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Is All Durable Medical Equipment Covered by Insurance?

The simple answer is no. Medicare Part B (medical insurance) covers medically necessary durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home. Your physician, nurse practitioner (NP), physician’s assistant (PA) or certified nurse specialist (CNS) can prescribe medical equipment for a patient. Medicare is considered the driver when it comes to …

8 Things ER Doctors Refuse to Have in Their Homes

By Lisa Lombardi<br>Emergency room physicians see all kinds of grisly stuff, which made us wonder: What products do they consider so hazardous t...

Why I Don’t Drink Budweiser…and Why I’m Not Alone

Budweiser has always been far more about marketing than beer. The founder of Anheuser Busch, Adolphus Busch, refused to drink his own brew, calling it “that slop” (he was German, of cou…

How to Choose the Right Cane and Use It Properly

Why I Almost Fired My Doctor

Was I going to risk my longevity to avoid hurting my doctor’s feelings? I needed a physician I respected and trusted.

Proven Tips to Consider When Choosing Suitable Stair Lift

Stair lifts are indispensable equipment for people with mobility issues. It helps them bypass the challenges of moving up and down the stai...

What Should Public Health and Health Department Professionals Do in Preparation for Roe v. Wade...

In the same way that health departments respond to other threats to public health, they should prepare to mitigate the public health harms we expect to be caused by these policy changes.

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

If you think your child has been exposed to lead, the Public Health Department can help. Our Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is a state-funded program that works to prevent the damaging effects of lead poisoning.

Millennials Are Ready to Change Public Health. Is Public Health Ready?

Did you know that millennials make up 35 percent of the workforce in the United States, but only about 24 percent of state and local health departments? This is despite a 300 percent growth in public health degrees over the past two decades. So where are the millennials, and what do these numbers me

Public health advocate looking for a public service role?

Do public health issues such as obesity, mental health and substance abuse inspire you to make a positive difference in your community? Maybe you have a calling to serve on the Board of The Tri-County Health Department on which there is an immediate opening for an innovative, charismatic and forward thinking individual to represent...

Looking For Free Condoms? There's A Health Department App For That

State and local public health departments are turning to apps as to help them reach people when they need help the most. Birth control finders, recipe tweakers and searchable restaurant inspections are in the mix.

Public Health Matters Flu Prevention

How Investing in Public Health Will Strengthen America’s Health

Investments in public health not only improve the health of society but also advance equity and foster economic and climate resiliency.

How to help public health survive politics and misinformation

Recommendations to diffuse the politicization of public health: public communication and messaging.

The public health playbook: ideas for challenging the corporate playbook

Many commercial actors use a range of coordinated and sophisticated strategies to<br>protect business interests—their corporate playbook—but many of these strategies come<br>at the expense of public health. To counter this corporate playbook and advance health<br>and wellbeing, public health actors need to develop, refine, and modernise their own<br>set of strategies, to create a public health playbook. In this Viewpoint, we seek<br>to consolidate thinking…

Is Pain a Public Health Crisis?

Federal advisory group wants to frame chronic pain as public health problem.

What Can You Do With an MSN in Public Health?

Public health nurses (PHN) focus on entire populations, communities, or groups. Is phn — and an MSN in Public Health — the path for you?

Top Ten Tech Trends: Making Sense of an Onslaught of Data in Public Health

Historically, public health has been viewed as something of a poor stepchild when it comes to the billions of dollars in investments that have been aimed at transforming clinical care. Public health funding continues to be an issue, and the capabilities of local public health departments vary widely.

Lyme Disease: A Public Health Risk?