At NAFC, we remain perennially concerned about home safety for the elderly, particularly with regards to the risk factors for falling and their consequences.
Always on the lookout for advice to pass along, I recently came across a home safety "checklist" that I'd like to share from Pamalyn Kearney , a licensed occupational therapist (OT)... Read more
I distinctly recall the advice, twenty-five years ago, of my own OBGYN when searching for a pediatrician as a first-time mother: find someone who listens to your child's symptoms and who can diagnose a problem quickly and accurately from your input. There's nowhere this recommendation is more relevant than in the case of women's health and... Read more
Over and over, we increasingly witness documentation of the lifelong benefits of physical exercise. Experts have even discovered and documented evidence that exercise is helpful in controlling the symptoms of arthritis, a rheumatic disease affecting the body's joints and connective tissues. We once thought exercise was... Read more
The May 1, 2009 edition of the AARP Bulletin spotlighted a waiver that increasing numbers of doctors are asking their patients to sign, whereby they promise not to "publish or air" any unfavorable information about their doctor's care, manner or office staff. It is specifically targeted at combating the growing prevalence of online... Read more
PSA Screening of Informed Patients
Recently I blogged concern over population-wide research revealing how women, feeling current, economic constraints from their household's loss of income and insurance coverage, are increasingly foregoing screening for cancers and cardiovascular disease. The behavior of women is running counter to... Read more
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