Maverick Health Blog Archives

2010

May

• Nurse Practitioners—Valuable but Undervalued

April

• The American Medical Association Doesn’t Want You to Read This

March

• Putting Prevention into Practice

February

• Don’t Give Up on Haiti

• Defining Nurse Practitioners

January

• Help Haiti and Help Yourself – Make a Long Term Commitment

2009

December

• Organizing NPs and NP Organizations

November

• Top Ten Holiday Gifts for Good Health

• Mammogram Recommendation – What to Do Now?

• How to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

October

• Why NPs Should Reach out to the Media

• Texting While Driving is a Serious Health Risk - Duh!

• Swine Flu Symptoms and When You Need Tamiflu

September

• Nurse “Edge Runners” Honored by Maverick Health

• “Smart Choices” Food Labels Dishonored in Maverick Health Hall of Shame

• Flu Shots: Who Needs Them and Why

August

• How NPs Can Reform Health (Care)

• Gone Fishing

July

• What to Do If You Can’t Afford Your Meds

• Will More Doctors Solve the Health Care Crisis?

• Beyond Exercise – Fitness Will Save Your Life

• Asbestos - Have You Been Exposed?

June

• Why NPs Need Full Practice and Prescriptive Authority

• Depression Affects 1 in 13 American Adults and 1 in 12 Teens

• Is It Bad to Take Medications?

• 7 Tips for Staying Energized

• Smart Women Missing Stroke Risks and Warning Signs

May

• ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Spotlights Carla Mills, ARNP in Audio Interview

• Living Longer on the Sunny Side of the Street

• Consumers are the Ultimate Stakeholder in Health Care Reform

• Your Lifestyle Choices: Are You Preventing Disease – or Inviting It?

• Synch to Your Body’s Own Clock and to Mother Earth for Better Health

April

• High Blood Pressure Rx – Keeping It Simple

• What Is Insulin Resistance and Why Should You Care?

• Eat Whatever You Want and Still Lose Weight

• How Much Exercise is (Really) Enough?

• NP World News: We Are on the Edge of Tomorrow

March

• Do You Want to Prevent a Stroke? Behave This Way

• Vitamin D Update – Are 3 out of 4 Americans Really Deficient?

• Do You Think You Are Following a Low Salt Diet? You Probably Aren’t

• Unleashing Your Inner Olympian

February

• Smoking Your Brains Out?

• Should You Be Checking Your Own BP? Yes.

• I’m Down with the Flu - Some Tips for You

• NP World News: Carla Mills – NP on the Edge

January

• Women - Different Health Risks at Different Ages

• How to Eat Healthy on a Tight Budget

• The Vytorin Controversy One Year Later - An Update

• Straight Health Talk with Teens

• FDA Warns - Beware Contaminated Weight Loss Products

2008

December

• Jumping JUPITER – Do You Know Your CRP?

• Alcohol and Medications – Are You Making Smart Choices?

• Do You Take Omega 3 Fish Oils? Are You Taking Enough?

• Making the Most of Your Medical Appointments

November

• 6 Post-Thanksgiving Tips for a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season

• Update: How Long Should You Stay on Osteoporosis Medications?

• It Is a Mistake to Call a Nurse Practitioner a Nurse

• A National Nurse to Help Reform Health Care?

October

• Whether You are Democrat or Republican You Should Be a Maverick about Your Health

• Wishing You a Healthy Flu Season and a Pneumonia Free New Year

• How a Heart CT Scan Led to My Bypass Surgery

• Take5Moment – Recharge, Regroup, Refocus, Relax

• This Week’s Post is Postponed Because I’m Post-Op

September

• Shocking Statistics about Weight in America

• Exercise Trumps “Fat” Genes New Study Reports

• Your Health: Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?

• Vitamin D - Let the Sunshine In

August

• Smoking: No More Butts about It – It is Time to Quit!

• What Adult Vaccinations Do You Need?

• Aging to Perfection: Part 2 - Wisdom

• Aging to Perfection: Part 1 - Maintaining Functional Capacity

• How to Control High Cholesterol

July

• Improving Health with Balance or As the Pendulum Swings

• Checklist for Newly Diagnosed Diabetics

• Bloating or Ovarian Cancer? Six Common Symptoms of an Uncommon Disease

• Blood Pressure Meds Don’t Work - Unless You Take Them

June

• Tim Russert and Metabolic Syndrome

• 10 Ways to Tell If You Are a Normal Eater

• Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: Keeping Your Scaffold Strong!

• Intelligence of Crows

May

• Mental Health, Inner Peace: Are You in Your Right Mind?

• Weight by Numbers or How to Tip the Bathroom Scale in Your Favor

• The Vytorin Controversy: What’s a Patient to Do?

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