(NAPSI)—As a foot and ankle surgeon, I often hear “It’s just a sprain, no big deal.” Sometimes, however, a sprain can be, or become, serious. Sprained ankles are painful and can temporarily limit a patient’s ability to walk normally, so accurate diagnosis and treatment are necessary for proper healing. When a foot and ankle surgeon Read More …
Author: Dorothy
Trends In Healthcare: Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Insurers’ Efforts To Deny Patients Coverage
(NAPSI)—A new national poll conducted by YouGov found that 91 percent of Americans believe insurance companies should not be allowed to deny coverage for people with chronic diseases whose premiums are paid by charitable organizations. Known as “charitable premium assistance,” the federally approved practice of patients applying for and receiving help from charities to pay Read More …
Health And Well-Being Reading Sunscreen Labels Can Save Your Family’s Health
(NAPSI)—Studies show that parents need to exercise caution when choosing the right sunscreen for their kids. The Surprising Problem Many parents might be shocked to find that approximately 70 percent of sunscreens—even those labeled kid-friendly—contain harmful chemicals, the most common of which are oxybenzone, octinoxate, avobenzone and octocrylene. Considered toxic to humans, they’ve been banned Read More …
Protecting Your Money Twice A Victim: Finding A Path Forward After An Accident
(NAPSI)—Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are injured in serious accidents. Though the causes may be different, one thing is increasingly common: Because there are often long delays in collecting payments for legitimate insurance claims, injured parties can become “twice victims.” An All-Too-Common Story “The bus accident caused serious injury to my right wrist Read More …
Hints For Homeowners Beware ‘Blow-and-go’ Scams
(NAPSI)—For their own peace of mind, home owners should get their heating an cooling systems cleaned by members of NADCA, who must comply with a strict Code of Ethics. Some homeowners have been taken by what’s known as “blow-and-go” air duct cleaning—but you don’t have to be. These companies charge what seems a nominal fee Read More …
Fire Safety Facts
Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors save lives but many people live in homes without them. Hundreds of people, especially seniors, die every year from unintentional exposure to carbon monoxide and thousands more die in house fires where there were no working smoke alarms. Make sure smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are installed in Read More …
Fire Safety
More than three hundred and fifty thousand fires occur each year and often within the homes of seniors. Some of the leading causes include cooking, portable heaters, smoking, and faulty electrical equipment. Here are a few ways you can prevent electrical fires. Call an electrician if you see a discolored wall plate, smell a burning Read More …
Pet Health
Eighty-five million American households have dogs or cats. When cancer or other illness strikes, they want the best for them. A problem, says VCA medical oncology specialist Erin Roof, DVM, is that cancer symptoms are hard to spot. “The owner may notice a bump, or a mass, or something on their dog that wasn’t there Read More …
Hints for Homeowners
Timmy, Why are you coughing? It’s My asthma, Ma. Your Asthma! Albert, I thought you said you were going to hire a NADCA member to clean our air ducts. Sport You’ll be finished coughing in no time once I’m done here. Gee, Pa, you should have just hired a NADCA member.
Reuniting Families
Imagine your loved ones are caught up in an international disaster or armed conflict, or that they are on a migration and you have no idea if they’re safe, or alive. The world’s largest humanitarian network can help. For over a century, the Red Cross has been reconnecting families separated by conflict, disaster, migration or Read More …