“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi Two recent articles in the Washington Post provide a disturbing portrait of hospice care in the US. Hospices that take payments from Medicare must be able to provide “crisis care” –continuous nursing care in the home or inpatient...
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Our Lovely Watery World Although more than 70% of the earth is covered with water, most of it, 97%, is salty and must be treated to be used for drinking or growing crops. Much of the freshwater is locked in glaciers and the polar ice caps. Humans are 60% Water In the US, a recent spill of a toxic chemical, made tap water unusable for 300,000 West Virginia...
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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Anne Frank After a year of being part of this amazing project, I would like explain what I know about Medivizor and why I have placed my reputation on the line in support of this company. Learning and Service “The time is always right to do right.”...
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Being an Empowered Patient Your doctor relies on medical research, her own training, and years of experience to make medical decisions. As a patient, it is your right to be as informed as possible. Medivizor has a vast array of research that can be sent directly to your email box based on the diagnoses you have. Here is a short description of a research...
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“Health, which is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, is a fundamental human right and that the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide social goal….”–World Health Organization Choosing Nursing for Primary Care “I’m of...
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Smoking and Tobacco Products Sales in the News According to a review of the history of tobacco control in the US, by the CDC, the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) in 1950, provided the first evidential link of smoking to cancers and other diseases. It took 40 years for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)...
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SCAD Heart At age 38, after the birth of her second son, Katherine K. Leon had a heart attack. Atypical? Indeed. This young, physically fit woman had no risk factors associated with heart disease. She had a SCAD heart attack. A Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, SCAD is an extremely serious and often fatal condition. Here’s what happens. Coronary...
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As you probably heard, the Internet was in shock due to a vulnerability of some of the most popular underlying encryption software used by many popular web sites. We wanted to reassure you that Medivizor has checked its systems and verified that we were not compromised nor was any of our subscriber’s information. Some more details: On April 7, 2014, a...
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An incredible infographic and historical timeline by Best Medical Degrees. Source: BestMedicalDegrees.com More data: The Evolution of Medicine Modern medicine has helped lead to a surge in average life expectancy, which was only about 36 in the late 1800s. With humans routinely living into their 100s, advances in medical science are to thank....
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Do physicians understand their patients? Writing for Scope blog, Jessica Rice described her experience asking difficult questions of her physicians. “I consider myself a down-to-earth, logical creature; looking at the facts and hearing the truth is strangely comforting to me. This is why I recently asked, ‘What will dying be like if it’s the...
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New eBook: Top 2013 Breast Cancer Research Papers Medivizor experts selected some of the most important breast cancer research papers published in 2013 and compiled the service’s summaries and interpretations of them into an eBook. This eBook is now available to be downloaded free. Examples of research included in the eBook: Using MRI to detect...
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“I share my story and speak to save lives.” “I thought I was fully awake, but I wasn’t. I thought I was open to living…the reality is that even after diagnosis, I was not living fully awake. What I’m doing differently now is having this diagnosis, really putting it out there, and sharing life and what is going on.” Endurance In your...
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