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show first aired November 13, 2008
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It just keeps getting more and more complicated. Taking care of you and your family’s health now means you needs more than just health information...you need to understand the insurance and legals systems, too. On today’s Health Show, we’ll talk about that with a nurse and a paralegal. We’ll also have a chat with Dr. Stephanie Beling about the growing number of American taking drugs for chronic conditions. Then we’ll hear a story about the unusual place some of those drugs are showing up.
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A LITTLE HEALTH + A LITTLE LAW = A LITTLE BOOK
Information can be a life saver. It can also turn your brain into a confused mass if you don’t know what to do with it. And when you or a loved one is faced with a medical emergency...the facts will be flying. And it’s not just medical information, there are insurance and other questions that can only be deciphered by knowing your legal rights. In a nutshell...that’s the premise behind the new book Medical Tips From The Inside - Things You Need To Know. Here to talk about it are the co-authors of the book. Corine Mogenis is a medical malpractice paralegal with over 20 years experience in medical investigations...and Patricia Raya is an Registered Nurse and President of P-A-R Enterprises Legal Nurse Consultants in Princeton, New Jersey. We wondered why it was so important to add legal advice to what is essentially a book on health?
Beling - Chronic Meds For Everyone
Many conditions that used to be debilitating or even fatal have been turned into chronic conditions...medical problems that can be lived with as long as you remember to take your meds. This does mean, however, that a lot of people are popping a lot of pills. Here to talk about this is The Health Show’s Diet & Lifestyle Consultant Dr. Stephanie Beling who has come up with some pretty surprising numbers.
This Is Your Tap Water On Drugs
A lot of those prescription drugs end up in an unlikely place. Earlier this year a report came out showing that trace amounts of pharmaceuticals...everything from ibuprofen to birth control pills...are showing up in America's drinking water. Today, water agencies and consumers are still grappling with some unanswered questions: Do these tiny amounts of drugs pose any health risk? And if so, what can we do about them. Amy Standen reports.
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