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 moreInsurance for the disabled
This is a subject I’m working on now. Insurers have no problem writing life and disability policies for healthy people. However, getting insurance for someone who starts as disabled (e.g., autism, brain injury) is a challenge. Certain states make that even more difficult. For example (thank you Governor Christie),...
Read moreAge and Perception
“I just can’t proof my own work. My mind fills in what’s suppose to be there instead of seeing what is actually on the page.” Have you ever heard anyone say that? My guess is you probably have. Heck, I’ve said that. It turns out, there’s a physiological reason...
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...
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