Medical Care To take care of your health, you need to follow good health habits. These include eating right, staying physically active, and getting enough sleep. You also need to get regular medical care. You are more likely to get the medical care you need when you: * Know where to go for medical care. […]
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Medical Care It’s funny. People think of surgery as “major” when it happens to them and “minor” when it’s being done to someone else! In reality, surgery is thought to be major when it involves any vital organs and/or requires a long time period to perform. The following words classify various surgeries: Curative A procedure
Alternative Medicine Complementary medicine is a non-mainstream practice used together with conventional medicine. Integrative medicine coordinates complementary approaches into mainstream medicine. Alternative medicine is non-mainstream medicine in place of conventional medicine. True alternative medicine is not common. Most people who use non-mainstream approaches use them with conventional treatment. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) found
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Medical Care * Schedule office visits, tests, and exams that you need, but have not yet had this year, especially if they are covered expenses or if you have met your deductible. * If you have a flexible spending account (FSA), make sure to use it all by the yearly deadline date. You lose what
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Medical Care Know Your Health Plan * Find out what the plan covers. Ask your employer, insurance company, or use the Web site you are given to get information. * Read your health plan’s policy and member handbook or Web site information. If you don’t understand something, talk to your health benefits staff at work.
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Medical Care The very first thing you should do if a doctor suggests surgery is to get the opinion of a second doctor. Programs to encourage patients to pursue other options have been established all over the country in an effort to curtail unnecessary surgery. Ask your physician or someone else you trust to recommend
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Medical Care It has been estimated that at least one-quarter of medical tests done each year are not needed. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that nearly 60 percent of the study’s 2,800 pre-surgery tests were not warranted because there were no symptoms indicating that the tests should be
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Medical History Use this page to record test dates and results. © American Institute for Preventive Medicine
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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
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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