Oct 5, 2018
For executives, key employees, and professionals the concept of wellness programs within their work environment is a bit of an anomaly. With the electronics that we have available to us today, there really isn't an end to the work day. We are tethered to our smart phones almost 24/7 and we receive emails day and night. In this work environment, the idea of work-life balance becomes attenuated by the ongoing different demands of our work. Even when we are on "vacation," most of the people with whom we do business have continuing expectations of our availability. In this environment, where...
Read MoreFiled Under: changes in healthcare, concierge healthcare, Corporate Benefits, corporate wellness, Health Management, healthcare coach, work-life balance
Aug 30, 2018
I was reading an article on Medscape.com entitled "No Safe Limit: Even One Drink a Day Increases Risks." This article focuses on research being done that establishes alcohol consumption may substantially increase the risk of diseases like cancer, coronary artery disease, tuberculosis and obviously road injuries. The article states, "Alcohol has long been recognized as a leading risk factor for disease burden and has been linked to 60 acute and chronic diseasthe radom beeres via all multitude of mechanisms, both through cumulative consumption and acute intoxication." The article further states, "Studies have suggested that low-level alcohol consumption may [protect] against...
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Aug 30, 2018
If you remember the time when physicians made house calls it was a period in American healthcare where the relationship between doctor and patient was both medical and economic. During the era of house-calls you received your services directly from your doctor and you paid for those services directly to your doctor. Along came the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson and his “Great Society”. This aspirational vision began the disconnect on payments for physician services t patient and doctor. In this new emerging aspirational society, everyone was going to have comparable healthcare and both the government and private insurance would be...
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Nov 21, 2017
Thanksgiving is the most remarkable holiday on our annual calendar. It is the one holiday that celebrates the unity of all Americans irrespective of race, creed, religion or gender orientation. For one day a year, we are all Americans celebrating the uniqueness of our country and all it offers to each of us and our families. The Surgeon General of the United States, since 2004, has declared Thanksgiving Day is to be National Family Health History Day. The idea of increasing family awareness of the power of family health history as a screening tool is a terrific idea. In fact, we...
Read MoreFiled Under: changes in healthcare, family medical history, genetics