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...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Feb 7, 2023 | Blog
A Doctor’s Prescription – Part 3 – My Advice to Pre-med Students Welcome back for Part 3 of my blog series commenting on Dr. John Fisher’s recent article in Notre Dame Magazine titled, “A Doctor’s Prescription.” Dr. Fisher’s article is a letter to pre-med...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
A Doctor’s Prescription – Part 2 – Bedside Manner Welcome back for Part 2 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 very thoughtful...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog
A Doctor’s Prescription – Part 1 – What Really Matters I recently read a wonderful article titled “A Doctor’s Prescription” from my alma mater’s alumni publication, Notre Dame Magazine. It is a letter written by Dr. John Fisher, an Infectious Disease doctor in...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Dec 9, 2022 | Blog
Introducing Walk with a Doc – Columbia! Dr. Melissa Boylan, owner of Noreta Family Medicine, and Dr. Victoria Leventis-Shew, owner of Victory Family Medicine, are encouraging Columbia, SC residents to take a step toward better health through Walk with a Doc, a health...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog
Noreta’s No Hunger November Food Drive I have been wanting to do a project that would help the Midlands community for a while now, and I’m happy to partner with Harvest Hope Food Bank for Noreta’s first community project! Food is one of our basic needs,...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Nov 9, 2022 | Blog
Noreta’s Intern Corner – A New Perspective on Healthcare Nick Shiver is a graduate student at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, SC where he is seeking a Master’s in Health Administration (MHA). After growing up in Charleston, Nick spent time as a...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog
Collagen 101 Collagen advertisements are all over the TV and internet, not just here in South Carolina, but I would guess all over the world! I recently dug a little deeper into what collagen is, what it might be useful for and what it is not useful for. The answers...
