Curing Medicare

Book Review.This might seem like a curious title for a blog post but it reflects a very serious national need. Medicare is the central met...

Aging Gracefully Part 4 Comprehensive Primary Care For The Elderly

Comprehensive primary care is essential to good health, wellness and needed medical care during our elder years. It is critical to Aging Gra...

Aging Gracefully – Part 3 The Importance of Comprehensive Primary Care

Most people misunderstand what constitutes really good primary care.   We can slow the aging process with appropriate life style and behavio...

The Value of Integrative Medicine in Primary Care

Beginning with a deep understanding of medical science and years of training and experience, the primary care physician (PCP) needs to del...

Frustrations Among Primary Care Physicians Should Be a Wakeup Call

Primary care physicians (PCPs) are incredibly frustrated. This level of frustration should be a wakeup call. The greatest frustration is “...

Caring For Chronic Illnesses Should Be Different

Our medical care system does not deal well with chronic illnesses; it really concentrates on and is best at treating acute illnesses or tr...

You Are Not Your Doctor’s Customer - But You Can Do Something About It

Our care is generally good in the United States but not as good as it could be nor as good as it should be. There are multiple problems to ...

Complex, Chronic Illnesses Last a Lifetime and Consume 70% of the Healthcare Dollar

Medical care is organized to treat acute conditions but the need today is to prevent, diagnose and treat chronic illnesses. Unfortunately, w...