Published: Thursday, 31 July 2008
Most people are aware that having health insurance is extremely important. With the high cost of health insurance, many people in the United States still lack health insurance. Although many American's cannot find health insurance, more commonly individuals have simply been reluctant to purchase health insurance because of high cost.
Published: Thursday, 24 July 2008
Many types of surgery require postoperative rehabilitation or reconstruction to allow patient to have maximal quality of life or recovery of body functions. For example, many types of gastrointestinal surgery require postoperative advice and support, such as nutritional therapy after gastrectomy (removal of the stomach), nutritional advice following cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder), ostomy training following gastrostomy or colostomy, nutritional and dietary advice following colectomy (removal of part of the colon), or pancreatectomy (removal of the pancreas).
Published: Thursday, 17 July 2008
Unfortunately, many American's still continue to smoke. Smoking results in a 20-fold increase in the risk of lung cancer! The smoking rate in men has declined dramatically and the lung cancer death rate in men has correspondingly decreased 1.8% each year from 1991 to 2004, the last year of data that has been printed. Recently, the smoking rate in women has begun to reduce by 13%, indicating that the risk of lung cancer in 5 to 10 years will begin to decline in women as well.
Published: Thursday, 10 July 2008
My patients who have home medical records get better care. How is this so? Patients who maintain their own medical records, either by themselves or with the help of a member of their family, have better communications with me and with all of my staff. They pay more attention to the details of their care, and therefore they ask more questions not only of me, but also of the nurses and office personnel.
Published: Thursday, 3 July 2008
In a previous column, I have talked about getting your money's worth from your doctor visit. This week's column deals with a slightly different aspect of the physician visit: How to communicate most effectively with your doctor.
Published: Thursday, 26 June 2008
In a previous column, we talked about a checkup you may have missed, and how a colonoscopy is important for the diagnosis of colon cancer. We talked about how national celebrities such as Tony Snow are survivors of colon cancer.
Published: Thursday, 19 June 2008
In our lives, we have all known or heard about people who have had a cancer of the colon or rectum. We see celebrities and national figures who have battled this disease. The most recent being Tony Snow, Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, and now a national political commentator on radio and television. As Tony battles his colon cancer and discusses it openly on national media, each of us should think how we can prevent colon cancer or detect it in its earliest most curative stage.
Published: Thursday, 12 June 2008
Your colon is an important part of your body. The colon is the final six feet of your intestinal tract. It is the part of your body that determines how many bowel movements you have a day, and makes certain that you don't have diarrhea or constipation. It is also the source of many common symptoms: stomach pain, cramps, abdominal swelling, and bloating. Have you ever had any of these symptoms? Of course you have, since from early childhood these symptoms are part of daily life.
Published: Thursday, 5 June 2008
A recent medical article from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Michigan re-emphasized a troubling fact: people who know they have a high risk of disease, who are given recommendations for tests or treatments, very often do not follow those recommendations. In Dr. Hadley's study, women were tested who had a gene mutation that results in a 90 percent likelihood of having cancers of the colon, small intestine, uterus, ovary, kidney, ureter, brain, or bile ducts (Lynch syndrome).
Published: Thursday, 29 May 2008
Maintaining your health depends upon getting the most from your visits with your physician. A troubling article in The New York Times by Dr. Valerie Ulene suggests that many patients are being overtreated by well-meaning physicians. Although she gives some examples, such as when the doctor prescribes antibiotics to children with infections, recommends diagnostic X-rays or CT scans which produce some radiation exposure, or even suggests genetic testing for disease, Dr.
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