Medical Updates

Most Influential Doctors Database

Most Influential Doctors, an analysis by the medical information firm Qforma, lists thousands of physicians considered the “thought-leaders” in more than 300 U.S. metro areas. These are the doctors other doctors listen to, send patients to and can influence care.

Study links ADHD medicine with better test scores

Children on medicine for attention deficit disorder scored higher on academic tests than their unmedicated peers in the first large, long-term study suggesting this kind of benefit from the widely used drugs.

Emergency readiness guide :Be informed

Some of the things you can do to prepare for the unexpected, such as making an emergency supply kit and developing a family communications plan, are the same for both a natural or man-made emergency.

Emergency Readiness Guide :Make a plan

Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is important to plan in advance: how you will contact one another; how you will get back together; and what you will do in different situations.
Family Emergency Plan

Emergency Readiness Guide :Get a kit

When preparing for a possible emergency situation, it’s best to think first about the basics of survival: fresh water, food, clean air and warmth.
Recommended Items to Include in a Basic Emergency Supply Kit:

Study: Medical costs for retirees climb

As if saving for retirement wasn’t enough to worry about, now comes a study that shows a couple retiring this year needs about a quarter of a million dollars to cover medical expenses.
The $240,000 estimate is a 6.7 percent increase from last year’s and the cost is expected to keep rising