A number of our Social Security Disability clients suffer from Addison’s disease. Individuals suffering from this disorder frequently experience the following symptoms:
fatigue,
dizziness, and
muscle weakness with difficulty standing up.
The course of prescribed treatment can include hydrocortisone tablets or prednisone to replace missing cortisol, fludrocortisone to replace missing aldosterone. While not all individuals who have been diagnosed [...]
This guest post is from the National Care Planning Council.
At 83 years old, Martha still lived in her own home, and enjoyed working in her garden and canning peaches. It was becoming harder to motivate herself, to get up in the mornings and accomplish the day’s tasks. She confided to her daughter that she felt [...]
There is a new free discount prescription card available to all residents of Dallas County, and to many others around the country. The card, called Coast2CoastRX, is the product of Financial Marketing Concepts, Inc., of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. I got one, and I didn’t see any “catches” to the plan. The card is accepted [...]
HealthBase is a new Web site that aggregates medical information from across the Internet. It’s still in beta release, but certainly looks promising. If you need information on causes, treatments, or complications of any health condition, check out HealthBase.
A number of our Social Security Disability clients suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Individuals suffering from this disorder frequently experience the following symptoms:
weakness in the hand, foot, arm, or leg,
difficulty speaking and swallowing, and
difficulty walking.
The course of prescribed treatment can include night-time breathing assistance, a prescription of Riluzole [...]
A number of our Social Security Disability clients suffer from post-traumatic-stress-disorder or PTSD. Individuals suffering from this disorder frequently experience the following symptoms:
re-experiencing symptoms (for example, a car backfire reminds a veteran of gunfire from battle),
avoidance of situations that remind a person of the traumatic event (for example, avoiding television shows with natural disasters [...]
A number of our Social Security Disability clients suffer from fibromyalgia. Individuals suffering from this disorder frequently experience the following symptoms:
∙ dull muscular pain,
∙ multiple tender points (e.g., between shoulder blades, upper chest, etc.), and
∙ fatigue or disturbed sleep.
The course of prescribed treatment can include medications which may include analgesics for pain and stiffness, antidepressants [...]
A number of our Social Security Disability clients have suffered from heart attacks. Individuals suffering from this disorder frequently experience the following symptoms:
∙ shortness of breath,
∙ chest pain, and
∙ dizziness.
The course of prescribed treatment can include physical therapy, medications, and, in some cases, a stent placement. While not all individuals who have been diagnosed with [...]
A number of our Social Security Disability clients suffer from the relatively rare Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This is a disorder of the connective tissue, and it is hereditary. Individuals suffering from this disorder frequently experience the following symptoms:
∙ loose joints or “double joints,”
∙ small, fragile blood vessles, and
∙ abnormal scar formation or wound healing.
The course of [...]
The Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section is helpful to our firm as we work on personal injury and Social Security disability cases. This site has excellent illustrations of various parts of the body, leading to a better understanding of our clients injuries and conditions. Here is information from the site:
What is Anatomy Atlases [...]
The People With Disabilities Foundation is a group dedicated to advocacy for the disabled, especially in legal matters. Here is a description from their Web site:
Our Mission is to provide education and advocacy for people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities, with or without physical disabilities, so that they can achieve equal opportunities in all aspects [...]
Generally, elderly parents want to remain living in their own home. However, remaining in the home becomes a concern when children see their parents slowing down, perhaps even having trouble with handling stairs and doing general daily activities. Yet, with parents’ mental and physical health currently not creating problems, there seems to be no imminent [...]
Caring From a Distance is a nonprofit organization created by men and women who personally struggled with the anguish, stress, and frustration of long distance care. Their strength lies in this shared experience and in bringing together our diverse backgrounds to help Caring From a Distance service and help unite the distance-care community. Here is [...]
This guest article is from the National Care Planning Council:
Living
in a different city or state — miles from aging parents — can be very
difficult. Keeping in touch by telephone and making long trips to help
parents or aging relatives with their needs can be time consuming and
not nearly as effective as being available full time in [...]
EverydayHealth is an interesting and helpful Web site filled with health-related articles and tools to help you manage your own health care history.Here is a description from the site. Check it out.
Welcome to Everyday Health!
In just four years,
the Everyday Health network has established itself as a leader
in online consumer health information. We're here to help [...]
Support groups exist for almost every disabling condition. We were recently hired by an individual who needed help with a Social Security disability appeal in a claim involving severe lupus. Because our firm speaks with many local support groups, we were able to give her a referral to the Lupus Foundation of America – North [...]
Last month we posted about how nearly any disease can be disabling if it is sufficiently severe. A good information resource for individuals with various disabilities is available from The U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes. As the Web site points out, a significant percentage of the population has some form of [...]
Many of our personal injury clients and Social Security disability claimants require home health care. One of the best companies providing this service in the Dallas and Fort Worth area is Nurses Today, owned and operated by Ms. Anita Porco, R.N. This information about choosing a home health care agency is from the Nurses Today [...]
Among our Social Security Disability clients have been individuals with spina bifida. The disease, according to the Spina Bifida Association (SBA), is the most common permanently disabling birth defects in the United States. I encourage you to visit SBA’s Web site, where you will find an abundance of information including factsheets. Among the factsheets is [...]
The National Patient Safety Foundation
(NPSF) is an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has
diligently pursuing improving safety of patients for over a decade.
NPSF remains the sole organization in the field with this singular
focus.
The NPSF recently reported on five strategic concepts aimed at
patient safety solutions created by their Lucian Leape Institute.
These transforming concepts, thought to be essential [...]
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