Results for Preventive Care

By FF Medicaid and CHIP benefits include immunizations, regular check-ups, and visits to the dentist

The scene at Pindar Vineyards Friday was a little out of the ordinary. Instead of out-of-towners sampling chardonnay and pinot... Read More

I no longer see patients, pulled now in many directions offering the promise (I hope to fulfill) of health impact at scale. But I took care of patients for nearly 30 years
Like most of my clinical colleagues, I had patients in the ICU at times, and spent dedicated time there during my training. As the name suggests, care in the ICU is intense. Conditions are dire, interventions are elaborate, monitoring is copious and detailed. I applaud my intensivist colleagues- doctors, nurses, respiratory…

In medicine, vital signs are key indicators of health and physical condition, related to essential body functions. The most standard and time-honored list includes body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate
But while it's true that these measures are vital to health, they are bounded by something else that is only implied: time. They are not just time-honored, they are time limited. In other…

With a new year on the horizon, many of us are thinking about our health for 2019.

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STOCKTON — Financial and online fraud against aging adults have been called the “crimes of the century” by the National Council on Aging. Scammers often target seniors because of perceived accumulated wealth, and the belief that seniors are less likely to report crimes due to fear of embarrassment.

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore the application value of control chart in the management of nosocomial infection in intensive care unit (ICU) by using quality control chart to monitor the infections in ICU
METHODS: From October 2011 to June 2016, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), namely the three catheters, occurred in ICU of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou…

It’s Murphy’s Law: if the warewasher goes down in a restaurant, it’s going to be right in the middle of the dinner rush on a Friday night. So if you're a...

There’s a new resource in the area to help women with endometriosis. The new Penn State Center for Endometriosis and Female Pelvic Pain, opened the beginning of September, and is focused on c…

Off-year elections — even high profile contests — aren’t always reliable predictors of things to come. But election results in Kentucky, Louisiana and Virginia confirm a lesson that we …

Preventive care is, without a doubt, a significant factor in your physical well-being. This is also true, maybe even more so, as you age. Fortunately, afte

Preventive care is important for aging gracefully. Here are the most crucial health screenings for men.

MedWise Urgent Care is working to construct a new urgent and preventive health care facility at 6336 E. Admiral Pl. in Tulsa.

Your body works, at least reasonably - which means extraordinarily - well. I know, simply because you are reading this. That's normal, but also extraordinary. Now, if your health is altogether intact, then you have many, many more body systems all working as they should, too, from immune system to endocrine system to gastrointestinal system. The sophisticated interactions among systems that power this marvelous machine are…

By Haley Charlton NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Jonathon Perlin, Richard Miller, Clara Elam, widow of Dr. Lloyd Elam was awarded, Morris Flexner, father John Flexner was awarded, Dr. David Barton, Dr. Mary Bufwack and Dr. Nancy-Ann Deparle were inducted into the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon at Belmont University on …

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Wednesday that 25 people -- including 14 doctors or medical professionals -- are accused of billing Medicare and other health plans for $150 million in fraudulent...

GreenPal, an app that connects homeowners with local, vetted lawn care professionals, launched in Savannah this week.Nashville-based GreenPal allows