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Take control of your life

We discuss all aspects of health here, including dealing with disease and serious health issues. But for your overall health and wellness, there’s nothing more important than the basics. This article on how to take back your life has simple pearls of wisdom for your physical health along with your emotional and spiritual health.

1. Get sufficient sleep every night. Sleep is often the single most undervalued behavior in our lives and the one with the most immediate power to improve our experience in every waking moment. If you sleep in the 6-6½ hour range, like the average American, just one more hour of sleep a night will leave you feeling more physically energized, emotionally resilient, and mentally clear.

2. Move more. It’s not only good for your heart’s health, but also for your mental health. Do some form of exercise that significantly raises your heart rate for 30 minutes at least four times a week and move frequently during the day.

3. Eat less, more often. Food is fuel. Lean proteins and complex carbohydrates are high-octane fuel. You’re best off when you keep feeding your internal furnace in small doses throughout the day, beginning with breakfast.

Read the rest of the article and you might find yourself coming back to this list often.

The importance of relieving stress

The holidays are here, and this should be a time of the year where we unwind and recharge our batteries. Unfortunately, for many people the hustle and bustle of the holiday season drives up their stress level, with the need to get work done before vacation, screaming kids at home from school and of course the need to fight the crowds to get Christmas gifts.

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Home health care and fraud

The home health care revolution is very important, as we can save costs and take advantage of new technologies so that we can monitor seniors and others who would rather stay at home as opposed to more time in the hospital or a nursing home.

But with this or any new trend comes the possibility of fraud, and the government is trying to prevent abuses.

A report released yesterday by the Office of the Inspector General, CMS and Contractor Oversight of Home Health Agencies, underscores the need to reform Medicare’s current “pay and chase” practices and advance targeted program integrity reforms, according to the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare.

The report, which examines fraud, waste and abuse and efforts to identify potential fraud and abuse, cites specific geographic areas prone to fraud, waste, and abuse. This confirms research commissioned by the Partnership, which has documented that home health fraud and abuse is isolated to select areas. Analyses of Medicare data commissioned by the Partnership demonstrate that just five states have more than half (53 percent) of all home health agencies experience most of the provider and utilization growth, and consume nearly half (44 percent) of the nation’s total Medicare home health spend occurred in 2010.

Read the entire article and consider this issue as you face medical choices in the future.

Looking for Online Poker Tells


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It’s no question that online poker has become one of the more popular games and that’s because it involves much more than mere chance. Being able to read players and anticipate their next move is a key asset of any skilled player. So it’s interesting to contemplate that doctors and nurses, who observe and read patients every day, might be well-suited as top-level poker players. An individual gives off subtle hints and signs that can give away an entire pot, but it all can easily be lost in translation to the untrained eye.

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