At Home and at the Doctor: A Health Blog

When you suffer from a chronic or terminal illness, you might feel overwhelmed when trying to manage your own medical care. You may be unaware of what options are available to you as a patient. You also may be unsure about what your rights are or what social services are available to you. You likewise may not have the strength or capability of researching all of this yourself. Instead, you may benefit from retaining a healthcare advocate who can advise and assist you with your medical care.

A work-related injury can be difficult to deal with, particularly if you are not able to work for a long time. For those who are hurt at work and cannot work, you may be entitled to worker's compensation benefits to pay for your medical expenses as well as money to pay your bills while you recover. In some cases, unfortunately, some employers may not be as cooperative as others when you try to make a worker's compensation claim.

Hip bursitis is a common injury that plagues runners and others who engage in a lot of high-impact activity. It's an irritation and inflammation of the bursae — little, fluid-filled sacs that cushion your hips. Once it sets in, the pain of hip bursitis can be difficult to treat. Thankfully, massage therapy can help, and in several different ways. Take a look at the benefits of massage therapy treatment: Massage therapy can loosen and stimulate the gluteal muscles.

While it's fairly easy to make an argument that any type of organization could benefit from having a temperature-scanning kiosk positioned at the entrance of its building, there are some organizations for which this device is especially valuable. If you run one of the following organizations and want to make a concerted effort to ensure that no one who has a temperature and thus a contagious illness is admitted onto your premises, you'll want to seek out a temperature scanning kiosk supplier and plan to buy one or more of these devices to position at your building's entrance.

If you are like many Americans, you might have some stubborn fat around your thighs, upper arms, or on your stomach that you simply cannot get rid of. Liposuction is a great option. However, this invasive treatment can be expensive, and you might not be a good candidate. Whatever the reason, if you want to lose stubborn fat with a more minimally invasive treatment, you have several options. Here are a few of the most popular non-surgical fat removal options.

Breast cancer is nothing to take lightly. In fact, many people who are living with breast cancer have a family history of this condition. Even if you have not been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may wonder about the risk factors you are living with. These are some of the ways in which you may be at risk for breast cancer as well as some of the ways you can reduce your risk of this condition.

Your sense of hearing can diminish with time, and depending on your job or the things you do in your daily routine, it can diminish much quicker than you anticipated. You may not even realize how hard of hearing you are, as it fades slowly over time and you just become so accustomed to the changes in your hearing that you have no idea what you are actually missing out on.

A concierge doctor is a doctor who provides you with personalized and immediate health care services. They charge a fee for their quality services and professionalism. Concierge medical doctors have become more affordable and facilitate many patients.  Health is something on which we cannot compromise. If you are a heart patient, you have to visit the doctor regularly and pay charges for each visit. In this case, a concierge doctor is more beneficial for you as they will give you easy and immediate access.