From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Tammy Weitzman – https://www.americaoutloud.news/dei-and-antisemitism-meet-a-lawsuit-with-tammy-weitzman/ What strange times we live in now. We have gone from the era of Ralph Ellison’s novel, Invisible Man, brilliantly exploring what it means to be socially or racially invisible to almost every ad on television including a person of color. Segregated army […]
Healthcare Redefined: Finding the Right Doctor Once They’ve Retired
Guest Column by Virginia Cooper. Embarking on the journey to find a new primary care physician (PCP) can be challenging, particularly when your long-trusted doctor decides to retire. For many, this transition is not just about finding a new healthcare provider, but also about ensuring that their specific health needs, especially as minorities, are understood […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Save Money on Your Skyrocketing Medical Bills with Marshall Allen
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Marshall Allen – https://www.americaoutloud.news/how-to-save-money-on-your-skyrocketing-medical-bills/ According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), health spending represents 18.3 percent of our gross domestic product (GDP). Americans whether individually, through insurance, or through the government spent $4.3 trillion ($4,255.1 billion) or $12,914 per person in 2021. Out of pocket spending was […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Unveiled: One Woman’s Story, Trapped by Fundamentalist Islam
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Yasmine Mohammed – https://www.americaoutloud.news/yasmine-mohammed-unveiled-one-womans-story-trapped-by-fundamentalist-islam/ Violence is becoming commonplace. We cannot let it become inured to it. We hear about weekend violence on the big cities, shrug it off and are thankful that it was not in our neighborhood. But there is a particular kind of violence that […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Employer Based Health Insurance
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Matt Ohrt –https://www.americaoutloud.news/matt-ohrt-healthcare-policy-from-an-insurance-agent/ Medical care is expensive. Hospitals can cost anywhere from $1,305/day, to $4,181/day depending on the state where you live. The top reason that non-elderly adults do not have health insurance is that they cannot afford it. Worse, half of insured adults say they have […]
America Out Loud PULSE: The Highs and Lows of Medical Cannabis with Dr. Dustin Sulak
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Dr. Dustin Sulak – https://www.americaoutloud.news/the-highs-and-lows-of-medical-cannabis/ Pot, Mary Jane, weed, grass, and reefer are among the many names for marijuana. Marijuana is one strain of cannabis, the plant species that includes hemp. Hemp contains low levels of the psychoactive compound delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and marijuana has high levels. Another […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Opioid Addiction and Settlement Funds with Dr. Molly Rutherford
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Dr. Molly Rutherford – https://www.americaoutloud.news/its-2024-what-is-happening-with-opioid-addiction-and-the-settlement-funds/ In 2020, 54 million U.S. adults were living with chronic pain. Management of non-cancer pain went through a slow evolution starting in 1980 to include opioids. While opioids are indicated in many types of pain, they carry potential risk of addiction and […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Defining Death with Dr. Heidi Klessig
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Dr. Heidi Klessig – https://www.americaoutloud.news/defining-death-with-heidi-klessig-md/ Historically, people advocated for at least 24 hours between the diagnosis of death and burial in case a mistake was made in the diagnosis. For years physicians searched for a sure sign of death. Some thought putrefaction of tissues was the only […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Long Term Care Solutions
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Stephen Moses – https://www.americaoutloud.news/living-longer-is-great-but-we-need-reforms-to-reduce-dependency-long-term-care-solutions/ People are living longer and by 2030 about one in five Americans will be aged 65 years and older. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, about 8 million people 65 and older (20 percent) reported that they had dementia or difficulty with […]
America Out Loud PULSE: Do We Really Need to Take So Many Pharmaceuticals?
From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with Richard Amerling, MD – https://www.americaoutloud.news/do-we-really-need-to-take-so-many-pharmaceuticals-richard-amerling-md/# The second opinion is—or should be—a staple of medicine. Second opinions can help you make better decisions about your health. In one large national survey, one-fifth of patients who saw a doctor in the past year sought a second opinion. According to […]