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3 Steps to Make the Most of your Doctor Visits

Jan 22, 2020

here have been numerous studies in the past few years focused on physician-patient interactions. Physicians continue to be under increasing pressure to move through their patient load as expeditiously as possible. This is true with our primary care doctor as well as with the specialists we frequently need to see. As a result of this time crunch, we often leave our physician appointments with the sense that many of our concerns were not addressed because the doctor did not have sufficient time for us. What can we do, as the patient, to facilitate a more effective interaction with our various physicians?The answer to this...

5 Things to Look for When You Find a Health Coach

Feb 20, 2019

Like an athletic coach who directs players in practice and rallies them from the sidelines, a health coach can be an indispensable aide for someone who wants to proactively improve or maintain his/her health. Whether living with disease, recovering from a surgery, trying to lose weight, or building stamina for more tennis, a health coach can help someone ensure they are in the best position to reach their goals. A good health coach will get to know the real you. Your health coach should be going above and beyond to know you.They will need a detailed family medical history, personal...

Family Medical History

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...

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