Is your doctor right for you?
(Source – www.healthcare.gov) Your health and well-being are important and personal. You should have a doctor you trust and feel
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TOO OLD? NO SUCH THING!
(Source – blog.medicare.gov) You can never be too old to improve your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. May is Older
Read MoreHAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR PRESSURE?
(Source – blog.medicare.gov) About 1 in 3 U.S. adults have high blood pressure—and you could be one of them. If
Read MoreFive healthy habits that could extend your life
A new study shows American women who followed five “healthy lifestyle factors” lived about 14 years longer than women who
Read MoreAmericans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden
(By Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR) Loneliness isn’t just a fleeting feeling, leaving us sad for a few hours to a
Read MoreFitbit and Google team up to bring user data to the EMR
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fitbit and Google are putting their heads together to develop new consumer and
Read MoreHospitals Lure Diabetes Patients With Self-Care Courses, But Costs Can Weigh Heavily
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) When a routine physical revealed mildly elevated blood-sugar levels, Michael Phillips was strongly
Read More‘Rapid Autopsy’ Programs Seek Clues To Cancer Within Hours Of Death
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) After Keith Beck died of bile duct cancer last year, family members said
Read MoreMedicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that Medicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online and
Read MoreA new way to ease the organ shortage: ‘Regifting’ kidneys used in previous transplants
(By Usha Lee McFarling for STAT) LOS ANGELES — Like many transplant surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Veale got frustrated seeing so
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