Have you ever had a friend that was in such a bad relationship, that you thought they needed professional help?  I’m not talking about abuse, because in that case, intervene away.
I mean one of those co-dependent, on and off, so-wrong-for-each-other but can’t-stay-away-from-each-other relationships.  For all intents and purposes, let’s just say your friend is a girl.  Their fights are frequent as are her crying phone calls to you.  Have you had a friend like that?  Or do you currently have a friend like that?
Well, I certainly have and being the best friend/shoulder to cry on has its challenges.  It’s hard …read more

So, I have a sticky kind of topic to share with you today…
A large study has found that black Medicare patients are less likely than white patients to receive blood vessel opening procedures such as angioplasty following a heart attack, whether they are admitted to hospitals that provide or do not provide these procedures, but also experience higher mortality rates at 1 year, according to a study in the June 13 issue of JAMA.
Why the difference?  Do you really think it is solely race related or are there other factors that play in to the decisions for interventions?
“These differences …read more

Would you feel safe having a catheterization at a facility that doesn’t have open heart back up? Meaning… if you were to have a heart cath procedure at a hospital that couldn’t take you directly to the open heart operating room, do you think it would be as successful as an outcome? I have worked at so many different facilities and often pondered on this very question.
The last hospital that I worked at was Nationally known for their open heart surgery program. We flew people in from all up and down the east coast, and did at …read more