For the next 15 years, “baby boomers,” Americans born between the years 1946 and 1964, will turn 65 at a rate of about 10,000 each day. About 90% of seniors already have at least one chronic disease, like Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease, and 77% have two or more of these diseases. How do we
Dementia is a collective term used to describe symptoms seen in brain disorders, like memory loss and problems with language and thinking. According to the American Academy of Family, dementia symptoms include memory loss, difficulty completing familiar tasks, problems communicating, disorientation, poor judgment, problems with abstract thinking, misplacing things, mood and personality changes, and loss
By DANIELLE OFRI AUG. 3, 2014 “DEAR Doctor,” the letter from the insurance company began. “We are writing to inform you that a prior authorization is required for the medication you prescribed.” That’s usually where I stop reading. Thousands of these letters arrive daily in doctors’ offices across the country. They are attempts by insurance companies
Read about new studies that examine ways to combat Alzheimer’s disease and gastrointestinal cancers; find a new report on care management for those with chronic conditions and learn which county health departments received DOH grants to advance the state’s Prevention Agenda and more in this edition of your Weekly Dose!
Here’s your Weekly Dose chock full of informative stories from a look at how consumers are still baffled by provisions of the Affordable Care Act, to a physician’s op-ed on how prescription drug prior authorization could impact patient care. And you might want to read how the key to happiness could be in lowering expectations.
The New York State Department of Health has extended the date to announce DSRIP design grants to Performing Provider System applicants to August 6. The state received 50 applicants in total. The New York Times write why pay for performance health care incentives are not working as anticipated. Approximately 300 retirees from Health Research, Inc.
This article profiles New York City’s new HIV/AIDS chief, who steps into the post in September. Medicare Advantage plans can be more cost effective by increasing competition through a single base subsidy amount. From the United Hospital Fund’s webpage, two new reports on the Medicare Advantage market in New York. On Tuesday, two federal appeals
By the time she was 18 months old, my friend, Sarah, was constantly in and out of the hospital. Her mother recalls her turning blue because she was unable to breathe and was always being put on oxygen. All of her life, Sarah has lived with asthma. When I asked her if her asthma has
Learn how to train like a German soccer star or how cooler bedrooms enhance your sleep, or where stroke rates are dropping and health care spending has shrunk, plus find a list of the latest meetings, hearings and special events at the NYS Department of Health….all in your Weekly Dose!
Some of my best memories as a child involved physical activity. I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been to be told I couldn’t run around outside and play with my friends after being diagnosed with asthma. Although this was the case in the past, new research suggests that physical activity might actually help