Demand from uninsured Georgia residents medical for services at Saturday’s large, one-day free health clinic near Atlanta is so great that organizers will have to put a freeze on registrations unless more doctors volunteer their services.
The C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday) Clinic, sponsored by the NAFC, will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia International Convention Center near Atlanta. Volunteers, both medical and non-medical, can find information about the clinic online at: http://freeclinics.us or www.regonline.com/Atlanta_CARE_Clinic.
If patient registration for the C.A.R.E. Clinic is frozen today, uninsured people who cannot be scheduled for appointments on Saturday can contact their local free clinics. Information can be found at http://freeclinic.us or http://www.gfcn.org. Patients who do participate in Saturday’s clinic also will be connected to free clinics and other safety-net providers near where they live for regular treatment on an ongoing basis.
D-Psoria products are the first topical, non-prescription cosmeceuticals for the redness, scaling and flaking associated with severe skin conditions. Developed by Astrel Genome Ltd., D-Psoria is being marketed in the U.S. by MediNichePharmaceuticals, St. Louis, Missouri.
D-Psoria products were developed in conjunction with doctors, estheticians and ayurvedic (science of life) natural principles. All products utilize natural ingredients, unique herbal extracts and key minerals, that when applied topically are designed specifically to help regenerate new, healthy skin.
D-Psoria is ideal for use by patients and consumers that wish to try a natural product as an alternative prior to considering prescription drug therapy. It is being promoted to medical and skincare professionals for recommendation to patients and consumers as a pre-pharmacotherapy consideration.
Dr. James J. Dalfino announces the release of the Zerona laser, a new non-surgical ‘lipo laser’ to his practice in Shelton, CT. The Zerona laser has been showcased recently on the Rachael Ray Show, The Doctors, Extra, and NBC Connecticut as a huge wave of interest flows through New England about its amazing success.
The Zerona Laser is coined the ‘Lipo-Laser’ because it offers liposuction without the surgery or the downtime typically seen with traditional liposuction procedures. In fact, the Zerona laser is completely non-invasive, painless, and very effective. Studies performed by Erchonia Medical, the equipment’s manufacturer, has documented patients losing between 3-9 inches of fat off their midsections with the average loss between 5-6 inches.
The Zerona laser is a Cold Laser meaning that it is non-thermal and produces no heat, so patients do not feel anything while the procedure is performed. Treatments are typically 40 minutes long, and average 2 weeks in length.
Virtua may continue advertising that it has the most Top Docs as a result of a Consent Order agreed to by the parties in the suit brought by Cooper against Virtua in February 2009.
In an agreement reached in the United States District Court in Camden, New Jersey, both parties will provide clear explanations of their methodologies when making claims about top docs. In addition, they agree to remove doctors from their respective lists who are employed by the other organization or who sit on the Board of Trustees of the other’s organization if those doctors request that their names be removed.
Patients, please listen. I have some things to say to you, per an article today in the Washington Post. The story details the ways in which patients can go online and rate their physicians, at websites such as RateMDs.com and Angie’s List. Patients typically write about such horrible woes as waiting for forty five minutes, having to wait an hour in the waiting room, and other seemingly unbearable complaints. Physicians are now doing the best that they can to enact some form of legislation that would disallow the public commentary about specific doctors and their practices. Why? Because although it may make a patient feel better for a few minutes to completely rant on a doctor for their bad experience and warn the rest of the world never to attend the practice, it can literally crush the entire career of a physician or surgeon. We all have to admit that we have been extremely peeved multiple times due to a doctor’s visit. Our appointment was at 1, we waited until 3, or we sat unclothed in one of those paper robes sitting on the table in the nearly refrigerated room for forty five minutes. In the end, though, did you really consider that a reason to end your doctor’s career or do enough damage where he can’t put enough food on his own table?
This may sound exaggerated, but I warn you it is not. People ask for far more than physicians as individuals can do for them. To become a doctor, you must have a genuine interest in relieving the suffering of another human being, and you must maintain that desire through many trials and tribulations, lasting years. Physicians and surgeons would most likely do every small thing you ask for, if they could. Insurance companies only reimburse physicians and surgeons for the dollar amount that they see fit, which is typically much less than it actually costs. So before you go posting how terrible your experience was, keep in mind that your physician paid for about half of your visit out of his own pocket. Also, if you want physicians to really listen to you and talk to you, answering all your questions, then be respectful if he runs late because that means he was doing just that with his previous patients. He will do the same with you, and the next patient, until he is at work for an extra eight hours than planned. Please do this for me: think of all of your issues with the doctor from his perspective, and it may actually be better than you thought. Extra waiting time means that he will spend extra time with patients, regardless of his schedule (good thing!). Posting good reviews is fine, because it helps other people receive good medical care, and it helps your physician as well, instead of ruining one and warning another. Use your best judgment.
Dr. James J. Dalfino announces the release of the Zerona laser, a new non-surgical ‘lipo laser’ to his practice in Shelton, CT. The Zerona laser has been showcased recently on the Rachael Ray Show, The 
Patients, please listen. I have some things to say to you, per an article today in the 
