by DrMelissaBoylan | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog
What is primary care? Part 2 What kind of patients do doctors like to see? All kinds! As a doctor, I enjoy caring for everyone, young and old, sick and well! I don’t mind when patients come in with questions based on things they’ve read/seen online so we can sort...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Mar 20, 2024 | Blog
What is primary care? Part 1 How do I choose a primary care physician? Choosing a doctor can be difficult! After all, you will be going to this doctor to discuss almost all of your health needs and concerns (at least initially!). You need to be able to trust your...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
How to Get Rid of Old/Unused Medicines How many unused or expired medicines do you have in your house? It’s ok to admit it. As a family doctor, I hear my patients talk about their “medicine cabinet full of old medicines” all the time. By reading this blog, I hope you...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog
2nd Annual No-reta No-vember No-Hunger Food Drive Our first food drive at Noreta Family Medicine last year was so successful that we decided to bring it back again in 2023! We are pleased to have partnered with Harvest Hope again this year to collect both food and...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Sep 6, 2023 | Blog
Amputations, Community Health Workers, and a Healthier Columbia The State newspaper published an investigative article in 2022 called “Cut Off” about the high rate of leg amputations (due to diabetes) in the 29203 zip code, which is in the middle of South Carolina’s...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog
Health Tips for Small Business Owners I was recently asked to give a talk to the BETR Business Networking Group in Northeast Columbia, SC about how to stay healthy as a small business owner. I wanted to give this talk from both a primary care physician (PCP) and small...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog
Walk with a Doc- Columbia S.C. We are almost 9 months into our journey with the Columbia, SC chapter of Walk with a Doc (WWAD). I thought I would write down a few reflections. When I asked my co-founder, fellow family doctor, Dr. Victoria Leventis-Shew, if she wanted...
by DrMelissaBoylan | May 17, 2023 | Blog
Multi-cancer Detection Blood Tests I’ve been getting more questions about whether there is a blood test to tell you if you have cancer. Several companies recently started marketing blood tests that screen for multiple different types of cancer, aka: multi-cancer...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Mar 22, 2023 | Blog
The Power of Music A recent study published in Nature showed that people who had no musical background who took piano lessons for one hour per week for 11 weeks were better able to recognize changes in sights and sounds around them. Perhaps more importantly, these...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog
A Doctor’s Prescription – Part 4 – Why I Love Family Medicine Welcome back for Part 4 of my blog series on Dr. John Fisher’s recent article in Notre Dame Magazine, a letter to pre-med college students titled, “A Doctor’s Prescription.” You can read Dr. Fisher’s...
