Be sure to check out Epocrates.com, a professional site which enables consumers to check out medication information, too.
Everything you ever wanted to know about a medication lives here.
One of the best features is one which allows you to ID a pill you have but don’t know the name of.
In addition, you can read the same [...]

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Cash-only practices have less overhead, particularly because there are no billing (or collection) fees since the payment is collected at the time of service. These physicians also tend to have lighter case loads, which can help them build strong partnerships with their patients.

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The article below is packed with reliable information you can use if you should not delay a test, a hospital admission or procedure, but are unable to cover your portion of the [...]

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A study finds that only 6% of Medicare Part D beneficiaries opted for the lowest-cost plan available.

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Read one expert’s explanation about why there has been an 88% increase in pain-killers between 1997-2005, the good and bad.

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In his book, How Doctors Think, author Jerome Groopman, M.D., says that he would not go to a doctor if he thought that the doctor didn’t like him. (See Books for summary)
This man is a distinguised researcher, clinician and professor, so he is about as numbers-savvy as it gets. Still, he places a lot of emphasis [...]

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As we learned when we were small, it’s better to get it over with.
When you have something to tell the doctor which makes your face red just thinking about it, what can you do?
Write it down. Hand it to the doctor and say, “This explains the problem. It’s hard for me to talk about without [...]

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Patients should not be left alone in the hospital even when they are not in immediate danger. A steady stream of research on errors in hospitals suggests that friends and families must play a more active role in the patient’s monitoring, care and do their own charting of who has done what, why and when.
Below [...]

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