Women’s preventive care is important for a woman’s overall health. This includes breast health as well as reproductive and sexual health and more.
Group Health and Seattle University case study on how preventive care helps organizations prevent rising healthcare costs.
Access to preventive care at no charge to the patient is a tenet of the health law, but differences over just what’s considered “preventive” are causing friction between doctors a…
According to the CDC Foundation, getting sick or injured when you travel is far more expensive than preventive care.
The top commercial health plans as ranked by the NCQA excel in chronic disease management and preventive care, but sometimes struggle within several consumer satisfaction performance categories.
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Report finds gaps in basic medical care, vaccines, and vision and hearing screenings
Maintain healthy teeth and gums with preventive care and gentle cleaning dentist services from Fort Lauderdale Florida dentist Dr. Yolanda Cintron, D.M.D. We are currently accepting new patients. Click here to see the before and after photos in our smile gallery.
When I began working as a case manager at a supportive housing site for formerly homeless adults with mental illness in East Harlem, I quickly noticed th...
The ACA provisions are a lesson in the challenges of putting policy into practice.
IBD puts patients at risk for a variety of non-GI disorders and requires their doctors to provide comprehensive care. Dr David Johnson reviews new guidelines that make this task easier.
NYU Langone researchers find no benefit to starting statins for primary cardiovascular prevention in adults over 65. Learn more.
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If you’re due for a screening mammogram, or if you’ve been putting it off and you’re way overdue, please schedule your appointment. We care for people who have had many mammograms and for people who are
You mean well. But it’s still easy to slip up when it comes to keeping your heart at its best. To help, the heart health experts at Johns Hopkins identify the key areas that trip up men most—and tell you how to get on a healthier track
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Quick: When was your last physical exam? Many men keep their cars more finely tuned than their bodies. Did you know that your doctor can estimate your risk of a heart…
What preventative care and health screenings does your doctor recommend for you and your family? Find out in seconds with ACPNY's My Preventive Care Plan tool.
The amount of time and attention that we devote to preventive care goes a long way toward keeping our mouths healthy and minimizing our dental costs. Follow these tips from our Delta Dental of New Jersey participating dentists to protect your oral health.
PCPs help to coordinate patient care all in one place. Within a PCP’s practice, you have the ability to access a wide spectrum of health services, including preventive care, such as cancer screenings; chronic care for conditions like asthma, hypertension, and diabetes; and acute care for symptoms like cough, stomach pain, or high fever
If you do not have a primary doctor or become sick after office hours; there may be an urgent care facility nearby. If you have a PPO or an…
Generally, physicians specialize in treating a specific disease or managing a particular organ in the body. However, there are those that deals with you as a whole person and are often referred as family practice doctor. A family physician is a trained and qualified doctor whose line of operation is to treat, care, and counsel an individual regardless of sex, age or religion. In addition…
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(HealthDay News) -- More bad news for plus-sized Americans: Obesity is the leading cause of preventable life-years lost in the nation, a new study finds.
Obesity steals more years than diabetes, tobacco, high blood pressure and high cholesterol -- the other top preventable health problems that…
Most of the time a visit to the doctor occurs because something went wrong – you came down with a cold or you‘re injured. But what if you could prevent an injury from happening in the first place? Preventive care is unfortunately overlooked far too often. In this case, what’s overlooked may be proper care …