Plano, TX- Campaign promises are like a good book Hollywood makes into a bad movie. Fans of the book line up outside the theater, loaded with anticipation, only to find that Hollywood changed the ending, and changed the hero from a hardboiled detective into a dog who could stop time. During the presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama spoke of a healthcare plan that would cover everyone, cut costs and ensure greater choices for consumers. President Obama will be hard-pressed to match those results, but there is a gift hidden under the president-elect’s Christmas tree if he’s bold enough to look. There is one healthcare option that received little mention, but works regardless of how the legislation of the coming year pans out – Health Savings Accounts. Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, came about as part of the Medicare Reform Act of 2003, and they offer consumers a tax-free medium for healthcare. With HSAs, consumers typically employ a high-deductible healt

For most people happiness and a good long life are what they hope for once they hit middle age, and statistics show that life expectancy has increased in various countries around the world, while showing drastic declines in some areas like parts of Africa. The term "life expectancy" refers to the number of years remaining in an individual's life at a particular age. The standard for measuring life expectancy is associated with a number of factors related to the group in question. Culture, diets, social upheaval, war and health issues can all impact life expectancy. Not surprisingly, developed countries generally have a greater life expectancy than developing countries. Countries with an average life expectancy of 80 and over include Japan, Switzerland and Spain. The U.K., Finland, Germany and Cyprus all fall into the high 70s range, with the average life expectancy in Cyprus being 79. The countries with the lowest life expectancies include Sierra Leone, Namibia and Zambia. While con

Quality as defined by Merriam Webster: a degree of excellence; superiority in kind; a distinguishing attribute. To identify what makes a quality scrub, one must first examine scrubs as a whole. There are traditional two types of scrubs- unisex and nursing. Who wears which and what’s the difference? And what is a “quality scrub?” Unisex scrubs are made to fit a man and a woman. These styles of scrubs are mostly worn by clinicians, MDs, PAs and NPs. Though there are countless others who wear them professionally, lab techs, respiratory techs, medical assistants and clerical employees. Licensed vocational nurses, licensed practical nurse, registered nurses and medical assistants typically wear nursing style scrubs. There is some cross over between the two styles though an unofficial dress code exists in medicine which mandates adherence to the “rules.” There are many companies who advertise quality scrubs but a quick Google search yields results with m

The foods we eat can either cause or prevent cold sores. Nutrition is probably the least talked about in regard to cold sores but food is a very powerful cold sore treatment. This article does not offer specific recipes, but it does reveal the cold sore preventing foods. It will also give you an idea which foods to avoid when cold sores are a problem, and why. Best of all, you will find that you do not have to do without the food items you love. You just need to balance them throughout the day. WHAT CAUSES COLD SORES? Cold sores are the result of millions of cells damaged during the replication process of the herpes simplex virus. It works like this. Herpes simplex virus enters surface nerve cells and forces them to create new virus particles. The virus then destroys the cell to release this new herpes virus. Many destroyed cells create the open ulcer we call a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes outbreak. LYSINE AND ARGININE COLD SORE CONNECTION Arginine is an amino a

Medical Negligence is defined as act or omission by a health care provider in which care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury to the patient. It is tied hand in hand with Medical Malpractice. Perhaps the scariest aspect of medical negligence is the fact that it can be hard to detect. Not many patients have gone through medical school and so they hardly feel as though they are in a place to question one who has. For this reason, it never hurts to get a second, third or even a fourth opinion. One should always feel confident in the medical care they are receiving. Medical personnel should never shy away from providing direct answers to your questions and perhaps even alternative treatment options. When one feels as though they may be a victim of medical malpractice, they should immediately seek the opinion of another doctor who is new to the case. If they are met with resistance, they should immediately transfer to another d

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Medical Negligence: What is it, Why is it common, and what should you do in the event that it happens to you? What is medical negligence? Very simply, it is negligence by a healthcare provider or healthcare worker. When a healthcare worker does things or fails to do things that result in injury to a patient, medical negligence has occurred. An example can be found in the Raleigh News and Observer article “Three Fired in Death of Patient.” This article, which appeared in the Raleigh News and Observer on November 20th, described a case where a mental patient died after going without food or water for 22 hours. According to the article, “Hospital employees played cards and watched television nearby,” while the patient choked on medication, hit his head and was left in a chair. The hospital employees were negligent in a few different areas: they let the man go without food or water for so long and they ignored him when he was choking. Even if they did not know how

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