Tag: medicine
Telehealth Is Exploding Due To COVID-19 Social Distancing!
UNITED STATES—Toni: My 86-year-old mother with Alzheimer’s needs 24-hour care and lives in a personal care home. She is enrolled in a Medicare Advantage...
The Business Of Pharmaceutical Companies
UNITED STATES—I was recently thinking about something when I was at the pharmacy to pick up a prescription: why is the cost of medicine...
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines Arrive At UCSF Amid Pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO—The UCSF Medical Center received its first shipment of 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, December 16. The vaccine was...
Transitioning Into Medicare The Right Way!!
UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: You have been referred to me as a resource that can answer questions I have about Medicare. I am turning 65...
You Are Responsible For Your Health
UNITED STATES—Health, it’s a loaded word, especially when people ask you how is your health. We are always inclined to say all is great,...
How Next-Gen Telehealth May Look Like?
UNITED STATES—The scope for telehealth is expanding rapidly in the days of lockdown due to COVID-19. The prospective ability of the consumer market is...
Time To See The Doctor
UNITED STATES—I will be the first to admit it: I’m terrified of going to the doctor just like so many other Americans! My first...
“The Resident” Is Polarizing Look At Medicine!
HOLLYWOOD—There have been great medical dramas on TV over the years. I mean “ER,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and recently the ABC hit “The Good Doctor.”...
The Frustration With Being Ill
HOLLYWOOD—I tell this to people all the time so I have no trouble being a bit frank with my audience. I rarely get ill...
Drug-Store-Go-Round
UNITED STATES—The drug store was a place where the community manifest itself. People could make any old comment about the weather and it would...