How Do You Choose The ER or A Clinic?

Hospital emergency rooms are stretched thin by almost 130 million visits a year. Many of these visits are triggered by complaints that could be handled more efficiently at same-day clinics or pharmacy care centers. How do you know which to choose:   ER vs clinic? ER...

What Once Was Thought to be Good For You Now Isn’t

Our knowledge of what’s healthy and what’s dangerous is changing and growing all the time You might be surprised to learn about some substances that physicians once thought to be beneficial to everyone’s health. From the Yahoo News website comes this trio of formerly...

Is Alzheimer’s Care a Tax Deductible Expense?

Is Alzheimer’s care a tax deductible expense? Over the years I have been asked countless times by families “Are the costs associated with the care they receive at Dodge Park tax deductible?” While much of the tax code is subject to varied...

Family Meals Establish A Lifetime Of Nutritional Habits

Family Meals Establish A Lifetime of Nutritional Habits Eating together establishes good habits later in life, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota. In the study of more than 1,500 people, surveyed once during high school and then again when they...

Cognitive Training Sharpens Some Skills in Elders

Brandy R. Matthews, MD reviewing Rebok GW et al. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014 Jan. Self-reported daily activities were the most affected at 10-year follow-up. To examine the effects of cognitive training in elders, researchers randomized more than 2800 community-dwelling...

Treating GERD Successfully: Beyond Heartburn Relief

A short questionnaire helps identify whether patients on therapy for GERD are experiencing sleep disturbance and might benefit from an adjustment in therapy. Treating GERD Successfully Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep disturbance are highly prevalent...

Changes to Social Security

The Social Security Administration has announced that beginning in February 2014, local Social Security offices no longer will provide Social Security number printouts or benefit verification letters. Changes to Social Security Verification Letters As a result, SSA is...