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Taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick. Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter.
Critical illness insurance, otherwise known as critical illness cover or a dread disease policy, is an insurance product in which the insurer is contracted to typically make a lump sum cash payment if the policyholder is diagnosed with one of the specific illnesses on a predetermined list as part of an insurance policy. [1]
The treatment given to a patient can vary significantly depending on which healthcare providers they use. Research suggests that some cost-effective treatments are not used as often as they should be, while overutilization occurs with other healthcare services. Unnecessary treatments increase costs and can cause patients unnecessary anxiety. [219]
Fatigue, joint and muscle pain are also experienced by a minority of people following antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease. [3] A number of alternative health products are promoted for chronic Lyme disease, [8] of which possibly the most controversial and harmful is long-term antibiotic therapy, particularly intravenous antibiotics.
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Private insurance companies involved in Medicare Advantage — a government program in which private insurers oversee Medicare benefits — made hundreds of thousands of dubious diagnoses from ...
Leaky gut syndrome is an alleged condition caused by the passage of harmful substances outward through the gut wall. Alternative medicine proponents claim it is the cause of many conditions including multiple sclerosis and autism, a claim which has been called pseudoscientific. [28]
Most insurance companies use one of two definitions to identify such conditions. Under the "objective standard" definition, a pre-existing condition is any condition for which the patient has already received medical advice or treatment prior to enrollment in a new medical insurance plan.