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Henry Ford Health Products Offers Online Ordering
Henry Ford Health Products decided to launch a Web site with their healthcare product offerings several years ago, in order to make it easier for patients to order products for their medical needs, and to take advantage of e-commerce features and cost reductions.
Medicare Coverage And Footwear For Diabetics
Did you know that if you have diabetes you might qualify for therapeutic shoes or inserts?
Watch Your Feet! Diabetics Pay Special Attention
Diabetes puts you at risk for a number of health complications, including disease of the nervous system, which can lead to impaired sensation or pain in the feet.
Safety Tips For Oxygen Therapy Users
If you or someone you’re caring for is prescribed oxygen therapy, click for some important safety tips you should follow. 
Advances In Home Oxygen Therapy Make Life Easier
It used to be if you were on oxygen therapy, getting oxygen was cumbersome and limiting.  Oxygen delivery equipment was heavy and hard to lug around – if you could transport it at all.  Not so anymore. 
Oxygen Therapy Basics
Oxygen therapy is prescribed for many conditions, including emphysema, lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, COPD, congestive heart failure and others. 
Henry Ford Health Products Employee Takes It Personally
As Diabetes Marketing Coordinator for Henry Ford Health Products Barbara Sterling’s job is to go out and build relationships with doctors and nurses, educating them about products, often new or upgraded, for their patients who have diabetes.
 
 
Helpful Links
Henry Ford Health Products
Order anything “from A to Z” for home medical equipment. This site makes it easier for patients to order products for their medical needs, and to take advantage of e-commerce features and cost reductions.
PortableOxygen.org
Created by a doctor, this website is designed to help patients and health care professionals deal with the many complex issues of oxygen therapy.
 
 
Elder News
Help Available For Senior Alcohol Abuse
Do you have concerns about an older parent or grandparent’s drinking habits? Help is available in the form of a pocket-sized screening questionnaire from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
Hosting a Senior for the Holidays? Advice for Successful Gatherings
The holidays are great time for celebrating with the entire family. If your family includes seniors, you may want to take some simple steps to help make the holidays successful for everyone – including the older people in your life.
What to Look for in a Long Term Care Facility
Teri Clark, administrator at St. Anthony Health Care Facility in Warren, provides some tips when it comes to choosing a long term care facility.
Insurers Hike Premiums, Cut Medicare Benefits
Three years after Medicare added drug coverage, many insurance companies are raising monthly premiums and co-pays and trimming benefits in two popular types of policies, reports the Detroit Free Press.
HAP's Medicare HMO Is Top-ranked Medicare Plan In Mich.
HAP's Medicare HMO, HAP Senior Plus, was ranked 24 among 216 Medicare health plans nationwide in customer service, preventive services and treating illness.
Feeling Blue? Depression a Common, Treatable Condition in Seniors
It’s not uncommon for people, including seniors, to feel a bit sad or out of sorts every now and then.  But when sad feelings or lethargy persist, depression may be to blame.
Male Menopause Not A Myth
We've heard plenty about menopause in women, but is there really a male menopause?
Who Say's There's No Free Lunch? OFIR and AARP Michigan Team Up to Help Seniors
The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) and AARP Michigan Wednesday announced the “Free Lunch Seminar Monitor” program, which gives individuals an opportunity to fight back against unscrupulous promoters by reporting questionable investment practices.
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