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At Midland Health and throughout healthcare organizations, Medical Assistants and Patient Care Assistants play a vital role in the patient journey. They provide a key element of the patient experience to continually move the clini...
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The health of a community is unique. A thumbprint of its make-up, it tells the story of the many unique and wonderful facets housed within its borders as well as opportunities for growth. Midland Health conducts a Community ...
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With the calendar year approaching its end, we are reminded to reflect on the year gone while hoping to improve our future. It’s time to think about New Year’s resolutions. I want to suggest some simple lifestyle changes that you ...
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The popularity of the keto diet is purely from its ability to help lose weight in a relatively short time. Unfortunately, there are some serious and life-threatening consequences of this unnatural way of eating. Studies have shown...
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I am frequently asked “Why are there so many guidelines for screening mammograms? Can’t anyone agree?” Currently there are three major organizations that recommend different guidelines for screening mammography. The American Colle...
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Here at Midland Memorial Hospital we are performing state of the art personalized medicine, including for our breast cancer patients. When it comes to your health, you want to receive the standard of care and when it comes to brea...
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Pajama Patel, Medical Director I n my twenty years of clinical practice, I have never been so excited to talk about a new approach in treating chronic and progressive diseases. We were taught in our medical training that type 2 di...
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While millions of people are breast cancer survivors, it remains one of the most common cancers affecting women. Regardless of the high survival rate of breast cancer I often hear misconceptions or myths about the disease from pat...
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Most people are not prepared for the end of life. With advances in life expectancy, decreasing mortality thanks to public health, sanitation and modern medicine, end-of-life issues are increasingly pushed to the back burner. Over ...
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When one considers the benefits of exercise, usually the primary reasons and subsequent results are focused on strength, flexibility, cardiovascular health or weight loss. However, a recent study in The Journal of Medicine Science...