Not related to pregnancy â Support our Veterans of Iraq and Afganistan
Just to add a breather to our blog, check out this news regarding veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afganistan. Did you know that less than half of the veterans who are eligible for retroactive stop...
View ArticleUnscientific Medicine: Whatâs The Harm?
Any promoter of science-based medicine often faces the question: “Whatâs the harm?” What is the harm if people try treatment modalities that are not based upon good science, that are anecdotal, or...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Retreating
Retreat or withdrawal brings the idea of weakness and defeat to mind. On the surface, it looks as if you are running away because you cannot handle a situation. But at times, you may have to make a...
View ArticleThis is The Best Way To Lose That Lethargic Feeling Once and For All!
My three-year-old seems to have an endless supply of energy. He is ready to go the minute the sun peeks over the horizon. And by ready to go, I mean, he’s ready to play, dance, and run laps around the...
View ArticleThe Budget Hearing Scam
By David BoazColbert King, the Washington Post‘s Pulitzer-winning columnist, has a pretty good handle on how D.C. mayor-elect Vincent Gray’s call for “more public input” on the budget would work out in...
View ArticleWOW-A Guaranteed Way To Feel Better About Yourself
âThis country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.â ~Theadore Roosevelt Feeling better is easier than you think. If you are...
View ArticleOne Woman's Mission to Help Elderly Veterans and CaregiversOne Woman's...
by Patricia Grace, National Senior Care Examiner, Examiner.comThis Veterans Day, it is important to show up to a parade, applaud our veterans, and to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice....
View ArticleOne Woman's Mission to Help Elderly Veterans
by Patricia Grace, National Senior Care Examiner, Examiner.comThis Veterans Day, it is important to show up to a parade, applaud our veterans, and to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice....
View ArticleGive A Microloan, Get Healthier
Research has shown that giving to others can lead to a healthier, happier, and longer life. Generous behavior reduces depression and risk of suicide in adolescents. Volunteerism on the part of older...
View ArticlePostal Service Announces $8.5 Billion Loss
By Tad DeHavenThe U.S. Postal service has announced a net loss of $8.5 billion for fiscal 2010. Since 2006, the USPS has lost $20 billion, and the organization is close to maxing out its $15 billion...
View ArticleEmployers Up The Ante For Workersâ Health
More than half of employers are likely to keep offering insurance rather than use state health insurance exchanges when they become available under health care reform in 2014, reported a survey by an...
View ArticleYour Brain on Exercise
It is quite common to read about, or hear exercise enthusiasts explain the benefits that exercise has on the heart, muscles, lungs, connective tissue, and so on. But, I have rarely heard mention of how...
View ArticleImproving Health For Older Adults
New clinical trials and published research are giving us information on how to improve health in elderly patients. Here are some brief points from the Cleveland Journal of Medicine that were...
View ArticleNew Recommendations For Vitamin D
Vitamin D has been talked about as the vitamin â the one that might help fend off everything from cancer to heart disease to autoimmune disorders, if only we were to get enough of it. âWhoa!â...
View ArticleAn End to Unemployment Benefits? A Victory for Family Values
New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. An End to Unemployment Benefits? A Victory for Family Values. You kids get out of that cement pond! Filed under: Politics Tagged: benefits,...
View ArticleEmployee Health: The First âBenefits Packageâ Blog Carnival
Welcome to The Benefits Package — the very first employee benefits blog carnival. After healthcare reform, employee benefits move to center stage as one of the most important issues facing Americans....
View ArticleReassuring Patients About CT Scans And Radiation Risks
Emergency patients with acute abdominal pain feel more confident about medical diagnoses when a doctor has ordered a computed tomography (CT) scan, and nearly three-quarters of patients underestimate...
View ArticleHow To Give Yourself The Break Your Body Needs
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is allow yourself to rest. Unfortunately, this isnât always as easy or natural as it seems. Even babies will sometimes fight getting the sleep they...
View ArticleEMR and Doctor Liability Insurance Discounts
A source just told me that an insurance company that does only professional liability insurance for doctors is providing a 5% discount to all doctors who implement EHR and use it in a meaningful...
View ArticleA Practical Guide To Meditation
In this article I’m going to show you the way I learned to meditate, based on research and the teachings of different gurus. Meditation is a pretty common subject these days As with many things that...
View ArticleâJust In Caseâ Heart Tests: Can They Do More Harm Than Good?
Hereâs an important equation that all of us — doctors include — should know about healthcare, but donât: More â Better âMore does not equal betterâ applies to diagnostic procedures, screening...
View ArticleBenefits of Recovery
There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains.The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately.We can wake up in the...
View ArticleStudy Ignores Other Benefits of Electronic Health Records
I’ve now had two people send me links to a study coming out of Stanford University that says that EHR software doesn’t improve patient care in the US (Here’s one story about it from Reuters). So I...
View ArticlePosting About Health Concerns on Facebook, Twitter
If you’re thinking about posting your health or mental health concerns on Facebook or Twitter, you may want to think twice. According to an article published last week in The LA Times, health insurers...
View Articleâ1099â² Repeal Speaks Volumes About ObamaCare
By Michael F. CannonFrom my latest Kaiser Health News op-ed: When 34 Senate Democrats joined all 47 Republicans last week to repeal ObamaCare's 1099 reporting requirement, their votes confirmed what...
View ArticleMaking Employee Health A Fundamental Part Of Company Culture
Dick Quinn of Quinnâs Commentary has a pithy post about why itâs hard for the government to control healthcare costs. He says: Nobody complains about the cost of healthcare, rather they complain...
View ArticleThree Râs Of Health And Wellness
Iâd like to talk about how rodents, relationships, and riding relate to overall health and wellness. This idea comes from a nicely-written New York Times piece entitled, “Does Loneliness Reduce the...
View ArticleResearch Confirms AA Effectiveness
Science Validates Long Held Beliefs About AAThere have been many studies extolling the benefits of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation. Indeed, 12-Step therapy (TS) is the prevailing alcohol...
View ArticleBest of Our Blogs: March 8, 2011
My first year of grad school was one of the most relaxing years of my life. Sounds crazy right? But the reason for my surprising sense of peace and tranquility, despite the stress of moving to a new...
View ArticleCredit Card Debt That Outlives Mom
By SHERISSE PHAM Following a recent post on the rising levels of credit card debt among the elderly, several readers raised an important question: What happens when borrowers die? Do they take their...
View ArticleNew Adhd Studies Reveal Benefits Of Behavioral ampamp Natural Treatments
New ADHD studies are showing that things are actually looking up for patients and their families. Where there was once difficulty in achieving a diagnosis and a limited amount of treatment options,...
View ArticleSharing good news...
Aging with Grace is proud to announce we have been ranked #22 by Seniors for Living as one of the Top 100 Senior & Boomer Blogs & Websites in the category of All Things Aging. We are honored...
View ArticleWorkplace benefits are needed to meet family obligations to help aging family...
The collision of the economy, the health care crisis, and a growing number of aging Americans has put many families in or near financial crisis according to a new report from Volunteers of America....
View ArticleWash. Post, CBS, NBC Should Disclose Receipt of ObamaCare Subsidies
By Michael F. CannonIt's not an easy period for major media organizations, what with all this creative destruction revamping that sector of the economy. Â So the Washington Post Co. couldn't help but...
View ArticleWhat will it cost to do nothing?
Casey Quinlan wrote a really fantastic article about why “What’s the ROI?” is only half the question in healthcare IT. She quickly identifies the real challenge with putting an ROI on an EMR...
View Article5 Benefits of Meditation I Didnât Expect (and How They Can Make You...
I’m not a meditation teacher. I’m not even a very enthusiastic meditator. I’ve averaged about 20 minutes once a week for the past couple of years, and any serious meditator will tell you that’s not...
View Article5 Ways to Think More Clearly: Brain Health and Mental Maintenance
Your friend texts you about their frustrating day, your taxes have to be filed, the radio spouts news of another disaster somewhere, and you still havenât taken your car in for its oil change. Â...
View ArticlePublic Choice and Spending Cuts
By Caleb O. BrownThe Institute for Humane Studies Learn Liberty project continues to offer clear-headed analysis in video form. The latest effort features Ben Powell of Suffolk University explaining...
View ArticleThe Importance of Drinking Water
My two-year-old daughter doesnât balk at all the water I give her to drink. But when I told my 7-year-old son to drink a glass of water, he said, âBut Iâm not thirsty. Can I have root beer...
View ArticleCrossing The Digital Divide with Connected Health
Often when I speak about connected health, I am asked ‘What are you doing to provide these services to communities with health disparities?’ For many years, connected health advocates took it on the...
View ArticleNew ADHD Research The Benefits Of Getting The Right Type Of Treatment
While there is little doubt now that the genetic link for ADHD is a major player in the cause of this mental disorder, new ADHD research suggests that the health of the pregnant mother may also play a...
View ArticleSupport for the Eternal Federal Welfare State Is Bipartisan
By Tad DeHavenGeorge Will makes a good point in his latest column: Democrats maintain a peculiar âconviction that whatever government programs exist should forever exist because they always have...
View ArticleHelping Others Is Good For Your Health: An Interview with Stephen G. Post, PhD
Mahatma Gandhi once said that “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” I have benefited from that advice, for sure, especially in the months that I was crawling out...
View ArticleThe Benefits Of Meditation
Conclusion It should quickly become apparent that your mind is improving, and you will feel calmer, happier, and more relaxed. It is also likely that you will experience improvements in other areas...
View ArticleHigh Deductible Health Insurance Plans Incentivize Patients To Skip Screening...
Almost half of health plans in the US have deductibles of at least $1,000 according to a new study. Itâs called âcost shiftingâ and itâs a big part of the future of American health care....
View ArticleMore Employers Are Dropping Healthcare Insurance Coverage
McKinsey Quarterly has reported its survey concluding there will be a radical restructuring of employer-sponsored health benefits (ESI) as a result of President Obamaâs following the 2010 passage of...
View ArticleOsteoporosis Treatment With Bisphosphonates: Is Exercise Good Or Dangerous?
My 86 year-old mother, who is generally in good health, slipped and fell recently and suffered a fractured femur. She was unfortunate to have suffered the accident, but had the good fortune to be...
View ArticleAre The Benefits Of Smoking Cessation Eclipsed By Obesity?
Obesity is filling in for smoking as a cause of death in working class women, concluded researchers after reviewing mortality rates from a nearly 30-year study in Scotland. In Europe, wealthier people...
View Article4 Ways Digital Hospital Signage Improves the Hospital Experience
Hospital signage benefits are most easily seen through the enhanced navigation experience provided for patients, but benefits also come with a multitude of other factors. From bolstering brand identity...
View ArticlePhysician Enjoys The Ease Of A New EMR
Seven months into 2011, things look very different than they did this time last year at my office. Not only have I been using an electronic medical record for nine months now, but Iâve also been...
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