My dad’s INR has gone through the roof since last week when his doctor put him on Prednisone because his asthma was acting up really badly. Prednisone is one of the  contraindictions to my dad’s condition with coumadin. Because of this, I had to take him once a week. But poor Dad has a hard [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group practice in Kansas City, Mo.
It’s so scary that most physicians at Kansas City Internal Medicine, with 65% of its nearly 70,000 active patients age 65 or older, have stopped accepting walk-in Medicare enrollees, said Dr. David [...]

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You may have heard about mobile doctors. They are a group of doctors who are trying to revive the movement of making house calls just like in the old times. Actually, it’s something that is greatly needed as… Continue reading