Rodney: We’re back with Vincent Blair of the Vincent K. Blair agency. Getting right back on track Vince, as everyone knows from the first segment, a few months ago we had a very good conversation and leaning into this segment is pretty simple: why Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield? More

Rodney: Once again I welcome Vincent Blair of the Vincent K. Blair agency. Glad to see you this morning Vincent, it’s always a pleasure coming up to visit with you. A couple months ago I came up and visited with you and talked about some topics we were going to be covering under the radio show today. One of them being the perception of health care from your standpoint as an insurance broker, one of the most respected brokers in the region, and myself being an old hospital CEO practice. We both agree that a lot of the problems out there with health care and the health care reform, things like that, is the lack of knowledge, meaning the cost of health care, who to trust to get your information from, and then obviously the education.  More

Rodney: My guest is Dr. Arturo Taca of INSynergy from Creve Coeur up in St. Louis, Missouri. I’d like to welcome you to the show, Dr. Taca. More

Whole body vibration therapy (WBV) has become a popular device among the general public, professional athletic teams, beauty and therapeutic spas. Recently physical and occupational therapist, chiropractors and physicians who often specialize in bone & joint disorders, pain management and age related diseases, especially involving degenerative nature are appreciating the clinical efficacy and outcomes for their patients. More

The household model of care reflects a maturing of the field of gerontology — the study of the medical effects of aging. Gerontology as a discipline only dates back to the 1940s, and it didn’t begin to gain traction in the U.S. until the 1960s and 1970s.  More

Late one afternoon, social worker Jennifer Ronzio got word of a letter sent from one of the families she served. Carol, her supervisor, suggested Jennifer sit down before reading it. More

Health care reform starts and ends in the exam room. More

This is the full transcript of an interview with Amy Dugal about her son, Isaiah who has Autism and Aspergers. More

“Titles and Acronyms”! We trust individuals and organizations that have “Titles and Acronyms” just because that is what we were taught throughout the years and additionally taught not to question. Do we even know what they mean? Most of us do not know what they mean and as I said at the beginning of this issue, this is something that all of you requested in large numbers. Obviously, the “You Have More Power Than You Think” is empowering many of you. More

As a Health Care Executive in the Hospital and Nursing Home arena, one of the most troubling things that I had to deal with was the “unpreparedness” of loss of life, terminal illness, fatal accident, estate planning, advance directives and aging itself. A vast majority of these dealings were a result of “unwillingness” to discuss these topics sometimes by the individual themselves and or other family members. We all think we will have time or that the time is not right to have these discussions. Sometimes there are family members who are unwilling and or maybe the correct terminology I like to use is “selfish”.  More