Articles about Primary Care
Imagine being diagnosed with leukemia, and, in order to keep the disease in check, you need to undergo a certain treatment. The treatment, however, is expensive, so you go through your health insurance to pay for it. But your insurance company takes almost a month to authorize the payment. By that time, the leukemia had […]
To say Sara Campbell was having a day from hell is a gross understatement. She and her husband, Matt, had spent the last eight hours driving from Summerville to his parents’ home in Washington D.C., to gather with his family upon his mother’s passing. “We’d been there less than two hours when my phone rang. […]
An array of flying and crawling creatures, some of them with the potential to cause serious harm to your health and well-being, are out there waiting to sample a taste of Lowcountry residents. However, if you take the proper precautions, you can avoid the uncomfortable results of allowing yourself to become part of a meal […]
Treatment of erectile dysfunction, otherwise known as ED, with medications such as Viagra (sildenafil), Cialis (tadalafil) and Levitra (vardenafil) has arguably produced one of the most successful and profitable pharmaceutical marketing campaigns of all time. But, when men take these medications, are they really being fully served? These drugs are a “band-aid” treatment that may […]
Medicare payments totaled $705.9 billion in 2017, up 4.2% from the previous year and accounting for 20% of the total federal spending budget for that year alone, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. AARP reported that 44 million Americans are currently enrolled in Medicare, and, by 2030, that number could reach 79 […]
First you notice the TV is turned up just a little too loud. Then you notice you are having to constantly repeat yourself. And then you realize your loved one is reducing his or her time talking to family and friends. It might be a hard conversation to have, but when your relationship with a […]