February is Cancer Prevention Month, and with that comes the need to express how important it is to visit your doctor and get screened for this disease should you feel ill or are in pain. While most people associate cancer for all the hard realities that come with it: chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, transplants, etc., there’s...Continue reading
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Henry “Hank” Aaron, the former home run king and advocate for civil rights, died Friday morning at the age of 86. The Atlanta Braves announced his passing Friday. While the cause of death is unknown as of the publishing of this article, the Braves said Aaron died peacefully in...Continue reading
Rural men are likely to experience a sizeable increase in mental health needs during and after the pandemic, whether they had a prior history or not. Chief among these mental issues is depression, as people feel isolated and alone during the pandemic. Men’s Health Network, a non-profit concerned with men’s health issues, convened a conference...Continue reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a double whammy for rural men: Their access to medical care is often difficult because of long distances to travel for treatment, and they are less likely to have access to high-speed internet for telehealth visits. Even before the pandemic, healthcare for rural men had unique challenges. For the approximately...Continue reading
You know what they say: New Year equals a new me, right? Well, despite the overwhelming feeling of relief by many that our calendars have flipped from 2020 to 2021, it is absolutely vital to both men and women to make a plan to stay on top of their health. Some could read that last...
Former motor racing driver Aldo Andretti, the twin brother of race legend Mario Andretti, died last Wednesday in Indianapolis at the age of 80. Mario confirmed the news on Twitter last week. Aldo’s cause of death was due to coronavirus complications, according to Racer. Aldo Andretti, my loving twin brother, my partner in crime and...Continue reading
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck havoc across the globe, the United States has seen cases of the COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in the United Kingdom across California and Colorado. Despite this unpleasant reality, experts are unsure if the vaccines being released will protect against this form of virus mutation. Dr. Salvatore...Continue reading
Medical malpractice is the bane of every medical professional. You could be sued for something you did, something you didn’t do, and something your subordinates did. Here are 10 things you want to know about medical malpractice. The Risk of Being Sued Is Far Lower than the Rate of Medical Malpractice Studies suggest that...Continue reading
With Coronavirus deaths continuing to increase world-wide, the U.S. death toll now approaching 160,000, and our economy in free fall, it may be difficult to recognize the positive things that the Covid-19 crisis is trying to teach us. Here, I’ll share a few that I see:
Mental Health and Children For the 74 million children and adolescents in the United States (24% of the total population), mental health includes reaching develop-mental and emotional milestones, developing healthy social skills, and learning how to cope when problems arise. Although recent years have brought a more concentrated focus to the topic of mental health...