Concierge Medicine

America’s complex health care system has transformed the very personal doctor – patient relationship of patient care into an assembly line of medical care delivery.  Thus, in 2002, a new and different alternative to the current health care system was born.  Concierge or retainer – based medicine programs seek to restore the doctor – patient relationship based on trust, quality, access, time and education.

Your personal physician from Personalized Care will carry a smaller patient practice.  Patients are treated by their own physician, who will have the time to develop the necessary doctor – patient relationship in our new world of patient – centered care.  This environment will help to promote better health and wellness guidelines, while eliminating rushed and fragmented care, thus helping to eliminate medical care oversights and errors.

This new health care delivery atmosphere will provide a dedicated and experienced medical professional, who will have the time and compassion to treat their patients without the limitations of patient referrals, prior authorizations, pre-certifications… Read the rest of this entry »

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Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels

Click Here to Read More … Researchers at the National Institute of Health, along with other institutions, have released a study online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, stating that Asian women have higher estrogen levels when drinking 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day. This is about 2 cups of coffee…
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New Test Offers Greater Accuracy in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

Click Here to Read More … Results of two studies suggest that a new, investigational colorectal cancer screening test developed in a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Inc. of Madison, Wis., is highly accurate and significantly more sensitive than other noninvasive tests at detecting precancerous tumors (adenomas) and early-stage cancer.
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Circulating tumor cells can reveal genetic signature of dangerous lung cancers

Click Here to Read More … An MGH-developed, microchip-based device that detects and analyzes tumor cells in the bloodstream can be used to determine the genetic signature of lung tumors, facilitating targeted therapies and monitoring genetic changes that occur during therapy.
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Mayo Clinic Finds Mild Cognitive Impairment is Common, Affects Men Most

Click Here to Read More … Researchers involved in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging reported that more than 6 percent of Americans age 70 to 89 develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) every year and it affects men more than women.
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Narcissism Blues

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Middle Eastern families yield intriguing clues to autism

Click Here to Read More … Research has implicated a half-dozen new genes in autism and strongly supports the idea that autism stems from disruptions in the brain’s ability to form new connections in response to experience.
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Study Of Electronic Medical Records Reveals That Women Report Feeling Pain More Intensely Than Men

Click Here to Read More … Women report more-intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad gender difference to a high level of statistical significance…
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Joint Surgery Rates Declining Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Mayo Clinic Finds

Click Here to Read More … The need for joint surgery is declining among rheumatoid arthritis patients, possibly because they can now more effectively manage the disease with medication, Mayo Clinic research has found.
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Women Cope Better With HIV/AIDS When They Have The Love Of A Dog Or Cat

Click Here to Read More … A spoonful of medicine goes down a lot easier if there is a dog or cat around. Having pets is helpful for women living with HIV/AIDS and managing their chronic illness, according to a new study from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. “We think this finding about pets can apply to women managing other chronic illnesses,” said Allison R…
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Living Together May Be Mentally Healthier Than Marriage

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Once the honeymoon’s over, wedded couples grow less happy and social, research claims

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