Everyday People Matter
April is Parkinson’s Awareness month. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder with a variety of motor function impairment symptoms such as tremors, rigidity and mobility problems. Other symptoms may be apathy, depression, sleep problems, loss of smell...
It’s finally confirmed. All field offices of the Social Security Administration, which have been closed for more than two years, will finally open on April 7. Field offices of the Social Security Administration have been closed since March 17, 2020, after the first...
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden tackled an issue that has long been on his agenda. The President called for a bill to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. That proposal, along with the capping of the price of...
The Social Security Administration recently added a number of new conditions that are eligible for expedited processing of disability benefits under its Compassionate Allowances program. The Social Security Administration’s Compassionate Allowances program allows for...
The Social Security Administration does not include endometriosis as a condition eligible for disability benefits in its Blue Book of impairments that qualify for disability benefits. However, this does not mean that you cannot qualify for benefits for this condition....
Persons who suffer from epilepsy may also experience intense feelings of anxiety over the possibility of suffering seizures. This condition in which a person suffers anticipatory anxiety over suffering seizures is called seizure phobia, and is very common among...
This March, the International Society of Nephrology is marking March 10th as World Kidney Day. World Kidney Days seeks to bring attention to the millions of people all over the world who live with this condition. Approximately one out of every 10 people worldwide...
This March, multiple sclerosis patient advocacy organisations in Georgia and around the country will mark National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week between March 13 through 19. The commemoration is designed to bring greater awareness to the unique challenges that...
If you ask most women about their biggest health fear, many would reply cancer, specifically breast cancer. This is in spite of the fact that more women in the United States die from heart disease than any cancer. Heart disease kills as many as six times the number...
If pandemic- related conditions do not worsen, all field offices of the Social Security Administration are set to open on March 30, 2022. This is good news for disability beneficiaries and applicants as well as people waiting to apply for Supplemental Security Income...