This is scary: Too Remote For Care? In-Home Care Faces Rising Gas Prices, Budget Cuts:
A combination of rising costs, particularly for fuel, and declining compensation from Medicare has forced some care centers across the country to cut back on staff and services and others to close their doors completely.
A study released by the National […]
Lately, I’ve been reading about a concept called “medical homes”.
Essentially, a primary care physician is being paid extra to coordinate a patient’s care through routine visits, screenings, specialists and hospitalizations.
According to this story about the medical home on ABC News:
The concept aims to change rushed doctor’s appointments and fragmented specialist care by creating patient care […]
Not only is my dad having to get a colonoscopy, his latest visit to the doctor showed he has hypothyroidism.
He called me today to tell me the doctor’s office called, “Go to the drugstore and get the thyroid medication we called in for you.” That’s all I know, he didn’t think […]
Taiwanese researchers found that sudden hearing loss may foreshadow a stroke by as much a two years:
Five-year follow-up data on 1,423 patients hospitalized for an acute episode of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) showed they were more than one-and-a-half times more likely to suffer a stroke than a control group of 5,692 patients who had […]
People who take “inhalers” containing the medicine albuterol for asthma or other respiratory conditions will have to change their inhaler by the end of 2008.
Manufacturers are phasing out these inhalers which emit ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) to propel the medicine and they will be replaced by hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) inhalers.
But, it seems the transition is going to […]
Since I work in this area and my mother died of lung cancer (please don’t smoke), I thought this was interesting, a Blood test for lung cancer may be possible:
A simple blood test may be able to detect lung cancer in its earliest stages with unprecedented accuracy, according to new research to be presented at […]
Dr. Rob posted some instructions on how to be a good patient.
While not every point is applicable, many of them are especially important for the elderly who are often concerned about “bothering” the doctor. “Do not apologize for your symptoms” is a good thing to remember, and I’d add “or minimize”.
My mother was bad […]
Our elderly parents or relatives may one day receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, and, people often wonder what the difference between Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia is, since dementia is commonly equated with AD.
David Roeltgen, MD summarizes the Difference Between Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease:
Dementia:
Dementia is an impairment of thinking and memory that interferes with […]
So many of you were inspired by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts’ journey through breast cancer and losing her hair from the chemotherapy, I just thought I’d mention that she has had her final day of chemo and it seems like she is doing well.
I was particularly touched by the picture of Diane Sawyer joining […]
Taking an aspirin a day has been the conventional wisdom for many people who have some heart diseases or are at risk for them.
But, sometimes, people don’t understand that the recommendation is usually a baby aspirin, and, many are needlessly hospitalized with bleeding complications.
Recent studies have shown thathigh er (325 mg adult does of aspirin) […]
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