Recent Updates
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Medicare: 8 Dos and Don’ts
Written By Deb Wilson on May 3rd • No Comments • UncategorizedAs some of us inch closer to Medicare eligibility it’s important to be reminded of some of the basic components of this very important health care program. It’s a very complex program, with many advantages, as well as flaws,...
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Migraines and Carpel Tunnel Syndrome: An Unhappy Coupling
Written By Deb Wilson on May 2nd • No Comments • UncategorizedInteresting link between migraines and carpel tunnel syndrome has been discovered by a research team from the UT Southwestern Medical Center. Researchers found that 34 percent of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome also reported migraines, compared to 16 percent of...
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Hospital ERs: Are They Prepared for Children?
Written By Deb Wilson on May 1st • No Comments • UncategorizedI was surprised recently to read in a Wall Street Journal article that many local hospitals do not have the training, experience or equipment to really handle the children who end up in their Emergency Department. Of 30 million...
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Hospitals: Coming to Your Home
Written By Deb Wilson on April 30th • No Comments • UncategorizedA New York Times article recently highlighted a program that was new to me, but which I think is a fantastic idea. Instead of being admitted as an inpatient from the Emergency Department, what if you were “admitted” to...
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Hearing Aids: Taking Their Place in the Fashion World
Written By Deb Wilson on April 29th • No Comments • UncategorizedIt was bound to happen (and I’m so glad that it has). Hearing aids are now going the way that glasses did decades ago and becoming much more individualized and a statement of the person’s personality. One of the...
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Brain Health: What’s Normal and What Does and Doesn’t Work to Combat Decline
Written By Deb Wilson on April 28th • No Comments • UncategorizedThe last couple of years an abundance of “brain games” have been developed and marketed to theoretically help individuals delay cognitive decline and the scary world of dementia. No one wants to lose memories or the ability to understand...
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Cataract Surgery: Beware of Unnecessary Testing
Written By Deb Wilson on April 27th • No Comments • UncategorizedA recent study from the University of California-San Francisco is suggesting that individuals who are being prepared for cataract surgery are undergoing testing that is unnecessary as a result of “provider practice patterns”. “Our study shows that routine preoperative...
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Improving Health Care: What The Experts are Saying
Written By Deb Wilson on April 26th • No Comments • UncategorizedInteresting article from AARP recently that presents what some of the nations top medical experts would do to improve health care. They interviewed 11 individuals, and I’ve chosen my top five favorite ideas. Improve transparency When consumers choose health...
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Sleep Apnea and Mental Decline
Written By Deb Wilson on April 25th • No Comments • UncategorizedIf getting a good nights sleep isn’t enough to prompt you to have the disruption in sleep caused by sleep apnea treated, perhaps news from a study by Dr. Ricardo Osorio, a research assistant professor of psychiatry at New York...
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Medicare: Changing How Doctor’s Get Paid
Written By Deb Wilson on April 24th • No Comments • UncategorizedI’m not going to miss the “fight” that besets Congress and the medical profession each year over Medicare reimbursement rates. Last week, Congress finally proposed legislation, that is expected to be signed by the President, that will avoid the...
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