News Category: Resources for Injured People
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Getting Your Doctor to Listen
Two emergency room physicians at Harvard have written a book that every patient should read. "When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests" is a primer on patient empowerment, how to get your doctor to listen to you and how to take charge of your own health care. In a recent op-ed piece for CNN, Dr. Leana Wen and Dr. Joshua Kosowsky write that patients hold the key to improving their experience with doctors and their healthcare. They write: "But taking control of your health care begins with something even m ...
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More disabled veterans returning from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Just a week after Memorial Day, here's a sobering statistic about veterans who are returning from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly half are applying for disability benefits for service-related injuries and illnesses -- more than for any previous wars, according to the Associated Press. "America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from ...
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Auto Insurance Coverage: What You Need to Know
Do you have GAAP insurance? Do you need it? Do you even know what it is? What about Med Pay? What are your insurance liability limits? Are you a candidate for an umbrella policy? Is your automobile insurance adequate to protect and provide for you after an accident? That last question is one you should be asking yourself and your insurance agent now -- before you have an accident and find out that you don't have coverage you desperately need. We've done the research for you and have created a cheat sheet chock full of information about ...
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Anger and chronic pain? Is there a connection?
Just stumbled upon an interesting blog post by Dr. David Hanscom who explores how anger at the workers' comp system and anger, in general, can contribute to chronic pain. Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic spine surgeon and an expert in teaching people to manage their chronic pain. The points he makes about anger and frustration impacting an injured person's recovery and ongoing pain are quite valid. We've seen time and time again how being mired in the workers' comp or Social Security Disability bureaucracy and fighting what can sometimes seem ...
Read More | No CommentsA brain injury and suicide connection?
Yesterday's suicide of football great Junior Seau has experts one again questioning whether there is a link between link between brain injury or head trauma and mental illness and suicide. ABC News reports: Several former NFL players have committed suicide in recent years, and many experts believe the deaths could be related to repeated blows to the head. In addition to Dave Duerson, ex-Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Terry Long and Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Andre Waters took their own lives. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, ...
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Catastrophic Brain Injuries on the Rise in High School Football
Researchers from UNC released findings recently that catastrophic brain injuries are on the rise for high school football players for the first time in more than 30 years. These are injuries that are serious enough to leave the players permanently disabled. Catastrophic brain injuries associated with full-contact football appear to be rising, especially among high school students, according to a new report. The increase is alarming and indicates more coaches and athletic trainers should change how they teach the fundamental skills of the game ...
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Virginia brain injury workers’ comp loophole not closed after all
Last year, as we were fighting against the bad workers' compensation bill before the N.C. legislature, we shared with you the story of Mike Gentry, a Virginia satellite installer who suffered a brain injury after falling from a roof. Two days after Gentry awoke from a coma, an insurance adjuster asked him if he remembered the fall. He said no; at that point, he couldn’t remember anything. And that’s all the insurance company, Zurich North America, needed to deny Gentry’s claim. Gentry’s family fought a 21-month battle to receive wor ...
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“Rich” hospitals help drive up cost of health care
Interesting reading this week in the Raleigh News & Observer. The newspaper is running a five-part series, "Prognosis: Profits" which reveals how nonprofit hospitals are making big money, paying big salaries and saddling some of their most vulnerable patients with big bills. This is driving up health care costs and putting the burden of the sick and injured who cannot afford to pay their bills. Here's just a preview of the findings of the series: Most of them are nonprofits. But many of them, especially the big ones, are making a fortu ...
Read More | No CommentsTips for Healthcare Workers Treating Injured Workers
At some point in their medical practice, most healthcare workers will treat a patient who was injured on the job. But many doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurses find that while they can help these patients with their medical problems and physical recovery, treating someone with a work injury presents a unique set of challenges – not all of them medical. Indeed, injured workers and their families must deal with a host of issues as they try to heal and rebuild their lives after being hurt on the job. There are emotional and finan ...
Read More | No CommentsAlternative Health Series: Yoga Useful for Stress Release, Exercise and Pain Management
This is the latest in a series of blog articles about alternative therapies for injuries and pain management. This time, we turn to yoga, the ancient Indian mind-body practice that has become a mainstream form of exercise, stress release and pain management. Future articles in this series will explore massage, Pilates, Reiki and other alternative treatments and pain-management techniques. You can access all articles in the Alternative Therapies Series by clicking here. This article is presented for informational purposes only. As always, please ...
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