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26 Dec

New Medical Tips Now on YouTube

carypresant Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Medical Tips 0 0

As we enter 2014, and medical care transforms to comply with the Affordable Care Act, patients are more responsible for their own care. So it is now time to get all the tips you can to help make sure you are with the right doctor, get the full attention of your doctor about controlling all your symptoms and preventing any diseases you might be at risk of developing.

There are many tips about your care…

23 Dec

Get Ready for 2014: Protect Your Healthcare with These Steps

carypresant Affordable Care Act, Doctors, Health Insurance, Prevention 0 0

2014 will make big changes in how we get our healthcare. These changes are not only in our insurance, but also in our doctors, our hospitals, and our medications. How will you succeed health-wise in 2014?

To help give you some tips, check out my recent blog on the Huffington Post http://huff.to/19JxecW and you will have emote confidence in the coming year. Beware of not doing your homework now. You could be looking at gaps in…

19 Dec

HPV Vaccines: Should Your Children Get It?

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There remains lots of controversy surrounding use of the HPV vaccine. It puts parents in a difficult position of deciding to use, or not to use, the vaccine in their daughters, and even in their sons.

To helpmate this decision easier, I have posted a new blog in the Huffington Post http://huff.to/1dM29on so check it out and it will help make your decisions more logical. And it will reduce your likelihood of having regret later.

17 Dec

Make Insurance Choices Easier

carypresant Affordable Care Act, Doctors, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform 0 0

Choosing the right insurance cn be daunting. so many choices are out there! And the exchanges seem to make the process more complicated, at least for the next 3 months.

So I have posted a blog as a contributor to the Huffington Post http://huff.to/1bTQjtB. Read the post and get the help you need to choose wisely! 2014 will be a good year for health, but you are more in control and have more expected…

16 Dec

If You are Taking Cholesterol Treatment Medications, Beware of Risks with Antibiotics?

carypresant cholesterol, Drug interactions, statins 0 0

“Statins” are one of the most commonly used classes of drugs. Millions of patients worldwide receive these to reduce cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiac disease. Examples of these drugs are Lipitor and Crestor.

Rarely, those medications can cause muscle problems, renal complications, or even death. However, generally those medications are very safe and do not cause side effects.

However, it has recently been recognized that there may be serious complications with the use…

09 Dec

Stroke Symptoms? Get to the Hospital by Ambulance!

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We are familiar with having to go to the emergency rooms and many of us have waited hours and hours for care. Often, even with chest pain or symptoms of a stroke (numbness, confusion, headache, weakness or dizziness), a patient just has their family or friends drive them to an emergency room.

An important article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association volume 309, page 2480, 2013 by J. Saver and colleagues…

02 Dec

Sleep Apnea – Do You Have It?

carypresant Medical Tips, sleep apnea, surgical complications 0 0

In the United States, there is an epidemic of obstructive sleep apnea (also called sleep apnea or OSA). OSA is common in the United States. 25% of men and 10% of women have sleep apnea. This is important because it is complicated by an increased rate of death from abnormal heart rhythms, as well as low oxygen levels that can produce cardiac and brain side effects. Also, importantly, patients who have sleep apnea have fatigue…

25 Nov

Which Health Insurance Should You Choose?

carypresant Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Medical Tips 2 0

Choosing the right health insurance has always been confusing. But this perplexing dilemma has become more difficult for 2014 because Obamacare is being implemented. So which insurance is best for you?

I have reviewed the various types of policies in my book “Surviving American Medicine”. But now let me give you my best advice on which policy you should choose.

If you are eligible for Medicare and can afford it, choose the Medicare option with…

20 Nov

How You Need to Prepare Now for ObamaCare 2014

carypresant Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Reform, Obamacare 0 0

More Affordable Care Act (ACA, or ObamaCare) changes will take place in January 2014. The most important are changes in insurance policies and in physician networks. Also challenging to everyone are the changes in physician attitudes (anger, confusion, burn out) and practice structure. Many of these are described in my book “Surviving American Medicine” along with tips on how to manage them.

But now you need to take some action to help protect your own…

10 Nov

Taking Care of Older Family of Friends – Beware of the “Gap”

carypresant Aging, elderly patients 0 0

Older patients have different needs from younger patients. This is why there is a subspecialty, with Board Certification, called Geriatrics.

What kind of unique needs do older patients have? Older patients require more communication to determine that they are understanding recommendations which are being made. They require more evaluations to make certain that the setting of their care at home is beneficial for them. Since compliance with taking medications may be poor, medicine use and…

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