Medical Authority Dr. Joseph D. Beasley, M.D., a former Harvard University Administrator and Dean of the School of Public Health at Tulane University, exposed the current medical system as seriously flawed. According to Dr. Beasley, the wonder drugs of the last century haven’t worked as well as was thought. Medical science has undeservedly taken credit for [...]
Technology has transformed our lives so dramatically on communication. From hand held devices, to laptops, iPads, and tablets, the communication and exchange of important information is readily available. The most exciting news here is that the wireless generation is finally being advanced and applied to the care of chronic diseases and illness conditions. A [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services have released the draft regulations in efforts to establish accountability of care organizations. The point of doing this will help save money by having individuals in Medicare get treated from highly integrated health care providers. This is being placed in order to reduce waste from redundancy and reward [...]
Fidelity recently claimed that the cost of healthcare in retirement is finally falling for the first time since the company started tracking the health spending ten years ago. The new healthcare reform law is responsible in this decline. Fidelity shows that a 65 year old couple that is going to retire this year will need [...]
One year ago marked the day that President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, the same healthcare reform law that has had people out of sorts for months. The question still is, will this new law make the countries medical care system better or worse? There are more than 20 U.S. healthcare reform challenges in [...]
Side Effects in Cancer Drugs can be very frustrating. If you are suffering from side effects from your cancer medication, chances are, you are not alone. Tamoxifen is known to give hot flashes, night sweats and joint pain. After a difficult time during menopause, it is hard to differentiate the side effects of these drugs [...]
It is not uncommon when diagnosed with a serious disease that treatment options in your area may be slim to none. A recent colon cancer patient Andrew Goodridge, living New Brunswick needed therapy quick and it was not available. However, it was in Ontario. Shirley Elford, a Hamilton resident needed drug treatment for her Ovarian [...]
Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a variety of new drugs, including the new drug for patients with metastatic melanoma. Dr. Art Mollen explained to Scott Pasmore that “Yervoy” can extend a patients life with metastatic melanoma. As far as FDA is concerned, melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin disease. [...]
The Texas Hospital Association in Austin is insisting the state House of Representatives to stop the cut in state funding of healthcare and is up for probable vote on a budget bill later this week. The budget cuts that were proposed in the bill include a 10% cut in Medicaid reimbursement for the hospitals, nursing [...]
A community health worker in New York City quickly learned of a Millennium Villages Project and the opportunity to help build community health systems in Sub Saharan Africa. The health worker quickly realized that even though she had great experience and was fully qualified for this venture, that Africas need for basic healthcare quickly became apparent [...]