Self-care on Your Schedule with Mental Health App

The challenges of the past two years have raised global stress to unprecedented levels, illuminating the importance of prioritizing mental health. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, recognizes May as Mental Health Awareness month — a time to raise awareness and mobilize efforts to support mental health.This year, […]

6 Things Young Adults Should Know About Managing Their Health Care

Despite perceptions that young adults consider themselves young and invincible, the majority of Americans aged 18 to 26 are taking an active role in maintaining their health. Two out of three young adults have a usual source of health care, and most are seeing a physician at least once a year for wellness exams and other […]

Helping Manage The Cost of Asthma And COPD Inhalers

With the intense summer heat and horrible air quality, some people across the California Central Valley and other areas of the country are finding it difficult to breathe. When this happens, they quickly turn to their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) inhalers. Greater use of these devices means more refills are needed.For many […]

Transforming Health Research on the High Plains

Ned Norman is a rancher. Maret Felzien is an English professor. And conventional wisdom says neither is likely to help healthcare research become more meaningful to patients and caregivers. But Norman and Felzien, and their rural community in eastern Colorado, are doing just that through the High Plains Research Network (HPRN), a partnership of rural hospitals, clinics […]

Company Continues Foray Into Biologics, Stem Cells Therapy

Biotech stocks can be controversial and tend to have their ups and downs among the investment community. However, the biotech industry is getting a shot in the arm with news of biologics flooding the wires. Biologics are different from traditional drugs because they are manufactured in a living system, such as a microorganism or plant […]

Compare Your Health Care Options Online

It can be difficult to find health care providers like doctors, hospitals or nursing facilities that meet your needs. You need to compare before choosing your health care providers or plans because your decision can impact your health care outcomes. Now, you can find Medicare.gov compare tools in one convenient place, Medicare’s Quality Care Finder, […]

Dietary Supplement Improves Cognition in Alzheimer’s

Approximately 5.5 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer’s dementia, and no cure or preventive measure currently exists. However, a new dietary supplement has shown an ability to improve cognitive function in adults with dementia, based on results of a year-long clinical trial. In the study, 34 adults with an average age of 80 were given one teaspoon, four […]

Company Steps Up to Keep Health Care Workers Healthy

As the ongoing spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) reshapes American lives by the day, and sometimes by the hour, the health and stability of the nation’s essential work force, namely our health care workers and first responders, remains paramount. To keep themselves and their patients safe, these workers, who may have potentially been exposed […]

Expanded Health Insurance Options Increase Choices for Cancer Care

United Health care and Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) announced a new multi-year agreement that will expand health care options and accessibility for many cancer patients at all four hospitals in the CTCA network. The new agreement, effective July 1, 2009, provides United  Health care Options PPO customers access to more than 330 physicians […]

Americans Address The Need To Better Prepare for Alzheimer’s Disease

The odds that you know someone affected by Alzheimer’s are high, considering that more than five million people are living with Alzheimer’s and more than 15 million Americans provide unpaid care for those living with the disease. With the number of people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease expected to triple in the […]