by admin | Mar 25, 2010 | Health News
Listen to the NLM Director’s Comments on Less Salt = Better Health. The transcript is also available. A little less salt in the diet of Americans could reduce deaths, heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke as well as save $10 to $24 billion in annual health...
by admin | Mar 23, 2010 | Paying for health care
Applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income are often turned down. Here are tips to weather the appeals process.read the full article
by admin | Mar 22, 2010 | Paying for health care
Study casts doubt on whether financial rating tools are reliable Less expensive physicians may not help reduce U.S. health-care costs, a new study suggests. Insurance plans that use financial incentives and other methods to encourage patients to receive care from...
by admin | Mar 21, 2010 | Paying for health care
Federal law protects your privacy as a patient. Find out what your rights are. When you visit a doctor, you may wonder how your personal information will be used. Can your employer find out you’re being treated for depression? Will your health insurer be told...
by admin | Mar 20, 2010 | Paying for health care
As lifesaving devices increase, so do the number of heart attack survivors, Japanese study finds. In Japan, where AEDs are available nationwide, a study found that about 14 percent of people who had bystander-witnessed cardiac arrest from an irregular heart rhythm...
