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• Dislocated Shoulder: Is Surgery Really Necessary?

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 29th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  One of the more common injuries among athletes, especially within contact sports, is a dislocated shoulder.  And the traditional treatment plan includes surgery.  A recent study out of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto,  suggests that surgery may not actually be...

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• Warts: Dermatologist Offers Tips

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 28th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  With Halloween just around the corner, this seemed to be a great topic to share.  No one likes to think about getting warts, or talk about them when they appear, but they do need to be addressed if one...

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• Hospital Owned Doctor Practices: Increasing Cost for the Consumer

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 27th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  As it becomes more and more time consuming and expensive for doctors to handle administrative requirements mandated by insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid, the trend for doctors to merge into a hospital system has become a growing trend.  While...

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• Early Stage Cancer: Treat or Wait and See?

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 22nd      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  Yesterday‘s “debate” was over whether or not to have two knees replaced at once.  Today the research debate turns to a topic that is more divisive and emotional:  treating cancer in it’s earliest stages.  Just the thought of “cancer”...

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• Double Knee Replacement: The Debate Continues

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 21st      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  One of the problems with studies involving health care is multiple two studies on the same topic can lead to differing outcomes that make it confusing for the health care consumer to know what to do.  Such is the...

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• New Training Tools for Doctors: Meet Charlotte and Victoria

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 20th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  PHOTO: CLAUDIO PAPAPIETRO Today is about one of those really cool things I came across when browsing the web for the latest in health care information.  Charlotte and Victoria are two manikins being used by medical professionals to learn in...

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• Fainting: Hospitals Focusing More On Underlying Cause

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 19th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  As someone who has fainted (or come really close) more than once I’ve never been overly concerned when it has infrequently happened to me.  Most likely my lack of concern stems from being able to attribute it to a...

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• Doctor Shortage: Not What You Might Think!

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 15th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  It is fairly common knowledge that there is a concern, likely a valid one, that as doctors of the baby boomer generation leave the profession we will be left with a shortage of doctors to treat our still increasing...

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• Diagnosing: A Doctor’s Perspective

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 13th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  Getting an accurate diagnosis can be one of the most difficult and stress relieving part of health care.  For anyone who has had a health concern that was misdiagnosed, or left hanging in the balance, you know the frustration...

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• Employer Health Plan Open Enrollments: What You Need to Know!

  Written By Deb Wilson on October 12th      •       No Comments      •      Uncategorized

  Our Medicare eligibles are not the only ones who have to make decisions during the fall season with most employer health plans also running their open enrollments in the September-November time frame.  For some employees (and retirees who were...

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