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Jul 5, 2019
Cancer strikes fear in the heart of anyone, no matter what their age. How cancer treatments affect your body can be scary, but it can also have huge financial ramifications for you and your family as well. The treatments given to combat cancer have increased the life expectancy and outcomes for many patients, but this increase comes at a cost many find difficult to bear. The Financial Cost of Treatment Cancer drugs are continually being released and the prices are continually going up. Between 2009 and 2014, the cancer drugs that were launched were priced at $100,000 or more per patient for...
Read MoreFiled Under: cancer drugs cost, cancer treatments, high-cost drugs, insurance coverage, lower medical bills, medications, overmedication, Specialty Drugs
Jun 26, 2019
“Heart Disease Roars Back,” was the front page headline of an extensive article in the June 22-23, 2019, “Wall Street Journal” on the increase in heart disease. The article by Betsy McKay states, "The death rate for cardiovascular disease – which includes heart disease and strokes – has fallen just 4% since 2011 after dropping more than 70% over six decades, according to mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." The article goes on to state, "Particularly alarming is that the death rate that is actually rising for middle-aged Americans."In another article in the “Jerusalem Post” introducing a new innovative test for sleep...
Read MoreFiled Under: Health Management, mental status affects health, patient satisfaction, preventive healthcare
May 29, 2019
Some years ago I spoke at an American Hospital Association meeting to a large group of hospital executives and trustees. The first slide of my presentation was a picture of a 747 jumbo Jet. The question I asked was, “Why would I start my presentation with an aircraft to an audience of hospital leadership?” Then I asked, “How long would we Americans tolerate a 747 jumbo jet crashing every day-and-a-half?” The response was obviously universal - we would not. My next comment was that if you do the calculation, that was the number of hospital deaths caused by nosocomial (hospital...
Read MoreFiled Under: changes in healthcare, chattanooga, doctor shortages, Health Management, healthcare quality, Insider, medical access, patient satisfaction
Apr 30, 2019
Opioid Overmedication and DeathsChronic pain is one of the most difficult issues a person can face. Diagnosis with long-term symptoms and side effects such as cancer or degenerative disc disease often lead to increased pain levels over time. This pain can become unbearable either due to intensity or endurance and a person will often look for some type of relief in the form of pain medication. While the dangers of additions are widely known, there is still the possibility for someone to become dependent upon or abuse these medications, particularly those in the opioid family. Because the statistics for overdose...
Read MoreFiled Under: elder care, medications, opioid, overmedication, polypharmacy, too many pills
Apr 29, 2019
I am often asked when am I going to retire? Since I have achieved the age denoted as "senior citizen" it is a fairly legitimate question. Yesterday as I was pondering what I would like to write about in this month's Health Points, I came upon a lead article in the "Wall Street Journal" entitled "The Case Against Early Retirement". To delve into the philosophical - I have often thought there are two phases to later life; and I define them as, "living or waiting to die". As Richard W Johnson states in the opening of the article, "Most people look forward to retirement,...
Read MoreFiled Under: elder care, Mental Health, mental status affects health, retirement, retirement health
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