social-media-butterfly:
Majority of Seniors Postpone Doctor Visits Due to Financial Concerns
The Senior Citizens League released the results of a survey that revealed that 51% of seniors putt off visiting a doctor or receiving medical services because of cost concerns. In a time when universal healthcare is such a lightening rod for controversy, this study highlights the need for a better way to serve those without unlimited means to afford proper medical care.
12/01/11
Doctors Visits Fall During Recession
missmd2be:
“The economic recession has kept people with private insurance from visiting the doctor, probably to save money on out-of-pocket costs associated with physician visits, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
In the second quarter of 2011, there were 129 million office visits among the privately insured — a 17% decrease from the same time period in 2009, according to Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, the authors of the analysis.
The number of people with private insurance also dropped during this time as people lost their jobs, and along with their jobs, their health insurance.”
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/GeneralProfessionalIssues/29763?pfc=40&spc=238
12/01/11
Yay for community health care?
beckyc:
Not really sure what my health program is called. But I just showed up to get my birth control shot (warning: I get emotional the week after I get the shot so if I get particularly upset it probably just hormones), asked about STD testing since I had no idea what the procedure was, and for 21 dollars they do all the major tests. I didn’t have 21 dollars but I paid for one of the tests. SO MUCH CHEAPER THAN SCHOOL AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD (the PP here in my town doesn’t use the sliding scale for payments). At school it would have been like at least 80 dollars, and at PP it was like well over 100 (that’s including the girly exam that I don’t want to get).
So yeah.
Also, I’m starting to follow the New Rules of Lifting for Women! I got the book yesterday and I love it so far!
I particularly love how much food they want you to eat, and the recipes are actually doable! Every book I get that’s been like this requires a shit ton of money for food but most of the recipes I already have a lot of the ingredients! And you don’t have to use the recipes but I like them.
After work I’m gonna do the first workout!
12/01/11
equitygroups:
Pediatric Cancer Meets the Creating Hope Act.
The Creating Hope Act of 2011 would encourage the creation of new drugs for underserved children who suffer from serious and rare medical conditions, including life-threatening cancers, by providing a voucher to pharmaceutical companies who develop such drugs. This voucher could be used to
11/30/11
Pediatric
lalainern:
A positive antibody test in a child younger than 18 months of age indicates only that the mother is infected, because maternal immunoglobulin G antibodies persist in infants for 6 to 9 months and, in some cases, as long as 18 months. A positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) does not indicate true HIV infection.
11/30/11
What do music therapists do in children's hospitals?
Pediatric:
Music therapy has been shown to be effective with pediatric patients, particularly adolescents. Infants also particularly benefit from music therapy.
Live music works better than recorded music, because the music therapist can tailor the experience for each child’s preferences and needs. Active music making that involves the child has a better effect than simply listening to the music.
Music therapy research has shown itself to be an effective way ro reduce pain during invasive medical procedures, like surgery, debridement, bone marrow aspiration, lumbar punctures, venipunctures and hypodermic injections, circumcision, and sutures. Music therapists leads the child, and often the child’s family, in actively playing music and writing songs about the child’s experience.
Music therapy has also been shown in empirical research to reduce anxiety before operations, medical treatments, and childbirth.
Music therapy decreases the respiratory distress of children requiring respiratory assistance, and helps children cope with the hospital environment.
*Paraphrased from Sherri L. Robb’s Music Therapy in Pediatric Healthcare: Research and Evidence Based Practice
11/29/11
