by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2018 | General News, Health
On average, 23% of heart failure patients are readmitted to a hospital every year, according to a study published in 2016 in Progressive Cardiovascular Disease. About 5.7 million American adults live with heart failure (HF), a sizable number projected to increase to 8...
by Bruce Brown | March 21, 2018 | General News, Health
Americans continue to rack up unfortunately high scores on common health problems. According to the CDC, approximately 75 million adults in the U.S have hypertension (high blood pressure). Another 75 million have prehypertension: blood pressure scores that are above...
by Alfred Poor | March 21, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
Back in the dark ages of direct mail (when people used to write paper letters and we shopped using printed mail order catalogs), people railed against “junk mail” just like they do today. Only back then they complained about wasting trees; now they...
by Bruce Brown | March 20, 2018 | General News, Health
According to the 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 30.3 million people in the U.S. have diabetes Type I and Type II. Of that total number, the CDC estimates 23.1 million people have been...
by Bruce Brown | March 19, 2018 | General News, Health
Non-emergency medical transportation barriers result in approximately 3.6 million missed or delayed medical appointments each year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The lack of public transit options thwarts travel for care in many cases....
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2018 | General News, Health
Incontinence is a problem for the very young and the very old, as well for patients with certain conditions or following surgery (such as removal of the prostate). Infants don’t notice it for the most part, but it can be a frustrating and embarrassing problem...
