http://ktar.net/blogs/dr Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:38:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=7 Samuel D. Benjamin, M.D. received his Medical Degree from the Universidad De Guadalajara Facultad De Medicina in Mexico and was awarded another M.D. from the State University of New York. He trained in a Fifth Pathway program at New York University Medical Center and then did his residency in Pediatrics ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=3 Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs  according to the industry and U.S. government's Energy Star program, which promotes CFL bulbs and other substitutes for energy-hogging incandescent, a CFL uses 75 percent less energy than its incandescent counterpart, lasts up to 10 times longer and prevents more than 450 pounds of greenhouse ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=55 Adult primary care providers (PCP's-Family Doctors and Internists) are paid 55% of what reimbursement is typically for specialists Yet, specialists (cardiologists, radiologists, surgeons, etc.) increase the cost of care, increase the number of hospitalizations, and utilize pharmaceuticals in greater numbers, DECREASE lifespan and quality of life. PCP's, on the other ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=54 ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES HISTORIC NATIONWIDE HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM; ENDS PRACTICE OF MANIPULATING RATES TO OVERCHARGE PATIENTS BY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Industry-Wide Reform of Reimbursement System Will End Conflicts of Interest and Create Fair Rates for Consumers Nationwide NEW YORK, NY (January 13, 2009) – Attorney General Andrew M. ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=53 Neither Congress nor the President (as demonstrated time and time again in the last few months), AIG (which WE own and yet they spit in our faces awarding millions to their employees and partying in England and in Arizona) nor managed care companies (who have their PRIMARY loyalty to their ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=52 An estimated 38 percent of U.S. adults and 12 percent of children use some type of complementary and alternative medicine, a new U.S. government survey finds. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- is an umbrella term for a collection of wide-ranging medical and health care systems, practices and products that aren't ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=51 Everywhere I go folks are asking me about the cold and flu kit that I suggest in my office and on radio so that you will be prepared. It WAS on the blog in the past, but nooooooooooo.............................. you guys didn't read or take it seriously until now that there ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=42 Below is a copy of an e-mail alert sent to my patients with hypertension. It might apply to you! Check with your doctor. If you have hypertension (HTN, high blood pressure), diabetes (IDDM, NIDDM) or congestive heart failure (CHF) with or without coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis) and with or without ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=50 I am NOT about to enter into the philosophical/scientific/religious fray about whether there is or is not a God - no way! I know that research until present has not shown us clear evidence that there is a creator who gives order to the universe and summons chaos theory for ... http://ktar.net/blogs/dr/?p=49