If you smoke, the single most important thing you can do to improve your health and manage related conditions like COPD is to quit. Tobacco smoke and other inhaled toxins aggravate your symptoms and significantly increase your risk for other serious medical illnesses....
Imperial, California – The New Year is here, and resolutions are ever-present. Many of these commitments to betterment involve some form of health improvement but lifestyle changes are easier planned than implemented. However, Mayo Clinic Health...
I was brought up in an era when the police were thought of as our friends – someone to go to in time of trouble. Today, there have been so many tragic deaths at the hands of the police, even caught on video – especially African-American males. It’s...
Suneel Dhand, MD | Physician | January 2, 2015 The enormous push continues to reduce readmissions, due in no small part to stiff financial penalties from CMS for the worst performing hospitals. The most commonly cited statistic is that about 1 in 5, or 20 percent, of...
I am always pleased to read about the excellent work undertaken by Calderdale DART and welcome the Life Planning Service they offer which may be of interest to some residents. After receiving funding from the Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group, they will deliver...
COLUMBUS — According to data from the Ohio Department of Health, nearly half (48 percent) of the 1,919 hospitalizations due to influenza to date in Ohio are residents age 65 or older. The Ohio Department of Aging is joining with the Department of Health to...
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