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The Art of Healthcare
Commentary by Michael Dorausch, D.C.
From ABC news comes an article titled, "The Art of Medicine, Medical Schools Focus on an Old Skill in the New Millennium"
In my opinion, this is an article that should be read by all health care professionals. The article expresses the importance of the...
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America's #1 Choice For Healthcare is Chiropractic
From Yahoo News comes an article titled, "Patient Empowerment Drives Healthcare Changes."
According to the article, "the patient empowerment movement" is changing healthcare and its effects are being felt nationwide.
The article points out that when there is a "4% unemployment economy"...
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US Medical Errors Resulting In Death - Not Exaggerated
Last November, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report stating that "between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in US hospitals annually as a result of medical errors."
Since the report was released some physician groups have questioned the claim stating that the reported numbers were t...
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - IMPORTANT
The following is forwarded from Dr. Terry A. Rondberg
From: Terry A. Rondberg, D.C., President, World Chiropractic Alliance
To: All WCA members and subluxation-based doctors
The National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has just released its first "Strategic Pla...
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Making a Killing - HMOs and the Threat to Your Health
From the World Wide Web comes a website with the appropriate title of "Making a Killing - HMOs and the Threat to Your Health." The site url is http://www.makingakilling.org/ and it features an online book with information related to the managed care industry and it's thirst for profits over heal...
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X-Ray Results Delivered Via E-Mail
An article from Yahoo News titled "E-Mail System Delivers X-Ray Results" introduces a new e-mail based delivery system for radiology reports.
According to the article, "a new electronic mail-based notification system ensures that doctors learn x-ray findings fast." A report of the new syste...
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More visits to MD's does not bring better health
From Yahoo News comes the article: "More Doctor Visits Do Not Mean Better Outcome"
According to the article, a medical school researcher has "debunked the idea that more visits to a physician will automatically lead to a better outcome for patients."
Dr. John Wennberg said that, "there...
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Buying Better Healthcare in the U.S.
According to a report in the May/June edition of the journal Health Affairs, the U.S. is spending more than double on "healthcare" than in other industrialized countries and yet has little to show for it.
We all know that what is being called "healthcare" is really some sort of disease trea...
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The Cost of U.S. Healthcare
Two interesting articles recently came across the news feeds here. Both were based on the same study but featured interestingly different headlines and viewpoints.
From Yahoo News the headlines read: "Higher Spending May Lead to Better Healthcare"
From Nando Media the headlines read: "Re...
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Does it pay to be healthy?
From MSNBC Health comes an article titled: "Medical savings accounts: a boon just for the healthy and wealthy?"
While I have heard discussion about medical savings accounts (MSAs) in chiropractic circles for several years now, I have heard very little from those outside the chiropractic pro...
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Give drugs to healthy people and what do you get?
ABCNEWS.com reports that "last year, an estimated 180 million Americans or two thirds of the population, took prescription drugs that may have potential harmful side effects."
The question asked in the report relates to the prescribing of drugs and what precautions, if any, are medical doctors ...
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Mood-Altering Drugs and Our Children
This article is from a February 27, 2000 Q & A session titled:
Prozac: Panacea or Pandora?
Article is available at: WorldNetDaily
The article discusses the uses of Ritalin and Prozac in children, and points out similarities of psychotropic drug use in recent shooting tragedies.
Accor...
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Alternative Practitioners and Pediatric Care
The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reports this week on the homeopathic and naturopathic practices of some practitioners in Massachusetts.
According to the survey, most of the providers questioned said that they do not actively recommend immunization. More than 50% of doctor...
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Cost of Health Care continues to rise in US
U.S. health spending for 1998 rose 5.6 percent in relation to the previous year as reported by Nando Media.
Rising costs for prescription drugs and higher insurance premiums are the primary cause for increases in the nation's health care spending.
Total health care spending for 1998 was up...
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A Positive Attitude Equals Better Health
Terence Monmaney of the L.A. Times reports that "research into the topic of optimism finds not only that positive people live longer, but that a sunny outlook can be taught."
Science has largely avoided the subject of optimism during the past century. The topic of optimism was so disreputable "...
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