Top Ten Foods to Fight Cancer
The best way to save money on healthcare is not to get sick. There are things we cannot predict and come from nowhere, but many cancers and diseases are exacerbated by what we eat and how we live. SignatureMD concierge doctors see examples daily of people doing their best to not invite illness into their [...]
Read MoreModern Poison: Are Genetically Modified Foods Bad?
SignatureMD believes that health is your first wealth, and your diet is one of the most important elements to preserve and promote this, next to what the genetic cards have dealt you in this life. Our doctors counsel families on a multitude of subjects, and invariably all roads lead back to what a person eats, [...]
Read MoreIck! The Real Health Threat of Ticks This Spring
Ticks are a real problem for many communities this spring and summer. SignatureMD concierge doctors know one of the worst diseases that often go unchecked is Lyme disease, a truly debilitating illness that can be prevented with extra care. Due to the warm spring, ticks have been generally more active this year, according to the [...]
Read MoreThe Mid-Life Brain Fog of Menopause Confirmed
The brain fog that many women have when menopause approaches is very real, according to a study published today in the journal Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society. The findings by scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago were conclusive, and confirmed the changes [...]
Read MoreDiabetes Caught in Time can be Surgically Treated
The epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes is reported to be solvable with Bariatric surgery. What is Type 2 diabetes? It’s is a disease that causes high blood sugar levels. Over time, this can lead to blood-vessel damage in the eyes, kidneys, heart and nerves. Almost 26 million Americans have diabetes, and as many as 95% of [...]
Read MoreTop Five Foods That Can Protect Your Heart
Ask any heart surgeon, your arteries are akin to plumbing. Would you pour bacon fat down your kitchen sink? Expect a clog and a plumber’s bill. Same for your arteries and veins. Pour animal fats into your stomach, expect to be venally catheterized if you are lucky, or suffer a heart attack if you are [...]
Read MoreYour Wellness Depends on Rest: National Sleep Awareness Week
National Sleep Awareness Week™, which takes place March 5-11, 2012, is an annual public education and awareness campaign to promote the importance of sleep. The week begins with the announcement of the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep in America poll results and ends with the clock change to Daylight Saving Time, where Americans lose one hour [...]
Read MoreHow to Prevent Early Onset Dementia
As we age, our brains need extra stimulation to prevent and ward off Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Now researchers have found that by stimulating the brain with an electrical current can actually improve memory, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. The study, published today in the New England [...]
Read MoreThink Before Reaching for That Doughnut. Excess Sugar Deadlier Than Fat.
Sugar in its many forms is in most of our foods and in excess leads to a variety of health risks and complications. You are what you eat. Cliché but true, as the venerable publication Nature published their findings on the global consumption of sugar which creates a cascading effect of chronic diseases that [...]
Read MoreIs Concierge Care Affordable? Is it Worth the Cost?
One of our Facebook followers recently left us a note on our SignatureMD page. Katie says, “If I could afford it I would sign up, our health care system is a mess!” This is a common misconception, that buying into a “Concierge Care” plan is solely reserved for the rich, and for middle-class people it [...]
Read MoreObesity, and How to Profit from Diabetes…?
Several obesity related news items are prominent in the news this past week. Food Network television personality Paula Deen has hidden her diabetic condition for several years, and now profits from a drug company endorsement deal and years of selling grossly unhealthy food recipe books and television content. Additionally, new studies reveal that for weight-loss [...]
Read MoreBacon, Not Your Friend and Other Sad Food News
Pancreatic cancer: No one wants to hear that diagnosis. It’s a fast and normally aggressive cancer that has a limited amount of treatment options. Wellness prevention begins with keeping up and aware of known carcinogens and diet strategy to avoid the lifestyle diseases like Diabetes Type-2, and ward off the immune system diseases like rheumatoid [...]
Read MoreHow to Prevent Plastic Surgery from Turning into Disaster
Plastic surgery can be both a boon and the bane of a patient’s life. Well-done procedures can elevate the spirit, enhance the job hunt or even give confidence to find a mate. But all too often, the competitive injectible market has opened up a slew of non board-certified practioners wielding syringes filled with everything from [...]
Read MoreDoctors Struggling to Stay Profitable: Concierge Care a Solution
In today’s medical landscape, a doctor’s shrinking insurance reimbursements, declining income from Medicare, regulations, rising business and drug costs factor a perfect storm of preventing practices from staying profitable. Many physicians’ lack of business organization skills also leads to financial ruin. Many doctors are going bankrupt, with this also a completely avoidable scenario. Doctors do [...]
Read MoreFDA: Beware of Deceptive 1-800-GET-THIN AD’s
The news headlines feature the FDA whistle-blowing on the deceptive 1-800-GET-THIN ads for Lap Band surgery that have little to no real disclosure for risks. SignatureMD and concierge medicine is grounded in wellness care, prevention and counseling patients from having to opt for these drastic choices for weight loss. In the event that a patient [...]
Read MoreWhat is Seasonal Affective Disorder and How to Treat it?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms during a specific season. This condition is now recognized as a common disorder, and affects as many as 6 of every 100 people [...]
Read MorePrevention in a Cuppa: 10 Reasons to Drink Coffee and Tea
Reliable research has come to some interesting conclusions when it comes to preventing cancer: Tea and Coffee are beverages that should be included in a daily diet. SignatureMD physicians are always at the forefront of wellness and prevention information. Overwhelming evidence now reveals that coffee is linked to reducing a common form of skin cancer, [...]
Read MoreInfographic: Our Medicare System, A Blueprint for Disaster
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Read MoreDoctors Up in Arms Over Looming January Medicare Cuts
By R. Yeager | 12/01/2011 Family Doctors are at a crossroads over the coming January 2012 proposed Medicare Cuts. Regardless of politics, the powerful lobby group representing seniors including AARP are fighting to keep draconian changes from happening, but the failure of the Super Committee to rein in the federal budget has put Medicare squarely in [...]
Read MoreBreakthrough in Anti-Aging and Top Ten Foods to Stay Young
Aging research is a relatively young field but the latest research is promising. Exciting news from the journal of Nature, which reveals that researchers have found cells that can be eliminated to prevent the deterioration and aging of tissues throughout the body. In a study that used two mice, one received a new drug to [...]
Read MoreConcierge Care Keeps Health Span Vital: America’s booming 90-year old population.
Your health span is a phrase coined to describe the quality marker of your years, how long you live without suffering chronic disease or debilitating medical conditions. It is the true measure of a healthy lifespan. The ability to preserve your relationship with your doctor has never been more important, as SignatureMD brings the best [...]
Read MoreRemembering Pink Ribbon Champion Evelyn Lauder. Information on Breast Cancer Prevention
The woman who created the pink ribbon campaign for breast cancer awareness has died. Evelyn Hausner Lauder died Saturday at her Manhattan home from complications of nongenetic ovarian cancer. She was 75. A young immigrant to the USA, Evelyn Hausner was born in 1936 in Vienna, Austria. Evelyn fled Nazi-occupied Europe with her parents. She [...]
Read MoreTop Five Tips to Avoid Diabetes
One of the most preventable chronic diseases is Type-2 diabetes. The raw numbers are staggering. Regardless, an explosion of the chronic disease in the past 30 years has turned it into one of the biggest money drains of medical dollars in American households. Diabetes by the numbers: More than 25 million Americans have diabetes. 25.8 [...]
Read MoreSignatureMD’s Exclusive Interview with the “Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50” Mimi Kirk – age 74!
Age is a number, it is how your preserve your vitality and mobility that is most important. Investing in exercise, eating right, finding the best doctors and staying on top of your checkups and baseline tests, and employing common sense lifestyle changes will enrich you with your first wealth, which is health. Many people view [...]
Read MoreFood for Thought: Top Ten Food Swaps for a Healthier You
Making news today is a restaurant that boasts warning signs on the walls telling patrons that eating their food will kill them. If you finish a quadruple-bypass burger meal at the Chandler, Arizona Heart Attack Grill, a nurse will push you to your car in a wheelchair. Even the chef admits eating his anti-arterial entrees [...]
Read MoreConcierge Care. What is it?
For so many people, the concept of concierge (or) boutique medical practices seems off-putting, foreign, and elitist. Understanding how modern concierge medical plans can work beautifully with existing insurance plans unlocks the resistance to a better path for doctor-patient relationships and is far less expensive than many people imagine. What is Concierge Medicine? Concierge medicine, [...]
Read MoreObamacare Frays at the Edges
SignatureMD’s tailored plans for physicians to transform their practices from Medicare dependent to a more autonomous model is one step ahead of the Draconian new changes coming January 2012, but some changes have arrived for doctors and patients concerned about some specifics to the new healthcare laws. The Obama administration drops part of healthcare law, [...]
Read MoreFor The Safe Traveler: Illness, Disease and Viruses. The Danger List.
Traveling should not be clouded by any worry for health reasons, but the benefits of being a SignatureMD patient extend beyond wellness checks and access to your doctor on your schedule. Planning a trip? Let your SignatureMD physician outline a plan of action for you in case of food-borne illness outbreak threats or diseases that [...]
Read MoreConcierge Care Delivers Better Results For Prostate Patients
Prostate cancer risks increase with age for all men. There is a new study that reveals those diagnosed with prostate cancer that have concierge or personalized health plans fare better than those who leave their health in the hands of Medicare or Medicaid. According to researchers in the journal Cancer, it was found that more [...]
Read MoreIs Concierge Medicine Worth It?
If you want to vastly improve your physician or patient relationship, SignatureMD is committed to assisting you. As the field of private medicine has drastically changed in the last 30 years, the outcome has been less than optimal for either the doctor or the patient. Money is the biggest misconception about SignatureMD concierge care, also [...]
Read MoreConcierge Care for Women. Better Treatment, Better Results
The trend towards personalized medicine and converted practices to a concierge model is a plus for women who wish to improve their medical options. There are fewer centers devoted to women’s unique health care requirements, and the need for quality treatment centers is growing. Carefully selected, SignatureMD doctors are simply the best medics in every [...]
Read MoreKeeping Bones Strong Throughout Your Life: 1,200 milligrams of Calcium per day
Bones health is crucial to wellness and a long healthy life. The F.D.A. is expected to issue a revised label for drugs that include Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva. Your SignatureMD physician already knows that there is a multifaceted approach to maintaining bone mass, and are monitoring the FDA’s warnings for these popular prescriptions. The F.D.A. [...]
Read MoreMental Health: Last Year 2.2 million Americans Made Plans to Kill Themselves
The news that 40% of Europeans and 50% of Americans are battling mental illness is a wake-up call for families to be vigilant and not ignore signs of depression or anxiety in children or elder parents. The stigma of mental illness is a vestige of a time past, as concierge medical care takes the whole [...]
Read MoreThe Medicare Crisis. How Health Care Reform Affects Doctors & Patients. (Video)
// For the full video scroll to the bottom of the page. Somewhere between the years 2015 and 2020, Medicare will become bankrupt. In 2030, 76 million Americans are expected on Medicare. The entitlement programs of Medicare and Medicaid account for 23% of all government spending. Conversely, the amount of qualified doctors is shrinking. The [...]
Read MoreManaging ALS Disease, Concierge Medicine Key Strategy
Concierge medicine is the perfect prescription to manage the news of an ALS diagnosis, and improve the quality of life for patients. Good news the last few weeks as a common cause of all forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could help physicians find a treatment for the fatal neurodegenerative disease. A SignatureMD concierge medicine [...]
Read MoreFood For Thought (Part Two): Concierge Medicine’s Heart Healthy Track to Keep off Statins
Did you know that eating Rhubarb, freeze-dried strawberries, frozen vegan banana “ice cream”, Nutritional Yeast (as a Parmesan cheese replacement) and Escarole are five cancer fighting and heart bolstering super foods you should investigate and add to your diet? We have already introduced you to two 70+ year old women who are living proof of [...]
Read MoreChildhood disorder ADHD best managed with Concierge Medicine focused approach
The growing numbers of children who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is alarming. But many families who invest in their concierge physician, who know a child from infancy on, work hand in hand with specialists and monitor that child’s progress. Many concierge physicians are experts in alternative strategies to manage the disorder and prescribed medicine. Attention-deficit [...]
Read MoreCan Concierge Medicine Fix What Ails Medicare?
There’s a tsunami of change coming to the American health care system. The federal health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” takes effect in 2014. But there are two deadlines much closer that all of us need to be aware of. Come Nov. 23rd – that’s about 3 months from [...]
Read MorePresident Obama’s Healthcare Legislation Handed its Biggest Legal Defeat to Date
The Associated Press and CNN are reporting that In a 2-1 vote, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta sided Friday with 26 states challenging the constitutionality of a provision in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (source: Google News) This was referred to as the “individual mandate,” the controversial part of [...]
Read MoreConcierge Physicians are the Antidote to the Coming McMedicine Tsunami
People worry about the year 2012, as the Mayans predicted the earth would experience cataclysmic events. But the year everyone needs to prepare for is 2014, as the new health law, which passed last year despite overwhelming opposition by Republicans, doesn’t take effect until 2014. The Congressional Budget Office has projected that an additional 32+ [...]
Read MoreMenopause Myths, Concierge Medicine’s Whole Body Approach
Almost more than any other medical subject, the topic of Menopause is full of misinformation. Dr. Silvina Levis, director of the Osteoporosis Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researched the effects of soy, long believed to be a well-spring of bio-identical isoflavones, or plant-based estrogen. But the controlled study found that [...]
Read More19 Tips for a Stress-Free and Healthy Life
Many people are unaware that there is a suicide statistic that is growing for women, ages 40-69. The major reasons are isolation, untreated depression compounded by substance abuse and sleep issues. A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revealed a 49 percent increase in emergency department visits for drug-related suicide [...]
Read MorePsychology of Concierge Medicine: Rethinking health premium dollars for maximum results
SignatureMD, which partners with the best concierge doctors in the United States, charges patients $1,500 to $2,000 a year. The company’s fee is for the extended care access and comprehensive annual executive physical and wellness plan, but SignatureMD doctors still bill the patient’s insurance company for procedures. SignatureMD does not mandate the involuntary termination of [...]
Read MoreConcierge Medicine, The Antidote to Micromanaged Physicians
A future scenario: Government regulated and managed health care, with decisions on treatment and care decided by people who are not medical professionals. The Wall Street Journal recently reported the handwriting on the wall: That half the nation’s health-care spending will come from federal funding by 2020. President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-overhaul law is set to [...]
Read MorePersonalized Healthcare: Something to Sleep On
How do you sleep? Right now the news is buzzing about a study on sleep conducted at Stanford University that reveals how fragmented sleep not only can create weight gain, but it can possibly raise the risk of dementia later in life. Personalized Healthcare that is coordinated through SignatureMD can help you with a whole body [...]
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