Tami Treat-Boyne’s Newly Released “When Your Chronic Illness Becomes a Goliath” is a New Devotional for Those Suffering from Chronic Illnesses

Feb 2, 2024 | Business

 “When Your Chronic Illness Becomes a Goliath”: Tami Treat-Boyne writes from a personal perception having walked the road of chronic illness for over 20 years and ends each devotional with Blessings and Gentle Hugs. Why? All humans need hugs, but often those with a chronic illness hurt, so gentle hugs are the only way to go. This rare devotional is said by readers to be like sitting in Tami’s living room over a cup of tea and just sharing with her, she is that open.

Tami Treat-Boyne shares, “You have been walking along the beach of life, hearing the surf and seeing the sunsets, when WHAM, you have been knocked down by the mountain of life and your chronic illness. Your Goliath.

“Your Goliath will try to take way your hope and peace. This book is intended to give you sixty days of joy, encouragement and uplifting thoughts.

“Goliath. You. The Lord. Sixty days to find your stone. Come on in and find a way to beat your Goliath.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Tami Treat-Boyne’s new book will bring readers food for thought regarding their personal journey of health and faith.

Consumers can purchase “When Your Chronic Illness Becomes a Goliath” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “When Your Chronic Illness Becomes a Goliath,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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Hong Kong – Chronic disease scheme aids citizens

Jan 21, 2024 | International

Chronic disease scheme aids citizens

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     The Chronic Disease Co-Care Pilot Scheme has achieved its goal of preventing diseases before occurrence and managing them at an early stage. This is why participating doctors are urging those eligible to undergo screening.
      
     Apart from interviewing a family doctor and a district health centre representative to understand the effectiveness of the scheme, news.gov.hk spoke with one participant who shares how she manages her chronic disease. 
      
     The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature/ today (January 21) in text and video format.

Chronic hepatitis C is expensive for Ontario patients and caregivers

Nov 2, 2021 | Business

Ontarians with chronic hepatitis C can lose up to 20 per cent of their overall income managing their condition, a new study has found.

Using survey results from 275 patients, the study analyzed the financial burden of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) on patients treated in hospital and community clinics.

The research team determined that patients treated in hospital hepatitis clinics spent up to five times more out-of-pocket on supporting their CHC needs than those treated in community hepatitis clinics.

“Understanding the true economic cost of chronic hepatitis C helps inform policy decision-making,” said William W.L. Wong, professor at the School of Pharmacy and lead author on the study. “Though previous research existed to show the direct medical costs of managing CHC patients in the health-care system, Ontario research was lacking on the cost to individual patients and caregivers.”

Wong and his coauthors addressed this gap by examining both the out-of-pocket costs to patients and the productivity-related costs of missing work for patients and caregivers due to CHC. The team found that the hospital-treated patients group lost an average of $743 in time over a three-month period and the community clinic-treated patients group lost an average of $465. Combined, the out-of-pocket expenses and time-costs represent an average of 10.6 per cent of a hospital patient’s income and 20.7 per cent of a community clinic patient’s income.

Fifty-five to 85 per cent of people who contract hepatitis C progress to chronic infection, which poses risk for serious complications that increase the risk of premature death.  More than 70 million people worldwide are living with CHC.

“By quantifying just how much patients and their caregivers spend managing CHC and being aware of the income they lose out from being unable to work, we can identify gaps in social benefits and make specific recommendations to support patients in each setting,” Wong said. “For example, in our hospital group, we saw 42 per cent of the patients reported having caregivers, whereas in the community clinic, only five per cent of the patients reported, reflecting lack of social support for this group.”

The study, “Time Costs and Out-of-Pocket Costs in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients in a Publicly Funded Health System,” is currently in press and will be published February 2022 in the journal Value in Health.