What You Don’t Know About Your Pharmacy May Surprise You
Pharmacists are the glue that binds patients with the healing medicine prescribed by their doctors. As much an art as it is a science, these professionals are charged with the complex task of making sure that what’s ordered is delivered and hopefully understood by the patient.
Hope Street Pharmacy, a small regional firm is expert in the process of dosing, packaging, compounding and educating. Pharmacist Diane Corba spoke with us on a number of subjects and brings to light this very important and often misunderstood role in a very complex healthy care delivery system.
Hope Street Pharma – Track 1
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What is a Aging Disability Resource Center? — Changes to Medicare Part D Perscription Drug Plans 10-16-11
An Aging Disability Resource Center, contrary to the name is not a place but is a resource that exists under the banner of the Area Agency on Aging around the US. It is designed as a one stop location for seniors and their families to get information and access to services that enable seniors to remain independent in their own. According to the Administration on Aging – ” The Aging and Disability Resource Center Program (ADRC), a collaborative effort of AoA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is designed to streamline access to long-term care. The ADRC program provides states with an opportunity to effectively integrate the full range of long-term supports and services into a single, coordinated system. By simplifying access to long-term care systems, ADRCs and other single point of entry (SEP) systems are serving as the cornerstone for long-term care reform in many states.”
Marie Allen – Executive Director of the Southwestern Area Agency on Aging in Bridgeport, CT discusses the Resource Center- What, How, Where and Why.
MEDICARE PERSCRIPTION DRUG PLAN – PART D This year as before there are significant changes that need to be known by those eligible or becoming eligible for Medicare. Perhaps most significant is the Enrollment and Plan Change Dates which are now OCT 15th to Dec 7th.
Lisa Alhabal Communications Specialist for the Area Agency on Aging offers timely and useful information that will make navigating this sometimes complex Medicare benefit a bit easier
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE – Recognizing the Signs — Preventable Diseases Can Save a $Trillion — Supplements from Shady Origin — Non Alcohol Beer Aides Athletic Recovery — Clinical Trials for the Elderly, Exclude the Elderly 9/25/11
Dependency upon drugs or alcohol plagues many. Recognizing that a problem exists sometimes involves soul searching and may require the help of someone else. Admitting to a problem is often the first hurdle. As people age there are other factors that play a part in the chemistry of substances such as alcohol. metabolism, physical activity, diet and prescription as well as over the counter drugs play important roles.
Bill Gonzales of Liberation Programs, Inc. in Norwalk CT has spent his career helping people overcome their dependency. Recently Bill joined us to talk about the issue. Our discussion is informative and uncovers things that may not be commonly known.
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Dr. Thomas Nero – Cardiology – How Women’s Heart Issues Differ from Men
Understanding differences in how women are diagnosed for heart issues as well as symptoms they experience is a matter of life and death. Until recently, diagnosis followed a similar path as men. Doctors now know that the two sexes can vary significantly. We met with Dr. Thomas Nero a Stamford, CT based cardiologist to discuss heart health and specifically differences between the sexes. This is the first part of Dr. Nero’s interview. Aired 5-8-10
Dr. Nero is very involved in extending knowledge of NEW CPR techniques to the community and has undertaken an ambitous program of eduction and training. An article about that initiative and a link to the new method follows.
Dr. Thomas Nero is a cardiologist practicing in Stamford, CT. His specialty is Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health (Columbus). He did his residency at Beth Israel Med Center. His certifications include; – Internal Medicine 1998; Board Certified – Echocardiography 2001 Board Eligible – Nuclear Cardiology (Level II)2001 Board Certified – Cardiovascular Disease 2001 Fellow American College of Cardiology; Board Certified – Diplomat – Interventional Cardiology 2002-SCAI Pending
TO LISTEN – Click Below
Nero – Whole Interview
READING MATERIAL – Click Below
Thomas Nero, M.D., F.A.C.C. Consultative and Interventional Cardiology
Doubling, Tripling Cardiac Arrest Survival in Stamford
Concierge Medicine – Your Personal Doctor – Dr. Sarah Gamble
Sarah Gamble – Concierge Medicine Broadcast Part 1
Sarah Gamble – Concierge Medicine Broadcast Part 2
06-12-11 Asphasia Article – Part 4
4/17/11 Many Articles
Techno Stress – Maud Purcell
Fight or flight is in all of us and serves a very useful purpose when it kicks in at the right time. What happens when it kicks in and doesn’t stop?
Techno Stress is a term that best describes the way we seem to living our lives today. Rather than being the masters of our machines and devices, too often we become their slaves.
There are techniques to help manage this dilemia, like better time management. But what happens when you are not the one in control? With insatiable appetiatate for instant information and response, we put often undue pressure on ourselves and others to the point that it will and does effect our health.
Maud Purcell deals with these issues daily in her practice as a psychotherapist and Maud Purcell MSW, LCSW, CEAP is the Executive Director of The Life Solution Center of Darien, CT.
Her approach is short-term and solution-focused. She recognizes that most dilemmas have straightforward, common-sense solutions. Maud weaves a unique blend of warmth and humor into her work.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Trinity College (Hartford, CT). She completed her graduate studies at the University of South Carolina (Summa cum Laude), where she was selected Outstanding Micro Practice Student and was inducted into Alpha Delta Mu, the National Honor Society for her discipline. 03/13/11
READING – RESEARCH & LINKS
Assessing and Managing Technostress
Techno-Stress: Six Survival Rules
The Life Solution Center of Darien
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Can Exercise Keep You Young?
Can Exercise Keep You Young?
Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky, a professor of pediatrics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, was startled to discover that exercise kept a strain of mice from becoming gray prematurely.
…. heartening new research published last week in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, exercise reduced or eliminated almost every detrimental effect of aging in mice that had been genetically programmed to grow old at an accelerated pace.
NY Times – March 2, 2011
Habitat for Humanity, Eye Floaters, 6 Really Good Tips for Caregivers
1/30/11
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12/05/2010 Radio That Reads The Whole Story (CRIS Radio) – Anorexia Treatment for Adolescents – When Patients Don’t Fill Their Prescriptions
The Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS), is Connecticut’s only radio reading service. We are registered with the state of Connecticut as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
The programs broadcast on CRIS Radio are available to individuals who, because of vision loss, learning disability or physical handicap, are unable to read printed material. CRIS Radio programming features a wide variety of articles from national and Connecticut newspapers, magazines, as well as book readings and interview programs.
CRIS Radio’s live programming is provided free of charge and is available on specially tuned radios (provided free), cable providers, your telephone and online.
CRIS broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from regional satellite studios in Danbury, Norwich, Trumbull, West Haven, and our broadcast center in Windsor.
Bringing in Family to Combat Anorexia
Unlike traditional treatments for anorexia nervosa in adolescents, in which the patient sees the therapist one on one, this kind of family-based treatment encourages parents to play a pivotal role in restoring their child’s weight while trying to avoid hospitalizations.
When Patients Don’t Fill Their Prescriptions
But medication nonadherence exists. And in good measure and with significant costs. In one study, as many as half of all patients did not follow their doctors’ advice when it came to medications. Other studies have shown that patients who were nonadherent with medications for chronic diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure were likely to be sicker, suffer from more complications and have higher mortality rates. The overall cost of medication nonadherence? More than $170 billion annually in the United States alone.
LISTEN – click links below
CRIS Radio – Part 1
CRIS Radio – Part 2
CRIS Radio & Aneroxia – Part 3
When Patients Don’t Fill Perscriptions – Part 4
READING & LINKS
When Patients Don’t Fill Their Prescriptions
Bringing in Family to Combat Anorexia
CRIS RADIO
International Association of Audio Information Services – A listing of Reading Services around the country
Maudsley Parents – Treatments for Eating Disorders
