Health Care and Dental Care Resources

Discount Prescriptions

There are millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans who have trouble affording the prescriptions that their doctors prescribe them. Lack of insurance is difficult enough when trying to seeing a doctor for your symptoms, but being unable to afford medicine can be a huge financial burden. There are several prescription discount resources that allow you receive medication at a discounted price, generic prescriptions, coupons, and retail discounts in certain pharmacies. You can also request samples from your doctor in order to find a medication that works for you. 

Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet

A ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate, high-fat diet that offers many health benefits. By restricting the consumption of carbohydrates, the body is induced into a condition called ketosis. Ketosis is a state the body gets into to cope with low food or starvation. During this state, we produce ketones, which are created from the breakdown of fats by the liver to be used as energy. When this occurs, the body becomes super efficient at burning fat for fuel, which a great thing for fat loss.

Armed With Information: Typhoid Fever and 8 Things You Should Know About the Disease

Typhoid fever is a disease caused by a bacterium called Salmonella typhi. It is contagious and can be fatal if not given a proper medical attention. If one member of your family has the disease, the other members of the family will catch the disease in no time. Apparently, typhoid fever has affected many people, especially in non-industrialized countries where clean food and water is highly not accessible. It is prevalent in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and some parts of Eastern Europe. To have a better understanding of the disease, here are 10 things you should know about typhoid fever.

The Surprising Role of Free Clinics and County Hospitals in Providing Affordable Health Care

During March of 2010, President Obama made history when he signed the Affordable Care Act into law. What has become commonly known as “Obamacare” was intended to provide people with low incomes with the same healthcare insurance options that everyone else had available. Those people who relied on free clinics and county-run hospitals for their basic care would finally have choices in the healthcare providers and the types of medical treatment they received. No one expected the need for free health clinics to become even greater once Obamacare was the law of the land.

Tips on Managing Seasonal Allergies

Allergic reactions occur when your immune system reacts to a foreign substance in the body, called allergens. Allergens vary in nature and severity, with many different types of symptoms. The most common allergens are indoor/outdoor nasal, food, skin, drug, pet, and insect. Seasonal allergies that disrupt the nasal passage, eyes, head, and throat affect almost 50 million Americans. Typically, these allergies are caused by trees, grass, weeds, pollen, dust mites, animals, and insects. There is no cure for allergies, so managing them through prevention and on set treatment can help improve your life. Understanding your triggers and using a variety of treatments can reduce the frustration of coughing, sneezing, itching, and overall inconvenience.

Home Medical Equipment Assistance

The rising cost of medical bills and prescriptions is putting many Americans in a downward slope of debt and despair. Individuals who are older or have disabilities and are in need of home medical equipment are having trouble affording these aids. Insurance will typically help pay for some of these items but with little or no insurance at all; these assistive technology devices can be unaffordable. There are resources for those who cannot purchase these items on their own.

Medicare vs Medicaid

The distinction between these two government programs can be confusing because of the similarity in name and in benefits.

Low income health options for people living in Colorado

With the surge of recent adverts calling on young adults for a penalty waiver, Obama care has been receiving a lot of attention in Colorado. Whether Coloradans subscribe to these plans or not they still want to know cheaper options for their health services. Below are four hospitals in Colorado that offer quality health services at very affordable rates.

Tips on Finding a Low Cost Health Insurance

Health insurance plans are extremely expensive and only the rich can afford it. However, the ones that can’t afford to get health insurance; they look for affordable health care plans like the Affordable Care Act. According to the ACA, any individual who doesn’t have health insurance can get a chance to take care of his or her health at affordable rates.