Healthcare for Retirees: It's Not a Pretty PictureSo if your health and wellbeing are important to you, look into CDH to find out what you can do to take care of your health long into retirement, regardless of the changes that occur with government programs and your employer retirement benefits and pension funds.
Quick Quiz: Why Do Women Still Live Longer than Men?With all the strides made in the last 30 years toward the prevention and treatment of heart disease, cancer, stroke, high blood pressure and other life threatening illness, women still outlive men by a clear margin. Why is that? What do you think are the top three differences between men's health and women's that make such a statistic possible?
A Little Friendly Advice About Death, Taxes and Back PainConsider this. 90 PERCENT of adults will need to see a doctor due to some problem with their back. And, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians, complaints of low back pain are the fifth most common reason for all visits to the doctor.
A Brief History of Braces-Are Americans Stuck in the Dark Ages?In the hundreds of years since those first braces, there have been some enhancements both to the braces themselves and to who has access to them. In the years B.C. and long after, dental care was reserved for aristocrats. And the first 'orthodontists' used catgut rather than metal bands to slowly tighten and move misaligned teeth into place.
Discount Cosmetic Dental Care: A Real StoryOur local news channel ran a story about a young man named Rudy, who crossed the border to Juarez, Mexico to get discount dental care. It seemed he wanted his teeth capped, and his dental benefits didn't cover cosmetic dentistry. He couldn't afford the $14,000 price tag in the U.S. to get it done.
Healthcare in America: It's About Much More Than $$$All this discourse about money- the billions cut in Medicaid health benefits, the percent of costs covered by state and local government for the uninsured (which is about 85%, by the way), the $41B in costs that hospitals absorb for the uninsured - has an impact on real people. People like you and me, who play by the rules, pay their taxes, get up every morning to go to work, and come home everyda
Anyone Can See the Dentist Now: Consumer Driven Dental Plans Ensure ItYou may be surprised to learn that more people avoid the dentist for fear of the bill they'll get after going to a dentist than fear the dental work itself. The reason is that dental benefits insurance and dental HMOs have created such a confusing array of deductibles, annual limits, claims forms and services that are not covered, that the average person is never quite sure how much of the cost of
Health Benefits For Americans Part II - who pays for Dental, Vision, Chiropractic and Prescription?Deductibles rise and restrictions are placed on the kinds of services that are available. Dental, vision, chiropractic care and prescription drugs are all targets for restricted services or payout limits.
Health Benefits for Americans Part 1 - Is Consumer Driven Health the Answer?Fifteen percent of Americans do not have health benefits. And of that number, as many as 80 percent have at least one parent working full-time. They make too much money to qualify for government-sponsored health plans, but not enough to pay for private healthcare. And more still are turned down by health insurance companies because of age limits or ongoing medical conditions.
Aging and Your Changing Vision: What You Need to KnowAs we enter our forties, many things become simpler (like doing our taxes, finishing a good book, and eating in restaurants alone). But some things get more difficult--like reading the newspaper and seeing street signs.
Sleep Apnea - To Snore or Not to SnoreThere is nothing more embarrassing than waking yourself up with a loud snore. A full night's sleep became a thing of the past and was replaced with morning headaches and fatigue. I was tired all day long and getting through a ten hour work day was getting to be a chore.
Pediatric Dentistry and Child CareA pediatric dentist has an extra two years of specialized training and is dedicated to the oral health of children from infancy through the teenage years.
Improving the Outcome of StrokeThe majority of strokes occur when a blood clot lodges in a blood vessel, blocking blood flow to a portion of your brain (ischemic stroke). The group of brain cells normally nourished by the oxygen in the affected blood vessels dies almost immediately after blood flow is blocked, while surrounding brain cells experience reduced blood flow.
