by Susan Severino | Jul 31, 2019 | Aging, Care Giving, Health Advocate, Health and Wellness
How To Speak To Your Doctor For More Than 12 Minutes When we’re really sick, sometimes 15 minutes in the doctor’s office just doesn’t feel like enough time to truly explore the root of a problem. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that doctors did not...
by Susan Severino | Jul 12, 2019 | Aging, Dementia, End of Life, Falls, Health and Wellness
As a health advocate, I work with many senior clients who have complex medical conditions. One of the biggest struggles their caregivers have is when to make the switch from curative treatment to comfort measures. It’s been my experience that the medical...
by Severino Health Advisors | Dec 12, 2018 | Family, Health and Wellness, Insurance, Prevention and Planning
This year I had the opportunity to help a couple move back to Central Pennsylvania. They had moved out of state when they were both in better health. Unfortunately, things changed drastically for the couple when George developed multiple medical conditions that ended...
by Severino Health Advisors | Nov 1, 2018 | Events, Health and Wellness
Is your current health condition, or that of a loved one, weighing heavily on you right now? Ask yourself these questions: > Are you facing the challenges of a new or existing health-related condition? > Trying to navigate the details of your treatment? >...
by Severino Health Advisors | Oct 26, 2018 | Health and Wellness
Did you know that women are significantly more likely to survive a heart attack if their emergency physician is a woman? In 1991, Dr. Bernadine Healy, director of the National Institute of Health, wrote about the unequal attention and treatment women receive for...
by Severino Health Advisors | Sep 5, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Pain
What’s the first thing you do when you get an ache or a pain? If you’re like most Americans, you probably reach for a pill to take the pain away. We are a country that relies on the quick fix. Often we do get short-term relief from pain medications. However, it’s been...
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