Category: Treatment

The Importance of Personalised Addiction Treatment Plans in Achieving Lasting Recovery

October 15, 2024October 24, 2024 Sharika Soukup

Recovering from addiction may be a difficult route full of obstacles and uncertainty in a world that sometimes seems to be in complete chaos. Treatment for addiction must be tailored to the individual patient since it is a complex web made up of biological, psychological, and social elements. Personalised addiction treatment programmes are crucial in…

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Health insurance members lose in-network access to Memorial Healthcare as contract disputes increase – Sun Sentinel

August 4, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

France Karr woke up on April 1 preparing to arrive at Memorial Hospital Miramar for an important surgical procedure at 10 a.m. At 6:30 a.m. she received a phone call from the hospital telling her that the procedure was canceled. It was no April Fool’s prank. The caller told Karr that the operation’s cost would…

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Former Orange County chiropractor gets 5 years for $2.2 million health insurance fraud – Orange County Register

July 9, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

A 57-year-old former Orange County chiropractor was sentenced Thursday to more than 5 years in federal prison for defrauding health insurers out of around $2.2 million as part of a scheme that lasted more than three years. Nearly a year after she was convicted of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, among other charges,…

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Bivalent booster efficacy and covering vaccination rates among seniors

June 26, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

About Liz Seegert Liz Seegert is an independent health journalist and AHCJ’s topic leader on aging. She covers older adults, baby boomers, health policy, and social determinants of health, as well as many other health issues. Her bylines include stories for PBS/NextAvenue.org. the American Journal of Nursing, TIME Health, Medscape, Consumer Reports, and Medical Economics,…

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Top 10 Vital Health Tips For Men in 2022 – You Must Get Healthy

June 21, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

No doubt, staying healthy is essential for humans. To enjoy a satisfying, happy life, we must always maintain good health. This is especially important if you are a man. Of course, males and females are biologically alike and employ very similar methods to care for their health. However, they are certain differences in both. Based…

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Do You Pee a Little When You Sneeze? Take This Survey—It Can Help Improve Treatments for Incontinence

June 14, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

It didn’t have to take a pandemic to show us the cracks in our healthcare system—the evidence was all around for anyone who was looking closely. Costs are high, insurance can be challenging to navigate, doctors and nurses are overworked and, well, the list goes on. But if you ask us—a pair of practicing urologists…

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New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 200

June 11, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

Research of the Week Non-nutritive components of ultra processed foods are likely causes of widespread gut issues. Omega-6/Omega-3 balance of red blood cells improves atherogenic risk factors. “Impairing” carbohydrate absorption extends lifespan in mice. Carnitine intake protects brain development in preterm infants. Machine learning tries to map individual amino acid intakes to health. New Primal…

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Paying out of pocket can be cheaper than with health insurance — Quartz

June 10, 2024March 16, 2023 Sharika Soukup

Sometimes even insured people are better off paying out of pocket. This might seem counterintuitive for policyholders, since when they get their bills they see how much discount their insurance company was able to get over the list price. For example, according to my own insurance report, this year I accessed services for a total…

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