By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. August 18, 2009 Our parents and grandparents share family values, traditions, and heirlooms with us to help define who we are. They also pass along genes that determine our eye color, height, and risk for developing certain medical conditions. Decades of experience have shown us that inherited risks play a [...]
How do you find long-term care for a family member? And how do you pay for it? In this column, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, reviews your options. A nursing home isn’t the only answer, Dr. Clancy writes: often there are other services, such as adult day [...]
Even modest weight loss can make a big difference in your health and how you feel: a loss of just 5 to 7 percent of your body weight can reduce your blood pressure, lower your risk of diabetes, and improve your cholesterol levels. But how to get started? In today’s column, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of [...]
In this column, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, talks about what hospitals—and you—can do to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Dr. Carolyn Clancy Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, writes a regular advice column for consumers to help them navigate the health-care system. In this column, Dr Clancy talks about what steps you should take when you’re told you have a disease or medical condition. She describes five [...]
When family budgets are tight, people often cut corners that can hurt their health. In her regular column, Dr Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, warns that such short cuts can be risky and gives suggestions on how best to save money while at the same time preserving your health.
Under new rules, Medicare will no longer pay hospitals for care needed because of medical errors. In her regular column, Dr Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, says the new rules should help make hospitals safer and improve the quality of hospital care.
Men can help protect their health by using a checklist developed by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, writes Dr Carolyn M Clancy, the agency’s director, in her latest consumer-advice column.
Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, writes a regular advice column for consumers to help them navigate the health-care system. In this column, Dr Clancy talks about a checklist developed by her agency to help women protect their health.
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Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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Don’t bet on it.
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