Articles, tagged with "american medical association", page 1

Doctors Say Florida Health Insurance Mandate Is Necessary

The mandate to buy Florida health insurance is being challenged in court, and politicians continue the public debate in the media, but are these the professionals in the best position to make such a decision? What are physicians saying about the requirem... Read >
Author: Wiley Long

What is the history behind Oxygen therapy?

The history of putting oxygen concentrator-releasing substances into the body follows several tracks. Interest in ozone dates back to oxygen concentrators the mid-1800s in Germany, where it was claimed to purify blood. During World War I, doctors used ozo... Read >
Author: ericzeng

A Safer Solution for Chronic Ear Infections

It's 2 AM and the crying has only gotten progressively worse across the past hour. You are pacing the downstairs hallway trying anything to soothe your inconsolable 10-month old so that your 5 and 8 year old kids can get some sleep upstairs. Your plan is ... Read >
Author: Andy Grant

The Relevance of Using Perfect Modifiers in Medical Claims

The overlapping nature of certain medical procedures is such that it is impossible to report them with CPT codes alone. Although CPT coding has grown to be comprehensive enough to cover breakthrough procedures over the years, yet, physicians are not spare... Read >
Author: medicalbillers

Towards Minimizing Legal Errors In Handling Medical Records

Despite such indicators from time to time, the incidence of legal errors has only been destined to move upwards. Physicians, whose core-concern being medical efficiency through best medical practices, cannot be expected of too much in this regard. Yet, be... Read >
Author: medicalbillers

Dont Live Without a Living Will

Have you asked what would happen to you or your belongings if you could not speak for yourself? Do you know what a Living Will is and what having one can do for you? What if you could not communicate and yet your heart was still pumping? According to ... Read >
Author: ViollettiaBennin

High Blood Pressure - Do You Really Have It?

Many people are diagnosed with hypertension even though their blood pressure is perfectly normal. Doctors do this every day to perfectly healthy people. In the UK, doctors are now being advised on using a more accurate method before diagnosing any patient... Read >
Author: Michael Sellar

Nonprofits Making Political Contributions

For many political candidates, the support or endorsement of a particular group is an important part of gaining visibility and gaining voter support (it is also where association management software can help!). Although frequently groups or clubs tout the... Read >
Author: NorthernLiberties

Dengue Fever in the Philippines

Are our Doctors “barking up the wrong tree” in their efforts to get on top of the Dengue Fever outbreak in the Philippines? Despite their best efforts, people (mostly children) are still dying, why? The best that the medical profession can come up with... Read >
Author: Mervyn Penny

Exercise Assists Weight Loss Goals

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U. S. is still high. According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, countries with highest proportion of people being overweight include Samoa (93.5%), Kiribati (81.5%), French Polynesia (73.7%) an... Read >
Author: DrakeHewitt

3 tips to ensure that you have a good full term pregnancy

As parents, you only want the best for your unborn child. You want to ensure the mother is fine and is not exposed to bad environment; you book the best of hospitals, and consult all kinds of expert, yet there is a problem? Well, probably the problem is a... Read >
Author: Tony Martin

Got Cancer??...Just Say “NO!” to Chemotherapy, Radiation and Surgery!

What autopsies show: " I studied autopsies of…patients who have been treated with massive doses of antibiotics for weeks before death; the antibiotics failed to kill the cancer microbes. I saw the microbe in tissues that had been burned with massive do... Read >
Author: YourCancerCure

‘Glued’ To Television and the Risk of Diabetes

How many hours do you see the TV a day? If the answer is a minimum of two hours then you should know that a higher risk of diabetes type 2 which is a cardiovascular disease and premature death. Given these findings, published in a magazine article Journal... Read >
Author: Nouman Umar

Medicare And Medicare Supplement Insurance Face Support And Threats

While some Republican legislators seek to reduce Medicaid and Medicare benefits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius goes about her business to not only expand access to health care, but to also improve the health care that's available. ... Read >
Author: Wiley Long

A Look At Environmental Illness (EI

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) can be a condition in which exposure to trace amounts of prevalent chemicals causes a broad array of physical symptoms in Multiple body systems. Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), also referred to as environmentally t... Read >
Author: Lyle Hahn

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