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401(k)s & Fiduciaries: Harmony or Catastrophe?––SFP

March 15, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

The world of qualified retirement plans has seen a tidal wave of interest from multiple sources over the past few years. 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans, in particular, have come under quite a bit of scrutiny by the regulators and legislators in Washington. Two new pieces of legislation, 408(b)(2) and 404(a)(5), that were enacted this summer, have brought retirement plan fees and investment costs under a microscope for both the organizations that sponsor these plans, as well as for their employees and plan participants. […]

Heart Disease: Women need to pay extra attention––Texoma Medical Center

March 13, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease kills more women than the next three causes of death combined. One explanation for this disturbing trend is that a woman’s symptoms, often different and more subtle than a man’s, are harder to identify. […]

Providing Knee Replacement That Fits Only One Knee. YOURS ––The Dallas Limb Restoration Center

March 13, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Numerous studies have illustrated the relationship between surgeon experience and improved outcomes in joint replacement. Orthopedic surgeons with a high volume of surgical patients and more extensive experience have improved outcomes, lower complication rate, lower morbidity, shorter length of hospital stay, and a lower mean hospital charge compared to orthopedic surgeons who perform fewer joint replacements or have less experience. Significant major journal articles and studies have also found that individual surgeon experience––rather than hospital factors––is significantly associated with improved complication rates and a shorter hospital stay. […]

Rocky Mountain Hearing and Balance joins growing Salt Lake City LIVING WELL Magazine

March 12, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Rocky Mountain Hearing & Balance promises comprehensive, personalized care and is devoted to changing lives by restoring emotional, social, and physical health & well being through better hearing & balance. We specialize in: hearing & balance testing & diagnosis, hearing-aid prescription & fitting, tinnitus therapy, audiological rehabilitation, and hearing conservation. We take the “Team Approach” to your healthcare by partnering with physicians and, when appropriate, associate vestibular physical therapists. […]

Planning for Declining Health––Miller Law Firm

March 12, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

When you first receive a diagnosis of a serious illness, several things flash through your mind––“What is it? Just how serious is it? What is my prognosis? Why me? What do I do next?” […]

Lisa Rinna: Small-screen queen

March 11, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Small-screen queen Lisa Rinna talks about her gutsy career moves and going supernova after 40 […]

Tarsal tunnel syndrome––Medical Rehabilitation Specialists

March 9, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Tarsal tunnel syndrome
By Katharine Leppard, MD, Medical Rehabilitation Specialists, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

Tarsal tunnel syndrome is pinched tibial nerve at the inner ankle that causes pain and numbness on the bottom of the foot. This syndrome is analogous to carpal tunnel syndrome in the wrist, and was first described in 1962. Both tarsal tunnel and carpal tunnel are conditions where a nerve is pinched in a confined space. […]

Hormone Health & Weight Loss is the latest content provider in East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine

March 8, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine welcomes Hormone Health & Wellness
ABOUT HORMONE HEALTH & WELLNESS

Hormone Health & Weight Loss offers an expertise in hormone replacement therapy and high ethical standards for all of their products and services. […]

Mercy-CR, UI Health Care Form Accountable Care Organization––Mercy Care Physicians

March 3, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Mercy-CR, UI Health Care Form Accountable Care Organization

Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine

In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Mercy Medical Center and UI Health Care’s application to form a Medicare Accountable Care Organization was approved. The new ACO, formally named Mercy-CR/UI Health Accountable Care Organization, began operation July 1, 2012. […]

Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine welcomes Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates

March 2, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates is the latest content provider to join Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

ABOUT ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATES

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates (ORA) is a full-service physical therapy organization that will help you overcome physicallimitations in a clinical setting that offers an amazing healing environment with treatment by the most qualified therapists available. […]