 Choosing a Health Plan
Maybe you get a confusing packet from your human resources office at work once a year; or maybe you're in business for yourself, and you've spent mind-numbing hours in front of e-insurance. Either way, you've likely been PPO'd, HMO'd, deductible'd and co-paid until you felt downright sick. So in the end, you do what you always do: make sure your doctor is still in the book, sign up for the Blue Cross or Kaiser plan you had last year, the cheapest one they offer--and move on to something less painful. Like taxes. |
 Herbs and Natural Supplements: 10 to Recommend
You're a responsible consumer and a smart cookie. So when a friend urges you to try ginseng for an energy lift, your first impulse is to check with your doctor. |
 New Developments
Ever been somewhere--along the North Coast, way out in the country, in a remote desert campsite--and had an idle but paranoid thought: Gee, what if something happened to me out here? We've all heard horror stories about routine conditions--birthing a baby, setting a broken leg, treating a rattlesnake bite--gone terribly awry in some isolated area where medical professionals are scarce. |
 On Bedside Manner
Finding a doctor with a great bedside manner is like looking for love: You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find the prince. |
 Second Opinions
It used to be this way: feeling poorly, you went to see the town doctor, probably at an office in his home, or if you were really sick, he came to you. Likely he was the same man who delivered you, delivered your children, and treated your parents in their old age. He gave you a diagnosis, prescribed some medication; if it was serious, he might send you up to the hospital for surgery--to a guy he went to med school with. You might not like what he told you--might fuss at the pills, or dread going under the knife--but in the end, you undoubtedly accepted his opinion, followed his treatment plan, did what he told you. Even early TV dramas reflected this attitude: no one ever confronted Marcus Welby, for example, with a raised voice. "I demand a second opinion." |
 Wise Exercise for Weekend Warriors
Dr. Ernie Olson, a professor at California State University, Sacramento, holds a Ph.D. in leisure behavior research from the University of Illinois--Champaign-Urbana. He says, "Those individuals who tend to be "sensation seekers" are going to be more likely to be "weekend warriors" than "risk-avoiders." Competitive people are more likely to be weekend warriors than noncompetitive people. |
 You Have Cancer. Now What?
Cancer is a lot like an IRS audit--you don't want it, you've heard it's awful, and you never expect it to happen to you. But the reality is cancer can happen to you. The good news is that with ongoing advances in science and medicine, a cancer diagnosis may not be the end of the world. In fact, sometimes it's just the beginning--in very surprising ways. |
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