297 articles on "medical"

Home Medical Supply: A Necessity

Home Medical Supply: A Necessity by: Lala C. Ballatan For a family, one of the foundations to have a loving and peaceful home is when family members stay healthy and live well. Staying healthy is equivalent to being free of terrible ailments and...

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Terri Schiavo's Gift

Terri Schiavo's Gift By Vicki Rackner MDTerri Schiavo and her family have given us a gift. Theyremind us that planning for your death is your final act oflove.For the past few weeks, we have witnessed painful lessons wewould prefer to ignore. De...

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Getting Your Affairs in Order A Guide to Living Wills

Living willssometimes referred to as "health care directives"are for adults of all ages, not just the elderly. Some of the most recognized court cases concerning the "right to die" issue have involved people in their 20s and 30speople like Karen Quin...

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Health Insurance Needs Worry Older Americans

Health Insurance Needs Worry Older Americans by: Ivon T. Hughes Nearly 70 percent of older Americans endorse the concept of individual health savings accounts to help cover medical expenses in their later years, a new survey finds. The accounts ...

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Find a Doctor

Find a Doctor by: Hugo Gallegos This is usually a simple task. Open up your phone book (Yellow Pages) and look for one in your area; or ask your primary care physician for a referral to see a specialist. Better still, go online – there is an a...

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Abortion Pills

Medical Abortion is the easiest and safest method of terminating an unwanted pregnancy. Due to its ease of use and high percentage of safety it is rapidly becoming the preferred choice. Medical Abortion is achieved by inducing the abortion process wi...

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Who Can Help Me Make a Claim for Medical Negligence?

When you're ill or need surgery, it's always a difficult time. But who can you turn to if things don't go right, or you think that you, your diagnosis or treatment have not been handled professionally? A lot of people shrink from chal...

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Protecting Yourself During Your European Jaunt

Protecting Yourself During Your European Jaunt by: Steve Cogger Before making the determination to buy health insurance for travel in Europe you should check your own health insurance policy. You'll want to determine if that health insuranc...

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Medical Home a Hot Topic at AHIP Institute

On Thursday at AHIP Institute I had the pleasure of presenting a medical home case study with my colleague Elaine Olzawski, senior director of health care management at BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma. We were incredibly impressed with the turnout (...

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What’s New with RFID Tags on Drugs?

What’s New with RFID Tags on Drugs? by: Carla Ballatan RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) Tags were a good security measure to come up with – or is it really? Well, the US Department of Defense came up with it and announced such matter ev...

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