At Home and at the Doctor: A Health Blog

When you work in a hospital, assisted living, or doctor's office environment, your medical scrubs are generally chosen for you in some way. This means the color and style of the scrub is often chosen by the administration. When you work in home health care, you have the ability to choose your own scrubs in most cases. This is especially true if you are doing private, in-home caregiving. If you were trying to figure out what medical scrubs would be best for your home caregiving positions, here are a few tips to finding the right ones.

If you wear hearing aids, you know that they require routine maintenance. If you have a busy schedule, you might not keep up with that maintenance. If your hearing aids are working properly, you might think you can postpone the care that your hearing aids need. But that's not the case. Unfortunately, without proper maintenance, your hearing aids can experience a multitude of problems. Some of those problems can interfere with your ability to hear properly.

Dealing with a young baby's health needs often requires a variety of insurance coverage options that can pay for treatment without costing a lot of money in the process. However, it is often a challenge for some parents to find this coverage, which may leave their baby at risk of developing health issues. Thankfully, Medicaid Dental may be able to help those parents in this scenario. Babies May Experience Some Dental Health Issues

Lower back pain is one of those health issues that can be very devastating and hard to tolerate when it occurs. And it can derail many people's careers if they don't take the time to find a treatment method that works for their needs.  Back Pain May Complicate Many Careers Specialists estimate that around 80 percent of people will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives — and that some of these individuals will have persistent pain that will refuse to let up.

Whether you are looking for a new doctor, or are in need of immediate, non-emergency care, or on vacation and get sick, there are many reasons why you might go to a medical clinic. Going to a new medical clinic can be overwhelming for some people, but it doesn't have to be. Below are five simple things you can do to make your first appointment at a medical clinic easier for you and your doctor.

If you've been having trouble with your legs lately, it might be time to visit a vein specialist. Most people don't think about their veins when they experience problems with their legs. But veins play an important role in leg health. That's why it's important for you to take care of your veins. Read the information provided below. If you recognize any of the issues described here, contact a vein care clinic near you as soon as possible.

If your teenager has a drug problem, it's something you need to nip in the bud now. This can follow them into adulthood and throughout their lives. Your teenager could end up living a hard life going down the wrong path. If he can't deal with these issues now, the issues he faces are just going to get that much harder, and his drug problem may eventually worsen. If you think your teenager has a problem, an outpatient program may be the right path.

Sleep apnea is a type of sleep disorder where a person will stop and start breathing throughout the night while asleep. Severe sleep apnea can be quite serious, and treatment is needed. Common signs of sleep apnea include always feeling tired, waking up in the middle of the night gasping, dry mouth, and headaches in the morning. If you sleep with a partner, he or she may report that you snore loudly, or that he or she has seen you stop and restart breathing.