Samantha Gluck
Samantha Gluck owns All Media Freelance, LLC where she works as a freelance health care journalist. Launched in 2011, the business has grown rapidly, requiring she add four staff writers to the AMF team. Gluck's work is featured in numerous prestigious publications, including the Houston Chronicle and the newly launched Balanced Living Magazine.
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A View to a Cure for Prostate Cancer
According to the CDC, prostate cancer represents the most common non-skin cancer in American men […]
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New Tool to Help Physicians Get Maximum Reimbursement
The U.S. health care industry has evolved and changed rapidly over the past several decades. This evolution took place in response to a number of environmental influences including, technological advances, demographic shifts, and economic and political changes.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Have You Been Zapped?
In a May 2011 press release, the WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as a possible human carcinogen due to an increased risk of a malignant brain cancer known as glioma. The IARC report associates cell phone use with an increase in glioma cases. A group of 31 scientists from 14 countries has met in Lyon, France to discuss and assess the potential dangers of continued exposure to these fields.
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Lose the Paunch with Paleo Nutrition
The term, Paleo nutrition, refers to a diet that seeks to imitate the primal eating habits of our Paleolithic ancestors. This ancestral concept of nutrition and lifestyle requires that people eat common foods that our Paleolithic ancestors might have hunted and gathered. Proponents of the program feel that the human body metabolizes natural, unprocessed foods more effectively than those most Americans eat on a regular basis. If you can’t ostensibly hunt and gather a certain food, then it isn’t on the Paleo eating program.
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Anti-Depressants: A depressing un-solution to mental health issues
The number of Americans (including children) prescribed anti-depressants, for a variety of reasons, increases daily. Clearly anti-depressant drugs have helped millions of people and they have their place as a treatment for depression, anxiety, and a number of other mental health issues. But are these amazing, groundbreaking medications being overprescribed today?
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Is It Just Morning Sickness or Something More?
Most people associate pregnancy with morning sickness. While OB/GYN physiciansconsider a fair amount of nausea and vomiting as normal, severe and long-term symptoms can negatively impact the pregnancy and the mother’s quality of life. In fact, morning sickness is associated with reduced miscarriage risk. However, a small amount of mothers-to-be experience nausea and vomiting that progresses to the point of hyperemesis gravidarum – a form of severe morning sickness that causes weight loss, dangerous electrolyte disturbances, and other problems.
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Is a Career in Nursing Right for You?
Those hoping to pursue a career in nursing can choose between three different levels of the profession. Each level requires specialized coursework and that graduates, of the various specializations, sit for and pass the appropriate licensing exam in their state.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Should Lawmakers Ban Teen Tanning Bed Use?
Artificial tanning salons debuted in American culture during the 1970s. Since then, the proliferation of commercial artificial tanning salons has given birth to a $5 billion industry. Fifty thousand of these facilities receive 28 million customers annually in the United States. Many states have passed laws limiting tanning bed use by minors. A national survey of white teenagers showed that 2.9 million of them, or 24 percent between 13 and 19 years of age, used a tanning bed at least one time.
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Promise of Synthetic Biology – A Double Edged Sword
Synthetic biology combines science and engineering methodologies to create new biological systems and functions not found in the natural environment. The emerging trend of applying the principles of genetic engineering to modify existing life forms or generate new ones has fomented heated international debates. People on both sides of the issue make very strong arguments to support their positions.
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Accountable Care Organizations – What Do They Mean For the Average Citizen-Patient?
The healthcare reform discussions, of a few years back, and resulting policy creation, advocate the formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs). The ideas behind this concept and projected outcomes seem positive and beneficial to all parties involved: physicians, hospitals, patients, and the third-party payer. The new health law is slated to launch in January 2012 and only seven of its thousands of pages speak to the concept of accountable care organizations. Will ACOs lead us down the road to healthcare paradise or perdition? Or something in between?
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Circumcision – A Deeply Personal, Parental Decision
The decision to circumcise your infant boy is one that you and your partner should take very seriously. Those of the Jewish and Muslim faiths view circumcision as mandatory procedure governed by deep religious beliefs, others choose to circumcise their infant sons for hygiene purposes, reduced risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and many other reasons. The procedure, when done on infant males, rarely results in serious complications; circumcision of adults comes with far greater risk of infection and serious complications.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
