, surrounding the refugee camps on the border of Kenya and Somalia, I will be focusing part of my time and my work ...
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A rarely discussed topic for many of us is our urine. Now here is something which the average person does every day, and yet few, if any of us, have the slightest inkling what the color, consistency and frequency of urination tells us about our health. Let’s do something about that.
To start with, urine is the bodily fluid that transports waste from the system (the other waste removing systems are lungs; colon; and skin). Urine is formed in the kidneys ...
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Medical errors during a hospital stay are alarmingly common – but patients themselves can provide a key safety check.
It’s ironic that modern hospitals, which ease suffering and save countless lives, can also be dangerous places that hurt the very patients they’re supposed to help. Each year at least half a million hospital patients are harmed or killed by mistakes that doctors, nurses, and other staff members make, according to recent estimates. At least 3 percent of hospital patients – probably ...
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The two leading causes of kidney disease are high blood pressure and diabetes.
If you have two healthy kidneys, you have 100 percent of your kidney function. The human body is so amazing. This is more than you really need. That is why some people are born with one kidney, or give one of their healthy kidneys to a loved one, and are able to lead a normal, healthy life. So you see, even with declines in kidney function, you can ...
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The use of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention and treatment of various diseases has become more popular in recent years than ever before. With the growth of the Internet, consumers now have more accessibility to information and advertising about alternative products. Some people are reluctant to take prescription medications because of fear of unwanted effects. Thus, they turn to dietary and herbal supplements to treat their illnesses because they feel these products are natural and safe. Some individuals ...
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