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,...
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Health Equity in the USA
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...
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East Africa 2011
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...
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ABOUT THE COLON
There are probably few aspects of our overall health that are talked about or discussed less than the system responsible for ridding our bodies of toxins, wastes, and poisons. It bears mentioning that without these crucial functions of elimination being carried out, we would not be able to survive beyond a few days. As we...
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Understanding Urine
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...
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Avoiding Medical Errors in Hospitals
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...
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Understanding Your Kidneys Better
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...
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Chemotherapy and Herbs
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...
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The Effects of Aging on the Body
Aging is a progressive, predictable process that involves the evolution and maturation of living organisms. Aging is inevitable, but the rate of aging varies greatly among individuals. Life expectancy is defined as the average number of additional years of life that is expected for a member of a population. It can be a useful predictor...
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A Better Understanding of Diabetes
It is possible to live a long and healthy life with diabetes! Diabetes is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by inadequate production or utilization of insulin, the hormone secreted by beta cells in the pancreas. Type I diabetes (Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or IDDM) is also called juvenile diabetes, as it appears most often in...