Unless you have 2 legal documents signed by your child, medical providers have to treat you like a stranger — and that’s the law. Upon age 18, everyone becomes responsible for their own medical decisions unless they give consent for others...
Getting ready to work out at the fitness center? Football practice in an hour? Yoga class this morning? Quick, pack the gym bag! Change of clothes, ✔ Flip flops for the shower, ✔ Deodorant, ✔ MRSA Superbugs? Yes, your good, old gym...
Readers’ Digest interviewed PartnerHealth’s Karen Curtiss for this collection of tips and insights. Highlights include: For complex surgeries, choose a teaching hospital.Ask your surgeon if she will be doing your entire procedure and whether she will do...
No doubt, you’ve heard about hospital infections. Patients can pick up a “Superbug” that lurks on every hospital surface. The #1 way to prevent a hospital staph infection is hand-washing, yet soap dispensers are usually hung on a wall — far...
