Medical Care Take care of those teeth. Get a dental checkup twice a year. Brush your teeth two times a day. Floss one or more times a day. You will have something to smile about when you hear “no cavities” and receive lower dental bills. Look for advertised specials. Many dentists offer specials or discounts […]
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Mental Health Self-esteem is how you feel about yourself. How people experience their self-esteem can vary over time and be dependent on certain life events, such as a job loss, relationship breakup, or poor grades, which can temporarily lower one’s self-esteem. It affects everything you do: * How you select a major, career or job
Personal Safety No car should be without a survival kit of items that you might need in the event you’re in an accident, run out of gas, have a breakdown, or get stuck. Items to include: * First-aid kit. * Flares. * White cloth, for distress signal. * Flashlight with spare batteries. * Snow shovel.
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Medication * Find out if medications are no longer needed and/or if you could reduce your need of any medication through lifestyle changes. * Take a list of the medications that your health plan prefers (formulary) to office visits. * Ask if one medication can replace the work of two or three. * Ask for
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Medical Care Tell & Ask the Doctor Checklist © American Institute for Preventive Medicine
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Medical Care Internists, family doctors, and pediatricians are examples of primary care doctors. They give general medical care. If you are a member of a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), your primary care doctor is the doctor you select from the HMO plan to be the “gatekeeper” of all your medical needs. This person could be
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Medical Care Hunt for hospital quality. Choose a hospital that has a good success record with the kind of surgery you need. You are less likely to die or have serious problems if the hospital does the surgery a lot. What is “a lot”? Some experts say the hospital should do a surgery at least
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Mental Health Signs & Symptoms * Writing a suicide note. * Suicidal threats, gestures, or attempts. * Thoughts of suicide that don’t go away or occur often. Causes * Depression. * Bipolar disorder. * Schizophrenia. * Grief. Loss of a loved one. * A side effect of some medicines. One is isotretinoin. This is prescribed
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Medical Care * Get services from in-network providers. If it is essential for you to see an out-of-network specialist, call your health insurer’s pre-certification department and ask if it will cover services at the in-network rate. * Before you go, ask how much the visit will cost. For each visit, ask again. Ask if a
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Medical Care “See” what you can do to get free or low cost vision care. Get a list of state and national resources for free and low-cost aid fromwww.nei.nih.gov/health/financialaid.asp. Eyeing eye care. It costs less to have an eye exam from an optometrist than an ophthalmologist. An optometrist (O.D.) is trained and licensed to examine
