The Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for both Medicare Advantage (private plans) and Part D (prescription drug) Plans began on Oct. 15. Through Dec. 7, more than 39 million PDP enrollees have the opportunity – and responsibility – to purchase prescription drug coverage....
For the nation’s 54 million Medicare beneficiaries, 2016 should see some very positive financial news. Thanks to the recent bipartisan budget deal passing in the U.S. House of Representatives, enrollees may avoid a proposed 52 percent increase in Medicare Part B...
The recent outbreak of measles that originated in Disneyland in California this past December and spread to seven states, infecting 147 people, has caused increased concern among individual states as to the rising rates of unvaccinated children in the United States...
Dr. Bryce Chackerian, with the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology of the University of New Mexico co-authored a study in the journal Vaccine revealing that a new vaccine had significant success in reducing the bad cholesterol (LDL) in mice and monkeys,...
Over the past fifty years or so America’s obsession with weight loss has steadily grown, and sadly so has American waistlines. As of 2006 Americans had made diet and weight-loss products a $35 billion dollar a year industry, according to CBS News correspondent Sharyn...
If you have ever stayed in hospital for more than one night you likely know what people often say after they’ve come home, “Thank goodness I’m home, now I can get some rest!” The constant barrage of nighttime interruptions often leaves patients exhausted from lack of...
You probably have heard about the latest celebrity trend, IV vitamin therapy, the rich and famous are touting as the “New-Age Fountain of Youth” and cure all for all that ails you, it’s the latest rage in Hollywood. Proponents of IV cocktails include Cindy Crawford,...
Coconut oil is making big news these days, it has recently been classified as a “superfood” but the incredible benefits of coconut oil don’t stop there, coconut oil has so many more wonderful properties and uses. Although a long list could be produced of the many uses...
First of all it is important to establish that not all “guilt” is bad, none of us are perfect and as fallible human beings feeling guilty about a mistake we’ve made is a good thing, not bad; it’s called having a conscience. Guilt feelings help us to examine our...
In today’s society there is a lot of focus on aging well. It is no secret that humans are living longer than our ancestors, in part due to the innovations over the generations in medicine and health care, but also because we as a people are more concerned with health...
