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2008
August 5 State Can Help in Health Insurance Disputes
July 22 Light a Candle for Patient Safety
July 8 Medical Information Bureau Affects Our Ability to Get Insurance
June 24 ICE Your Cellphone - It Could Save Your Life
June 10 Be Wary of Discount Cards for Prescriptions
May 27 Plans Help Those Who Can't Afford Medicine
May 13 Work With Doctor to Save Monday on Drugs
April 29 Look at Evidence for New Drugs
April 15 Why Healthcare Reform Is Important to You
April 1 Advanced Directives - Don't Do This to Your Loved Ones
March 18 The Concept of Medical Home
March 4 When It's Time to Change Doctors (Part II)
February 19 What to Do if You Want to Change Doctors
February 5 Don't Forget to Double Check Medical Bills
January 22 Make the Most of Time with the Doctor
January 8 How to Share Web Data with Your Doctor
2007
December 25 Focus on Proactive Prevention Choices in the New Year
December 11 Healthcare Proxies Provide Peace of Mind
November 27 Are Mobile Ultrasound Tests Worthwhile?
November 13 The Ins and Outs of Medical Clinical Trials
October 30 Review of treatments uncovers faults
October 16 What if you and your doctor disagree?
October 2 How to make tough decisions
September 18 Doctors diagnostic tools explained
September 4 What Kindergarten teaches us about healthcare
August 21 How Experienced is your Doctor?
August 7 Review prescription lingo with pharmacist
July 24 DeMystifying Talk about Generic Drugs
July 10 Online Medical Info Can't Always be Trusted
June 26 Find Helpful Information in Blogs and Wikis
June 12 Doctor Websites Not Always Objective
May 29 Learn from Medical Journals Online
May 15 How to Find Credible Medical Sites Online
May 1 Keep Yourself Safe on Trips to the ER
April 17 Make sure you are seeing the right specialist
April 3 Stay Healthy by thinking like a consumer
March 20 You can learn plenty from other patients
March 6 Are you a Cyberchondriac?
February 20

Detective work can assist in health care

February 6 Feedback important to doctors and patients
January 23 Infections spread easily in hospitals
January 9 Simple Washing Can Prevent Staph Infections in Hospitals
   
2006
December 26 2007 Resolutions for Sharp Patients
December 12 Be a Smart Health Insurance Consumer
November 28 Evolving Choices: Learn about Alternative and Complementary Therapies
November 14 Not all health professionals practice hand washing
October 31 Follow Your Doctor's Instructions
October 17 Medical Alphabet Soup, Part II
October 3 A Guide to Medical Alphabet Soup, Part I
September 19 Dangers Come from Medicine Mistakes
September 5 Prescription Mistakes are Over a Million
August 22 Be Informed Before Giving Consent on Health Forms
August 8 Learn from the Headlines
July 25 Follow Up on Test Results
July 11 Three Questions You Should Ask Your Doctor
June 27 Personal Health Journal / Locate and store your medical records (part 3)
June 13 Personal Health Journal / Medical Records (part 2)
May 30 Build a Personal Health Journal (part 1)
May 17 Behold the Second Opinion
May 3 Listen to Your Inner Voice
April 18 Ads for Prescription Drugs Are A Place to Start
April 4 No room for white lies in good medicine
March 21 The Rand Report:  The Flip of a Coin Just Isn't Good Enough
March 7 Could you be the victim of a misdiagnosis?
February 21 How to fix the doctor-patient disconnect
February 7 What if you've only got a few months to live?
 

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