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This rarely discussed health care secret will help you avoid years of chronic pain. Most people assume that we are supposed to hurt and fall apart as we age. For many over the age of 40, there are indeed changes in flexibility and in the types of things we can do as compared to when we were younger. The problem is compounded when your local health care primary doctor assumes this is normal, and makes you feel like everyone goes through this. The hard truth is that there are many people who age really well, while others have knees and Read More »

Local doctor attacks foot problems by educating shoe stores It is alarming how many people have poorly fitted shoes. Sometimes, people just assume that they know their size and will buy the shoe in a self service shoe store. The shoes that do not fit properly and are uncomfortable then get donated. Other people are sized wrong at the shoe store, costing them time when they return the shoe, costing the store money because of the re fit, the return process and the deposition of shoe that would have been sold for retail. Dr. Charschan, (Author of Cheating Mother Nature, Read More »

Health insurance, the new math. 4 truths the headlines aren’t telling you It’s been in the news; Health insurance has gone up more this year than in many previous years (http://wapo.st/oSGpTK). What is refreshing about the story from the Washington Post is that they mention that costs are not only rising for employers, but the costs have also been shifted to employees as well, further squeezing the average family. Deductibles have risen steadily since 2006, as well as your co payment. The 2011 Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey (EHBS http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/8226.pdf). The survey shows that since 2001, there has been 113% Read More »