Health News- AMA House Votes Against Council, Calls Obesity a Disease June 19, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Obesity should be called a disease and not simply a condition, the American Medical Association's policy-making House of Delegates voted on Tuesday, ignoring a recommendation by one of its own councils. […]
- Docs Ask Obama for Access to Gitmo Prisoners June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- More than 150 physicians and other healthcare professionals have published an open letter to President Obama asking him to allow independent physicians -- not military doctors -- to visit hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay. […]
- AMA House Disses Recertification Programs June 18, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- The policy-making body of the American Medical Association made its disapproval of board and licensure recertification programs heard loud and clear Monday at its annual meeting. […]
- Exercise Plus Diet Key to Kids' Weight Loss (CME/CE) June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Diet and exercise together were more effective at dropping weight and improving metabolic profiles in overweight children compared with diet-only interventions, researchers found. […]
- MRI May Spot Meningitis from Tainted Steroids (CME/CE) June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- A screening MRI may provide early warning of spinal or paraspinal meningitis in patients who received contaminated steroid injections, researchers reported. […]
- Fewer Junk Food Ads on Spanish-Language TV (CME/CE) June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Advertisements for nutritionally poor quality food were significantly more common on English-language television versus Spanish-language television, researchers reported. […]
- FDA Probes Deaths Linked to Long-Acting Zyprexa June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Two patients died 3-4 days after injections with the long-acting antipsychotic drug olanzapine pamoate (Zyprexa Relprevv), prompting an FDA investigation. […]
- Obesity Not a Disease, AMA Council Says June 17, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Obesity is hard to define and diagnose, and partly because of that is not a disease, an American Medical Association council said in a report issued here Monday. […]
- Berwick Enters Mass. Governor's Race June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Former acting Medicare chief Donald Berwick, MD, has announced that he is running for governor of Massachusetts. […]
- Undocumented Immigrants' Share of Health Bill Relatively Small June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare for unauthorized immigrants accounted for less than 2% of all healthcare spending in the U.S., according to an analysis of data covering a 10-year period. […]
- AMA House Votes Against Council, Calls Obesity a Disease June 19, 2013
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Benefits of Exercise
We just want to take a minute to remind everyone the benefits of exercise. Really, we just want to motivate you to get going or get back into it (if you’re not already on a program). There are so many … Continue reading
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Seeing Clearly
The ability to see clearly is extremely important. Obviously, it is important metaphorically and physically. In this article, we are just going to discuss the physical importance of seeing clearly. One of our big topics is preventative medicine. We firmly believe … Continue reading
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Fun way to eat spinach
Well, my 5 1/2 year old daughter ate all of her spinach tonight, so I thought I would share the recipe. Since it is kid friendly, and based on one of the best veggies around, why not… right? Thaw 3 … Continue reading
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Sun Tan Lotion
This is just a simple public service announcement… Since it is now Spring time, and hopefully all of the lousy weather is behind us… make sure to get back into the habit of applying the sun screen in the morning. … Continue reading
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Gator Bait
I have been thinking a lot about backyard chickens and how they might fare in Florida. Has anyone out there tried it yet? If so, please shoot me a email and let me know the pros and cons as you … Continue reading
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Quit Smoking
It is pretty widely known that smoking is pretty much the opposite of healthy. Since we are all about health, we take every opportunity to post new methods of quitting smoking. We understand that it can be difficult to quit … Continue reading
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Good Vision
There are few things that maintain quaility of life like good vision. We get about eighty percent of our information from our vision. Our other senses combined make up the other twenty percent of information we collect maintain general awareness of our … Continue reading
Spring Exercise Plan
Most people are starting to think about spring and summer. That means we are thinking about getting out of this baggy winter clothing and getting into slightly more revealing attire (like swim suits). Diet and exercise are on the mind of many people. Some … Continue reading
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Storefront
When it comes to getting bills from a doctor’s visit, it can get pretty confusing pretty quickly. It is important to understand that just because you are in your doctors office does not mean that office is the only entity providing a service. You must consider lab work, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and specialists. In rare cases, your primary physician may take on the billing for all of the services but usually the bills are all handled through insurance. Your insurance will pay the various providers and then provide you an EOB or Explanation of Benefits. Then the various companies involved will all send bills to you. So, when you pay the co-pay at the doctor’s office visit, it doesn’t end there!
Self Pay Patients
We wanted to take some time and focus on medical insurance in comparison to self pay patients because many people get their credit destroyed by medical bills. In later articles, we will also delve into medical insurance, co-pays and the seemingly endless number of bills that can accumulate from one visit to the doctor. In that regard, it is very important to think of your doctor as a store front offering many products by many different manufactures just like your local supermarket.