You are what you’re feeling, so feel happy!!! – The Effects of Negative Emotions on our Health — Be Like Water
Humans experience an array of emotions, anything from happiness, to sadness to extreme joy and depression. Each one of these emotions creates a different feeling within the body. After all, our body releases different chemicals when we experience various things that make us happy and each chemical works to...
Read moreHealth Insurance: the Uniquely American Jungle
To paraphrase a quote from a friend, it doesn’t matter who helps you with insurance until it does. There’s no single policy or company that provides “complete” health insurance in the US. Truly complete coverage involves stitching together policies from multiple sources while keeping costs manageable. It’s the insurance...
Read moreChoosing Doctors
This is an excellent article, which appeared in Medscape Week in Review on 24 May 2016. It’s reprinted here in its entirety. If even doctors are challenged in selecting a doc, how should the consumer feel? —- Choosing Between Two Doctors: One Physician’s Experience Andrew N. Wilner, MD |May 19, 2016...
Read moreDrug Price Reform — When, Not If
Brand name drugs are expensive. They’re more expensive in the US than elsewhere, but they’re still expensive, regardless. Prices are based on a number of factors, including what manufacturers think they can get insurance companies and governments to accept. List prices are paid by consumers without health insurance. Insurers...
Read moreC-Section Cons and Pros
The C-Section rate is an important criteria in selecting an obstetrician. Neither the decision to do the procedure nor the choice of doctor are trivial, but they are related. The C-Section is the most common surgery performed in the US. The primary factor determining whether this procedure is performed...
Read moreRadiation and cell phones
Cell phone radiation is a problem, although there is disagreement about the level of radiation that should be considered unsafe. Critics see the following issues with this radiation: Low levels of this radiation can cause a breakdown in the shield between blood and brain, allowing pathogens to seep into...
Read moreWhat happened to Burlington County?
The good news is that New Jerseyans have access to remarkably good health care. With the close proximity to medical centers in New York City and Philadelphia (and even Boston and Baltimore) the care available to citizens of The Garden State far surpasses what’s available to most Americans. The...
Read moreNew Reasons Why You Need a Second Opinion
Ownership interest in dealers of medical devices can encourage doctors to recommend surgeries that are not medically necessary.
Read moreAssertiveness and Healthcare
Someone has to speak up on behalf of the patient. Most of the time, that may fall on the patient to do that. If that can’t or won’t happen, someone else has to do it. Consider the following: Medical care is increasingly complex. Doctors are human, and fill the...
Read moreSanity, Finances and Supplemental Insurance
Realistic thinking and an ounce of prevention can give you a happier life. If it sounds simple, it actually is. It’s harder to change one’s mindset than it is to take the actions that are needed. Most Americans, and certainly older ones like me, grew up with several assumptions...
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