Disability and Health Articles for the Disabled

These articles relate to disabilities and general health care issues today and cover a fairly wide range of topics that are not currently in our other categories.

The articles include some of the latest medical news and current affairs involving disabilities including ADA, Social Security, and Medicare information both locally and from around the world.

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Health and Disability Articles

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3rd
The third of December each year finds the world celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day for recognition of the contributions and achievements of people with disabilities from around the world. On this day people from every nation take note of the skills, achievements, contributions, and abilities of persons with disabilities in society. They promote a positive image of persons with disabilities, and who we are in the community at large through activities which both celebrate and raise awareness of this day declared in our recognition.

US Disability Parking Privileges
The freedom to park in places allocated specifically for Persons with Disabilities is a privilege, and in the United States it is regulated according to law. While there are minor variations to the laws between states in America, the laws follow some basic lines. The laws supporting disability parking privileges are there to ensure that Persons with Disabilities have access to parking that does not present an undue hardship. With parking lots that have grown in size these privileges are a significant help.

Cost of Home Health Care by State
To get a full picture of what to expect when engaging a home health care provider, determine the cost your home health services, the public programs for which you are eligible, what payments these programs cover and what private funding options are available.

Quadriplegia - Causes Symptoms and Treatment
Quadriplegia is a type of cerebral palsy in which all four limbs are affected. It is usually accompanied by more severe symptoms of nerve damage interfering with normal muscle movement than the other types.

Privacy of Your Medical Records
Medical records are personal matters that most people feel must be kept private. However, little do we know that our medical secrets are harder to conceal from the public eye than we think.

Work Injuries in Iowa Questions and Answers
While you are healing and unable to work, you will receive cash payments to replace your usual earnings. The amount of your payment is based upon your earnings prior to your work injury.

Mercy Ships Information
Mercy Ships is a global charity organization that has operated hospital ships in developing nations since 1978 bringing healing to the poorer people of the world by mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving all persons without regard for race, gender, or religion.

Mercury Toxicity
Research has shown that mercury poisoning causes a wide range of symptoms, which include symptoms similar to those caused by fibromyalgia and sleep apnea.

Medical Tourism Cuts Medical Wait Time
Are you a person who is concerned about rising medical costs, or a person who cannot afford healthcare or is on a long waiting list for services? Be encouraged. There is hope and you can receive the top quality services that you need, now!

Hip Surgery a Risky Business
Replacing a hip with artificial components may have become commonplace in America, especially because of the amount of surgeries conducted. However, such an extensive surgery should only be considered as a last resort.

The Good Hospital Visitor
Most of us head to the hospital to visit a sick or recovering friend or family member without giving it a thought. Give it a thought! There are many things you can and should do to make sure the experience is both positive and safe for you, the patient and your family.

Caregivers: The Failure to Cope
There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers; those who are currently caregivers; those who will be caregivers; those who will need caregivers.

Online Health and Medical References
Help is available. Here are some references to execellent sources of health and medical information you can access online.

What is Pasteurization and Homogenization
Pasteurization is the process of heating liquids for the purpose of destroying bacteria, protozoa, molds, and yeasts, whereas Homogenization is a term connoting a process that makes a mixture the same throughout the entire substance.

Deaths Attributed to Antibiotic Resistant Diseases
The antibiotic-resistant bacteria Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) is killing both people and swine. Cancer and liver disease patients seem to be most at risk . The number of infected patients jumped 50 percent last year.

What does Max out of Pocket Mean?
You will sometimes see this referred as Out-of-Pocket Maximum, Copay Maximum, or Max out of Pocket depending on the health carrier. They all mean the same thing. They let you know how much you will have to pay in a catastrophic health situation.

Oysters can give you Hepatitis A
From 1983 to 1989, the incidence of hepatitis A in the United States reached 58 percent. Some 35,800 cases were reported in the latter year.

What to do when Surgical Procedures are Uncomfortable
Cardiovascular disease from cholesterol, impacted wisdom teeth and hemorrhoids, are but three conditions that can send you off to a surgeon, but if the surgeon isn't the right one for you, the results could be disastrous.

CPR Training Guidelines
Today the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross are at the forefront of CPR training. Both offer online CPR instruction and training as well as courses that offer certification in their local offices.

Only Need One Shoe?
Information and options offered by Odd Shoe Finder for the millions of people who need to wear only one single shoe or two shoes of different sizes.

Famous People with Menieres Disease
Ménière's disease is an abnormality of the inner ear causing a host of symptoms, including vertigo or severe dizziness, tinnitus or a roaring sound in the ears, fluctuating hearing loss, and the sensation of pressure or pain in the affected ear. This is a list of famous people who had and have Ménière's disease.

MRSA SuperBug a New Epidemic?
For those of you who aren't aware of what MRSA is, it's a deadly flesh eating bacteria that has taken thousands of lives globally each year, hence the name Superbug. In fact, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a report showed that MRSA infections reached 127,000 in 1999, with as many as 11,000 people dying from the deadly Superbug.

Famous People with a Cleft
Cleft is a congenital deformity caused by a failure in facial development during pregnancy. This is a list of well known people with a cleft.

Stop Smoking Methods Tips to Quit Smoking
It is no secret to the many people who have tried before, putting an end to the bad habit of smoking can be one of the most demanding trials one can face. This article examines methods available today to help you quit smoking.

Famous Well Known People with Hearing Impairments and Deafness
List of famous and well known people who are or were deaf and have or had hearing impairments.

Is Alcoholism a Disease?
If you were to ask any person who is an alcoholic if they have a disease, they will not hesitate to tell you that no, they do not. Now ask any recovering alcoholic if they have a disease and without a moments hesitation they will tell you yes.

How to Break an Egg with One Hand
As a person with a disability and the use of one hand only I had trouble breaking eggs open until I learned how to break eggs with one hand only.

Exposure to Chemicals and the Outcome
A variety of substances such as mineral dusts, metals, pesticides or biological agents are just a few of the ways an individual can become exposed to chemical agents.

FAQ - Common Medical and Disability Questions and Answers
A list of frequently asked questions pertaining to medical terms and conditions listed on the Disabled World website.

Why you do not Want Fluoride in Your Water
These days I know why you don't want fluoride in your drinking water, but I sure didn't when I was given fluoride in elementary school. It was some kind of experiment or test. Each student was given a small cup with fluoride in it to swish around in our mouths and then we would spit it out. We didn't understand what it was, we just did what we were told. If I remember correctly, our parents had to sign a consent form, but they didn't really know what it was either.

Medical Negligence Claims
People in the UK suffer and sometimes die every day due to medical negligence through not receiving the correct care.

Fluoride a Deadly Poison
98% Of Western Europe has Rejected Water Fluoridation. This includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. But not the UK!

Find a Doctor
This is usually a simple task. Open up your phone book (Yellow Pages) and look for one in your area; or ask your primary care physician for a referral to see a specialist.

History of Tobacco
Initially, tobacco was produced for pipe smoking, chewing and snuff. Cigarettes were made in a crude, hand-rolled form since the early 1600s, but did not become popular in America until after the civil war. Cigarette sales surged with introduction of the cigarette rolling machine by James Bonsack in 1883, in a contest sponsored by tobacco company Allen and Ginter, who promised $75,000 to the first person to invent a fast cigarette-rolling machine.

Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a complementary medicine system that not only looks into the physical symptoms but the daily life, approaches and present health status of the patient. The Osteopath is competent enough to identify, detect and treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system and related areas.

Lead: Public Health Risk and Recommendations
Lead is a heavy metal that has become ubiquitous in the environment either through the indiscriminate dumping of car batteries near houses and in water-courses, use of lead paint in toys, drugs, cosmetics or the consumption of tainted foods.

Settling Discrimination Claims - The Hidden Dangers
All strands of the discrimination legislation contain a prohibition on "victimisation", preventing an employer from subjecting an employee to any detriment by reason of the fact that the employee has made an allegation or claim of unlawful discrimination.

Kegel Exercises for Bladder Control Problems
An adult bladder control problem is definitely something serious that needs to be taken care of by a health professional before you try any type of home remedy. There is a well known kegel exercise that can help to prevent further problems or even stop a bladder control problem.

Glutahione - The Most Powerful Antioxidant in your Body
Glutathione is the most powerful antioxidant in your body. Increasing Glutathione levels will naturally increase your energy, detoxify your body and strengthen your immune system.

Health Insurance Plans Hidden Costs
When it comes to buying medical health insurance most people start by looking at the monthly premiums being charged across a range of policies and use this as the basis on which to do their comparison shopping.

Play Music to Help with Stress
Fortunately, people have very different tastes in music, so it would be impossible for me to suggest a piece of music that will suit you. I can however make several suggestions that you could experiment with to find the ultimate relaxing music to help sooth your stress symptom away.

Shortness of Breath could be Botulism
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the most common lung disease causing shortness of breath in older adults. COPD includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis and along with other problems.

Good News for Coffee Lovers
New evidence shows that antioxidants are not only in green tea, but are also in coffee. Surprisingly, there's four times the amount of antioxidants in coffee as what there is in green tea.

Occupational Therapy
What is occupational Therapy - a guide for the general public. Occupational therapists, or OT’s, work with anyone who may be experiencing physical, psychological and/or social problems, either from birth or as a result of trauma, illness or ageing.

Law and Housing Discrimination Rights
Race discrimination covers more than just your typical "Sorry, I don't rent to black/yellow/white/red/green people" remarks. Many times, homeseekers don't know that they've been discriminated against.

Prevent Medical Errors in Your Medical Tests
I began kicking myself for not paying more attention to and being more involved in my husband's medical care. He had been in very good health until the day he was admitted to the hospital on an emergency basis, told he was in kidney failure and might not live through the night.

Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehab Programs
When you love someone close to you, sometimes you need to make the tough decisions. When someone you are close to is obviously abusing alcohol or drugs, you know that the best thing you can do to help them is to get them into a rehab program.

Why is our Water Fluoridated?
Already two-thirds of U.S. public water supplies are fluoridated. So if fluoride is so bad, what is the reason our water is being fluoridated?

Comparison of Conventional Medicines and Alternative Medicines
The term "conventional medicine" refers to medicine practiced by medical doctors and doctors of osteopath. Alternative medicine is a system of theory and practice used by many individual cultures.

Caffeine - Benefits and Risks
Many of us feel like we cannot function without our first cup of coffee in the morning. Why do we feel that way? Does the caffeine in the coffee have a physiological effect on our body? If so, is it harmful or is it beneficial?

Alcoholism - A Life Sucker
One starts to consume alcohol for different reasons, sometime joy, sometimes sorrow and sometime social pressures. It can also be for other reasons like genetic, psychological and many other social factors which makes this even more deadly.

Most Luxurious Hospitals in the Usa
The demand for good hospitals is nothing new. After all, where your health is concerned you want the best care you can get, and if you can afford to pay more to get it, you will.

What are Shin Splints?
Shin splints is a very common ailment that affects athletes but can also occur in the non-athletic individual. It is an inflammatory condition occurring either in the front of the lower leg or in the back. The cause for each is different.

Red Wine is Good for the Heart
Hey wine consumers! There is good news for all of you. It has been scientifically proved that red wine is beneficial for heart and the white wine is good for lungs. Well, this doesn't stop here. A wine plays a very crucial role in adding stars to many other organs.

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Doctor Shopping
You may not know what "Doctor Shopping" is but I'll bet you do it. There are actually two definitions.

Learn Self Hypnosis
Learning self hypnosis helps you learn how to focus better, enhancing your attention span, increasing memory capacity, and enhanced learning by developing better study skills.

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Techniques
Limb lengthening is a surgical procedure used to treat a limb-length discrepancy (LLD) of the arm or leg. The goal is to achieve equal length with the corresponding opposite limb. LLD is the difference between the lengths of the upper arms and/or lower arms, or a difference between the lengths of the thighs and/or lower legs.

Dealing with Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition which makes the bones weak and causing them to break easily. As the bones are fragile the slightest movement can break them, especially joints like the hip, spine and wrists.

Sundicator, the free sun protection tool
Knowing the UV-index is at least as important as knowing your skin type. UV are the ultraviolet rays from the sun. Some of these rays are harmful when the exposure time is too long.

Sensory Overload and Stress
As we move into the new millennium, we witness the effects of increasing environmental, economic, and psychological stress. Sensory overload is taxing the human system. The pressures upon all life on earth have reached unparalleled proportions.

Tinnitus: Learning to Ignore a Nuisance
Ever had a badly cut finger? When you think about it, it throbs and hurts and is painful. If you were distracted though, you would most probably forget the discomfort because your brain is trained to ignore pain if it can. This is what we call basic instinct.

Party zones Aus Website
Let me start off by saying in the 13 years of me being at 3 S.E.R. 97.7FM Radio station this has been a huge task I have learnt heaps along the way.

Malpractice
Malpractice. That is a really bad thing for the person having to live with the result of if. Denis is a victim of this and is suffering for life. The following took place in Sweden and that makes it even worse, since they don't have any compensation to speak of.

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
There are any number of reasons that tarsal tunnel occurs. Contributing factors include trauma, varicose veins, bone spurs and soft tissue tumors such as ganglionic cysts. Other contributing factors include biomechanical instability of the foot and ankle.

The Power of Drinking Water
What makes up 70-80% of our planet? Water. What makes up 70-80% of our body? That's right, water. Water is the single most important nutrient you will give your body apart from oxygen. This article will show you the best ways to infuse your cells and your body with life giving nourishment, water.

Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy has been a part of human history for centuries past. It dates back to the Egyptian times when essential oils where extracted from plants by soaking them for a while and then filtering out the oils through a linen bag.

Bone Breaking Disease - Osteoporosis
It is normal for the bones to erode as we age. But for some people, the bones become so fragile that they break down under the body's own weight. This causes hip, spine and forearm fractures. This disease is known as osteoporosis. This disease is more common amongst women then men.

Flying the Unfriendly Skies DVT Toxic Air
The skies of America's airline industry are anything but hospitable these days. Operational costs are up, profits (what profits?) are nonexistent, fuel costs are going through the roof and labor problems seem to always be looming on the horizon.

Right Hand Vs Left Hand Who is Healthier?
The explanations of right-handed versus left-handed are still very vague generalizations, and no one group has been able to successfully explain why we are one way or the other.

Researching Doctors - Doctor Background Check
We know all physicians and surgeons do not have the same training and experience, especially in today’s advanced medical health-care environment. No doctor will tell you outright whether he/she has been disciplined or had one or more malpractice judgments issued against him/her.

What is Gout?
Gout is a condition often mentioned in literature and historical records. Described as a painful inflammation of the limbs, especially the big toe, gout develops as a result of the buildup of uric acid crystals in the joints. Some people are more prone to it based on family history.

RJ Cooper - Speak To Me
Speak To Me - STM - a voice recognition utlity is ready. This is not a dictation program like Naturally Speaking - NS. You train STM to the users actual voice.