Health and Money http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney RSS Feed for Health and Money en-us Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:30:00 GMT Health screenings for keiki can catch problems early http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20111112_Health_screenings_for_keiki_can_catch_problems_early.html By the time a person begins to feel ill from high blood pressure, blood sugar or cholesterol, often, the damage has already been done. Even if we feel great, to ensure good health, it is essential that we receive preventive screening. Financial stress spurs doctors toward new ways to practice http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110730_Financial_stress_spurs_doctors_toward_new_ways_to_practice.html Not many years ago, patients could expect their primary care doctor to care for them at the doctor's office and, when necessary, admit them to the hospital. Health Savings Accounts center on the individual http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110723_Health_Savings_Accounts_center_on_the_individual.html The collective conscience of our nation determined that together we must find a way to provide health care for the tens of millions of Americans who suffer without it. Nonprofit helps seniors in managing their assets http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110716_Nonprofit_helps_seniors_in_managing__their_assets_.html In the pursuit of good economic health, the majority of us first do our best in school, and then look for a good job and, if our health and luck hold up, work hard until retirement age. Along the way we purchase a home if we can. Drug take-back program will save in the long run http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110709_Drug_take-back_program_will_save_in_the_long_run.html When thinking about pharmaceuticals, modern society tends to focus on the front end. We seek out the best medications to manage our health conditions. We concern ourselves with how much the co-pay will cost us and wonder whether the side effects are worth the therapeutic benefit. Questionnaires can help patient-doctor dealings http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110702_Questionnaires_can_help_patientdoctor_dealings.html A professor of mine once announced that some of the lowest vaccination rates were for children whose parents are busy executives in New York City. These families had good insurance and great access to care, but the parents had no time to take their kids to the doctor. Insurance coverage spotty for integrative medicine http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110618_Insurance_coverage_spotty_for_integrative_medicine.html Integrative medicine is about bringing together the best of modern medicine, traditional healing arts and manual therapies. Long-term care insurance can save ohana's finances http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110611_Long-term_care_insurance_can_save_ohana_s_finances.html During my medical training, a trauma patient came in by air ambulance from the island of Hawaii. A successful businessman, he had been riding his motorcycle to the office. An oncoming truck crossed the center line and hit him head-on. Lower insurance benefits could harm crash victims http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110604_Lower_insurance_benefits_could_harm_crash_victims.html Some years ago a director of one of the largest auto insurance carriers, a graduate of our executive M.B.A. program at the University of Hawaii, gave a lecture about successful business practices. Workers' compensation involves raft of protocols http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/healthandmoney/20110528_Workers_compensation_involves_raft_of_protocols.html After working 17 years as a stock clerk in a warehouse on Dillingham Boulevard, Keoni felt a sharp, shooting pain in his back as he lifted a 50-pound box. Not wanting to let down his co-workers, he kept working.