Dr. Cindy Haines, MD

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Dr. Cynthia Haines, a practicing family doctor and professor of medicine, plays an integral role in global medical news coverage for health care professionals and patients alike. This is accomplished through Dr. Cynthia Haines' role as Chief Medical Officer of HealthDay and Managing Editor of HealthDay-Physician's Briefing, the daily syndicated video segments "HealthDay TV," frequent radio segments and online content production.

In addition to her work above, Dr. Cynthia D. Haines, M.D. is a member of the staff and faculty of the department of family and community medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. A board-certified family physician, Dr. Haines is a member and/or director of several organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Association. She currently serves as immediate Past President of the Saint Louis Academy of Family Physicians, serves as a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine, and is also a member of the International Mensa Society.

An early college admit at age 16, Dr. Haines received her double degree in biology and psychology from Saint Louis University and a doctorate of medicine with distinction from Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Cynthia Haines' first book, The New Prescription: How to Get the Best Health Care in a Broken System (HCI Books; Dr. Cynthia Haines and Eric Metcalf), is now available.

Dr. Cynthia Haines is also a contributor to the Huffington Post and can be found on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/DrCindyHaines and Twitter @drcindyhaines.

Specialties:

family medicine
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Affiliation:

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Location:

Saint Louis, MO
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: It’s Time for Docs to Walk the Walk

Published on Dr. Cynthia Haines page of Huffington Post 6/15/11

Doctors have changed from the 1950s — apparently in some very good ways...

You’ll still find a few doctors who smoke, as do some nurses and other health care providers. But thankfully, most set a good example for their patients by
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: Medical Mistakes - Reveal Not Conceal

Published on Dr. Cynthia Haines page of Huffington Post 6/8/11

If the staff at a restaurant found out that cleaning fluid had gotten mixed into the food you ate, would you want to know?

If your car caught on fire, would you want to know that it was because your mechanic had left some wires crossed
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: Medical Mistakes - Reveal Not Conceal

Published on Dr. Cynthia Haines page of Huffington Post 6/8/11

If the staff at a restaurant found out that cleaning fluid had gotten mixed into the food you ate, would you want to know?

If your car caught on fire, would you want to know that it was because your mechanic had left some wires crossed
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: Healthy Strategies, Healthier Wallet

Dr. Cynthia Haines VIDEO: Healthy Strategies

If you want better health care, a great first step is to learn how to use this phrase at your next doctor’s visit.

Health experts are increasingly recognizing the power of an idea called “shared decision-making.” This means that patients play an important
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: The Beauty of the Mediterranean

I say this a lot: Use what you have to do anyway as an opportunity to better your health.
A usual example of this is eating. We all have to eat to live (although many of us, myself included, really live to eat). But here’s the trick: using this to our advantage.

You may know about the Mediterranean
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: One in Five of Us Lack Usual Source of Health Care

Twenty percent of Americans do not have a usual source for health care, such as their own family doctor, internist, or clinic, according to a statistical brief released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): "Main Reason for Not Having a Usual Source of Care: Differences by Rac
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: The Elusive Promise of Government Health Care Funding

Ever since getting your very first paycheck, I know you felt it. I sure did – and sometimes still do. The shock and frustration of just exactly how much goes to Uncle Sam.

Death and taxes; they are certain.

But what isn’t so certain is the payback on the promise given to us by the government. You
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: Up the Protein And Keep the Weight Off

If you have ever been on a diet and lost weight, you know that the real challenge is what comes next: keeping it off. In our upcoming book, we talk a lot about health tools you can use. I like to think of diet as just that. Why not take something you need to do anyway (eat) and find a way to make it work
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: Too Few Americans Living Heart Healthy

Only a small number of us make the simple lifestyle changes that could prevent heart disease.

In fact, recent research determined that only 0.01 percent of a large group surveyed followed all seven health factors outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA) as the must-do’s for a healthy heart,
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Cindy Haines, MD has posted a blog entry: Dr. Cynthia Haines and The New Prescription: Comparative Effectiveness Research and You

Comparative effectiveness research: Why should you care?

Because in the quest for better health at a much better cost, what works the best matters. And, simply put, that’s what comparative effectiveness research is all about: the process of determining what treatments are most effective and efficient.
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