Dr. Pauline W. Chen from The New York Times says being a doctor involves knowing the clinical facts like the back of your hand, but it also involves being aware of a patient’s economic reality. She recalls a time when she told one of her patients that he was to pack gauze into his open abdominal incision every day in order to keep it clean and healthy, and then come back in a few weeks for a check-up. However, when the patient arrived for his visit, Dr. Chen noticed the patient had not been changing the gauze as ordered, and his wound was no longer healthy and clean. When Dr. Chen began to stress to him the importance of changing the dressing, he pointed to a stack of unopened gauze, and said, “Hey, Doc … Do you think I could have the extra? This stuff isn’t cheap.” She says she filled the patient’s pockets with gauze, and then began to realize the importance of embracing the social and economic aspects of health care. She says, “It [is] possible to learn about the economic and social aspects of health care while immersed in the details of biology, physiology and pharmacology. And it [is] impossible to become a good clinician without doing so.”
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Most of us are procrastinators. We let things go until the last minute. Papers, magazines, and books pile up on the desk until the process of finding what we’re looking for resembles an archeological dig. Our garages look like our desks. Stuff fills the garage just like stuff covers the desk. Eventually, finding things resembles exploring for treasure in a dark, long-abandoned cave. We’re motivated to clean our desks and garages only by the impossibility of adding any more stuff to the clutter and the piles.
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Having a baby is one of the most challenging times for women, not just emotionally but physically as well.
Healthy Moms, a company dedicated to promoting successful health and wellness programs to new expectant moms, has classes for women before, during and after pregnancy.
Getting back to the mom’s prior healthy shape can be difficult but luckily neighbors are willing to help each other out. Most mom’s want to attack those spots that are affected the most after having a baby; thighs and their tummy’s. In Raleigh, NC in an area known as the Triangle, moms and their babies show up stroller in tow for a power strolling session. This way the mom’s can exercise, get their kiddos out in the fresh open air and have a chance to have some girl chat.
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Millions of Americans are currently uninsured and the numbers keep on growing. If the health-care reform doesn’t pass, the numbers will continue to grow, and taxpayers will be footing the bill when the uninsured end up in the emergency room. “Families will continue to be paralyzed by the high costs and insecurity of medical coverage,” and “people will opt against entrepreneurial ventures and postpone retirement because of the need to stay on employer health plans,” states Barb Shelly from the Kansas City Star. People will be denied affordable coverage from insurance companies due to “preexisting” conditions, and money spent on medical care will continue to overwhelm the country. “People will continue to die from preventable hospital infections and other unnecessary medical errors,” and “physicians will continue to be paid for procedures, not results,” reports Shelly.
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Ever heard of medical tourism? It is a term that refers to receiving medical care in a foreign country for much less than stateside costs. Many individuals are traveling to India for surgical procedures at drastically reduced rates. Here is an interesting example of a local company that secured a deal overseas; quoted from John Goodman’s NCPA blog…
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Life can be hard as it is. Add fibromyalgia into the mix and there is a recipe for a very painful life. But before the light at the end of the tunnel seems neverending, Health.com has provided some information that should help this life be more enjoyable.
Accept the diagnosis as soon as you can wrap your head around it then accept the pain you will live with everyday. Speak to your physician about any possible pain reducers. Research any herbal supplements that may ease the pain. Seek a counselor and talk about how you feel to help avoid falling into depression.
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How long do you sit in your dentists chair? Unless you are having major surgery, an hour… tops? That could possibly leave time for another 7 patients that day, and maybe about 40 patients a week… Ever wondered what might be going through your dentists head as they peer into mouth after mouth?
Well, Readers Digest did…
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The Washington state Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler, reported that the number of Washingtonians with no health insurance will soon grow to 1 million.
He also predicts that the cost of uncompensated medical care in the state will reach $1 billion annually by 2011. “The widespread and growing lack of health insurance in Washington state is hurting families, communities and our state’s economy in ways that we can no longer afford to ignore,” states Kreidler.
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Have you ever wondered: “What is the procedure called regarding removing the saggy skin under the chin (due to age)?” Well, you are not alone… last week we received an email with that question in it and thought we would pass it along to a doctor who could answer it!
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