Protect FamiliesTips to protect and increase families healthiness

Innovations don’t need to be complicated.

For example, the Boston Globe today features the story of Dr. Dennis M. Dimitri, a family physician affiliated with UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, who promotes open access, i.e. same-day scheduling of patient appointments. According to the article, this change has helped Dr. Dimitri address some of the problems associated with an over-burdened practice and has helped alleviate his patients’ experiences with delayed bookings and long wait-times.

The article further states, “Dimitri’s patients start calling in at 9 a.m. and are assigned 15-minute time slots on a first-call, first-serve basis. Those who want a traditional scheduled appointment can try for the two to three hours a day he reserves for advanced bookings … A few extra slots are left open for walk-ins and emergencies.” Importantly, the article goes on to mention that Dr. Dimitri’s office does not double-book and has very few no-show patients. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps you noticed that you have in the menu on the right is a new section, titled “Skeptics reports.” It is an idea that originated when I did low carb diet. I spent enough time searching studies “truth” I confirmed or denied that diets high in fat and protein were unhealthy.

The truth is that most of the available information confirms this idea. However, I decided to push it a little more and turn to the sources, since that information was often vague and very general, obtained at low stem magazines, internet, etc. Furthermore, there Read the rest of this entry »

There is still a way to find the cheapest health insurance  for families in Florida. Many families spending cash each month to pay health insurance. If there are two parents and children, the price may be more than $ 500 per month. A year-end amounts to $ 6,000! That’s also assuming no incidents and everyone is still healthy.

In Florida there is a great program for children under the age of 19 years called Kid Care. This service provides cheap health insurance and prescriptions for children in Florida. Many families will have free health insurance for their children, eliminating the need to add them as dependents on their health insurance. The average cost of Kid Care is $ 15 – $ 20 per month and is based on the income level of parents. Read the rest of this entry »

Each holiday season, millions of people travel to visit friends and family. To help you prepare to address these travel – crowded airports, well-attended festivals – the CDC has launched a campaign called National Travelers’ Health Public Awareness Campaign with the aim of helping people prepare for their travel and getting sick during the holidays.

The CDC encourages everyone to stay informed about what to do if you become ill while traveling and take the following steps when planning a trip: Read the rest of this entry »

Your age or the fact that you’re a man or a woman has nothing to do with smoking can hurt the body. Nearly all smokers have the satisfaction they draw a breath she did not even bother to read only dazzled the statements written warning on every cigarette pack to. Who do you think feeds of all this? Obviously, this is not the people around them. These are the tobacco companies that produce such nonsense on the market. Do not you think it is completely irrational, let it grow at the expense of health?

If you smoke, stop for a while their habit. It is possible to stop smoking cigarettes, if you really want. Everything is a matter of right mind set and finish your life. The desire of people to live a happy, healthy life with their families. To achieve this, it is important that you quit smoking. Read the rest of this entry »