Q1: is #hemodialysis HD better than PD? Outcomes and experience Q2: is home dialysis ready and available to be standard of care? Q3: Why is @DaVita able to collect 1000% or more of #Medicare rate from employer sponsored health plans? I asked...
Read moreRemember polio wards and iron lungs? Me neither! #ThanksVaccine #ThanksScience Learn more about vaccine preventable diseases and cancers here at: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html Image: National Museum of American History
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Use it or lose it ! We know that physical inactivity is a risk factor for Alzheimer dementia. Medical research suggests that exercise and mobility may help prevent Alzheimer Dementia. Patients with dementia who took up exercise training showed...
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The “3,000-steps-in-30-minutes” message should be an important new public health goal. This cheap and measurable moderate to vigorous physical activity-MVPA is great for health. Join a group, motivate each other, and aim to walk 3000 steps in 30...
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One in six adults- that is 17% of U.S. adults report binge drinking — defined as four or more drinks for women and five or more for men on one occasion — according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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In life, as in health care, the ability to stay optimistic and to be able to keep trying, improving, bounce back is the secret sauce for wellness. Have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend. #PequotHealth #HealthTransformers
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If life is good, but you are still not happy? Let’s do a quick check. Is your brain in harmony? We need at least 4 major brain chemicals in balance for happiness: 1. WORK- hard, move, create, to release endorphins 2. EARN- rewards, money...
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About 15 percent of Americans with HIV don’t even know they’re infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] There are testing centers near you that offer free, fast, and confidential testing for...
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Congratulations to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s Health Service Department for getting national recognition by USET and IHS for improvement in patient care quality. You show resilience everyday by: 1. Focusing on what you have not...
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What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can, but even if you can’t...
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Healing may begin by cultivating an attitude of gratitude. It is the belief that in spite of current or past trauma, we always have something to be thankful for. Nurturing this mindset of abundance based on the feeling that we are blessed and we...
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Today 10th of October is the world mental health day. On this day especially, we try to raise awareness of mental health issues and mobilize efforts to support mental health. We come together to talk about behavioral health challenges we face and...
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