Newsmakers, Sign of the Times, Skin Deep, & The Skinny 2560 1875 AEPC Health

Newsmakers, Sign of the Times, Skin Deep, & The Skinny

More Than Skin Deep Sir Thomas Overbury, an English poet and writer, is credited with the modern proverb “beauty is only skin deep,” based on his 1613 poem, A Wife (also referred to as The Wife).…

It’s Back-to-School, and Who’s Popular or Not Remains Key 1200 800 AEPC Health

It’s Back-to-School, and Who’s Popular or Not Remains Key

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — “She’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers,” Taylor Swift laments to her popular crush in the song “You Belong With Me.” The lyrics of longing to fit…

Hitting the Headlines, Autism Look Back, Paying the Tab, & Ever Wonder? 2560 1706 AEPC Health

Hitting the Headlines, Autism Look Back, Paying the Tab, & Ever Wonder?

It’s Back Some medical myths, also called misinformation, never seem to go away regardless of how many times they’re debunked. It’s been a little over 25 years since Dr. Andrew Wakefield released a paper claiming that…

How the COVID Vaccine Is Keeping Folks Out of the Hospital 1200 800 AEPC Health

How the COVID Vaccine Is Keeping Folks Out of the Hospital

TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most people know that even though vaccination doesn’t eliminate their risk of getting COVID-19, it does lower their odds for severe illness — including their risk for hospitalization…

Real News, Buyer Beware, Be Aware & The Real Deal 2560 1914 AEPC Health

Real News, Buyer Beware, Be Aware & The Real Deal

Boom to Bust  What if one product could treat chronic pain, inflammation, sprains scrapes, insect bites and more. Would you want to buy it? Clark Stanley of Abilene, Texas was pretty sure that people would…

Biden Administration Launches Office for Long COVID Research 1200 800 AEPC Health

Biden Administration Launches Office for Long COVID Research

TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As Americans continue to grapple with the effects of long COVID, the Biden administration on Monday announced the creation of a new office focused on research about the…

Need to Know, Knowing or Not, Hot Takes & In the Know 2011 1491 AEPC Health

Need to Know, Knowing or Not, Hot Takes & In the Know

To Know or Not to Know   It is often said that “knowledge is power”, a saying that is credited to Sir Francis Bacon, from is book Meditationes Sacrae (1597). Knowledge  empowers individuals to better their own…

Let’s get it right: high prescription drug costs could become worse with some of the “solutions” being proposed 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Let’s get it right: high prescription drug costs could become worse with some of the “solutions” being proposed

While there is general consensus that rising prescription drug costs are a vexing problem for people and institutions — from individual consumers, to collectively bargained health plans, to government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid…

Hot News, Matters of Trust, Left Behind & Simply Ingenious 2560 1914 AEPC Health

Hot News, Matters of Trust, Left Behind & Simply Ingenious

We didn’t Start the Fire If asked, what would you list as the top 10 most important innovations in the past 100 years or so? Thinking of innovations during this time is simple! Limiting the…

Weekend Warriors Aren’t Exercising in Vain, at Least When It Comes to Their Heart 1200 800 AEPC Health

Weekend Warriors Aren’t Exercising in Vain, at Least When It Comes to Their Heart

TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It doesn’t matter if you exercise every day or squeeze it all into the weekend. If you do the recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity…

The Rundown, Freshly Packed, It’s a Dilly, Relish It! 2560 1875 AEPC Health

The Rundown, Freshly Packed, It’s a Dilly, Relish It!

In a Pickle William Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest, contains one of the first uses of the expression “in a pickle.” The Tempest is a story of a shipwreck (think Gilligan’s Island) with some magic and…

European Regulators Investigating Risk for Suicidal Thoughts With Popular Weight-Loss Drugs 1200 800 AEPC Health

European Regulators Investigating Risk for Suicidal Thoughts With Popular Weight-Loss Drugs

TUESDAY, July 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The European Medicines Agency is investigating concerns that popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Saxenda may be linked to suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm. Three case reports…

Hitting the Headlines, Surprise & Confusion, Not a Drop, & Surprisingly So 2011 1491 AEPC Health

Hitting the Headlines, Surprise & Confusion, Not a Drop, & Surprisingly So

Say What? Imagine you just moved to Surprise City, AZ (yes, it’s a real place) and are spending Friday evening searching the internet for a primary care physician (PCP). Up pops the Surprise City Medical’s (SCM) website…

Access to Medical Marijuana Won’t Lower Use of Opioid Painkillers: Study 1200 800 AEPC Health

Access to Medical Marijuana Won’t Lower Use of Opioid Painkillers: Study

WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Medical marijuana is touted as a pain reliever, but in U.S. states where it’s legal, prescriptions for opioid or non-opioid painkillers haven’t decreased, a new study finds. According…

On the Road 2560 1706 AEPC Health

On the Road

What’s the best thing about July? For many Americans, it’s the Fourth of July, the federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It’s a time to spend with family (that includes pets, too) and…

Infectious Disease Experts Update Rules on ‘Superbug’ Spread in Hospitals 1200 800 AEPC Health

Infectious Disease Experts Update Rules on ‘Superbug’ Spread in Hospitals

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — “Superbug” infections are increasing in U.S. hospitals, and a coalition of medical groups has now issued a set of updated recommendations to protect patients. These guidelines are meant…

PBM Reform: A Trojan Horse? 2560 1914 AEPC Health

PBM Reform: A Trojan Horse?

The legend of the Trojan horse is a great story of how an ingenious bit of trickery led to the end of the 10 year war between the Greeks and Trojans  sometime around 1200 B.C. The…

Cutbacks on Opioids Around Surgery May Do More Harm Than Good 1200 800 AEPC Health

Cutbacks on Opioids Around Surgery May Do More Harm Than Good

TUESDAY, June 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many doctors have stopped giving opioids for pain, even during surgery, because of the opioid addiction crisis in the United States. But a new study questions the wisdom…

Baseless Bias, Pride & Prejudice, Being Dad & What’s Bugging You? 2560 1875 AEPC Health

Baseless Bias, Pride & Prejudice, Being Dad & What’s Bugging You?

Marking Milestones In the days of the Roman Empire, roads were marked by milestone markers set 1,000 paces apart. Made of stone or marble, the markers not only provided the distance to Rome or the…

Feds Urge States to Slow Down on Dropping Folks From Medicaid as Pandemic Relief Ends 1200 800 AEPC Health

Feds Urge States to Slow Down on Dropping Folks From Medicaid as Pandemic Relief Ends

TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Large numbers of people are losing their Medicaid health coverage as pandemic relief measures end, and the federal government is asking states to slow down the purging of…

Something in the Air 2560 1914 AEPC Health

Something in the Air

You may have heard the saying “Red sky at night, sailors’ delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” It’s an example of a way people tried to predict the weather long before the…

Health screenings with zero costs? Yes indeed! 2560 1707 AEPC Health

Health screenings with zero costs? Yes indeed!

CVS Health’s free, community-based health screening event, Project Health, is underway. These health screenings are available to anyone – no health insurance coverage needed! CVS Health is holding nearly 2,000 Project Health screening events across…

Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study 1200 800 AEPC Health

Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study

MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There’s a “loneliness epidemic” in the United States, and feelings of isolation have been linked to heart disease, stroke and other health conditions. Now, new research suggests that…

On the Safe Side 2011 1491 AEPC Health

On the Safe Side

On the Safe Side “Ring Around the Rosie” is a well-known nursery rhyme and singing game in the U.S. and around the world. The rhyme first appeared in print in Kate Greenaway’s 1881 “Old Nursery…

FDA Issues Warning About Compounded Versions of Wegovy, Ozempic 1200 800 AEPC Health

FDA Issues Warning About Compounded Versions of Wegovy, Ozempic

WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they’re getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages…

Don’t Say It, Don’t Post It 2560 1828 AEPC Health

Don’t Say It, Don’t Post It

Don’t Say It, Don’t Post It The lead-up to the long Memorial Day weekend started with the usual barrage of ads touting discounts on clothes, electronics and of course, mattresses. Menus for Memorial Day backyard…

More Older Americans Use Online Patient Portals to Access Care 1200 800 AEPC Health

More Older Americans Use Online Patient Portals to Access Care

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older Americans are increasingly likely to log into patient portals to access their health care information — but confidence levels vary, according to the results of the latest…

News to Know, Mental Health Matters, Scam Alert & Feeling Curious 2560 1914 AEPC Health

News to Know, Mental Health Matters, Scam Alert & Feeling Curious

How Are You? What’s your response to the question “how are you”?  Do you reply “fantastic”, “I am well, thank you for asking”, “great” or something in a similar vein? But is your response really…

Even After Pandemic, Cancer Patients Prefer Telemedicine Care 1200 800 AEPC Health

Even After Pandemic, Cancer Patients Prefer Telemedicine Care

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the only ways to see a doctor was via video or phone appointment, and it turns out many…

Lost Mothers, Mother’s Helper, Mama Don’t Cry, & Oh Mother 2560 1875 AEPC Health

Lost Mothers, Mother’s Helper, Mama Don’t Cry, & Oh Mother

Lost Mothers In 1964, the Beatles song, Can’t Buy Me Love was #27 on Billboard pop chart upon release. The song then jumped directly to #1 the following week, breaking the record for the biggest…

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