It’s Health Care Tuesday over at my health care blog, Simply stated health care. In the past, the drug, Avastin had been used in treating breast cancer. Due to potential risks, the Federal Drug Administration revoked its use for breast cancer. Two new studies had interesting results. Here’s a sneak peek. =============== Is Avastin for [...]

It’s Health Care Tuesday at my health care blog, Simply stated health care. The topic this week is stress. Who doesn’t have stress? This annual study breaks down our woes, the impact of stress and who seems to have the most stress. Here’s a sneak peek. ================ Stress Study Shows More Words Than Action We [...]

At Health Care Tuesday over at my health care blog, Simply stated health care, is a post about a study that seems to indicate the over 50 crowd is putting off health care. We explore some of the reasons and the danger of this health care roulette. Here’s a sneak peek. ================ Are Baby Boomers [...]

It’s Health Care Tuesday over at my health care blog, Simply stated health care. This week’s post looks at the government-sponsored site, healthfinder.gov, and its new page on Facebook. Here’s a sneak peek. ———————— Healthfinder Dot Gov Likes Facebook Healthfinder.gov hopes you like them – you really, really like them. The U.S. government website for information [...]

It’s Health Care Tuesday over at my health care blog, Simply stated health care. This week we have a report that will probably not be much of a surprise to anyone. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index shows Americans’ healthy behaviors took a dive during the holidays. Here’s a sneak peek of the post. ====================== Americans Drop-Kick [...]

It’s Health Care Tuesday over at my health care blog, Simply stated health care. Health reform is guaranteed to have opinions. The latest hot potato has to do with the essential benefits provision of the Affordable Care Act. Check it out. ============= Are Health Reform’s Essential Benefits Not So Essential? It’s one of the provisions [...]

This Health Care Tuesday post at my health care blog, Simply stated health care,  reviews a report with not so surprising results. The report looks at what the sponsor calls the mobile workforce and reviews their technology usage. Here’s a sneak peek. ================ Mobile Workforce’s Ringing in Ears is 24/7 Forget sugarplums, today’s mobile workforce [...]

This Health Care Tuesday at my health care blog, Simply stated health care, reviews a recent health poll. The poll looks at the effect of healthy behaviors on health care and costs. Here’s a sneak peek. ——————- Health Poll Draws a Line for Unhealthy Behavior Individuals with healthy behavior should reap rewards beyond good health. At least [...]

Today’s Health Care Tuesday at Simply stated health care reviews the latest buzz over mid-level providers. Don’t know what a mid-level provide is? Here’s a sneak peek. =========================================== Mid-level Providers-Threat or Good Idea? It’s a problem I have heard before – fear over using a mid-level provider. What is a mid-level provider? You probably know [...]

It’s Health Care Tuesday over at my health care blog, Simply stated health care. This week’s post looks at a recently released report. The report takes exception to an earlier report that held dire predictions for the future oh employer-sponsored health coverage. Here’s a sneak peek. ================ Employer Health Coverage Report Says Don’t Play Taps [...]