by DrMelissaBoylan | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog
Assembly Line Medicine – Part 2 – The Disappearance of Private Practices Welcome back for Part 2 of my Assembly Line Medicine blog series, my commentary on Ms. Devorah Goldman’s recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece titled, “The Doctor’s Office Becomes an Assembly...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog
Assembly Line Medicine – Part 1 – The reason Noreta Family Medicine Exists One of Noreta’s patients recently brought in an opinion piece written by Devorah Goldman, a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and senior editor at Mosaic magazine, from...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Dec 12, 2021 | Blog
Modern Medicine Welcomes the Return of Old-Fashioned Service! What happened to the days when you knew more about your doctor than just their name? What happened to the days when if you got sick on the weekend, you could just pick up the phone and talk to YOUR doctor?...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Nov 22, 2021 | Blog
Fact or Fiction? How to Find Medical Information You Can Trust Online medical information is EVERYWHERE! You see advertisements for new medicines as you shop for clothes. Flashy graphics coax you into clicking on an ad promising a “miracle cure” while you try to order...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Nov 15, 2021 | Blog
Just Breathe November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, so I am joining the campaign to increase awareness by writing this blog post. Hopefully you will learn a few things! I’d like to give a shout out to several of Noreta’s patients who are currently...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog
A Pinch of Salt, a Lifetime of Health Salt is essential to our survival, but we’ve gone overboard with how much we eat in the past 50 years! Salt is important for several body functions including Nerve signaling Muscle functioning Maintaining a balance of water...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog
Forgive me, it’s my kidney! I’ve had a few patients come in with kidney disease recently and so here’s some information on this topic that I bet you don’t know much about! What do the Kidneys do? Each of your two kidneys acts as a screen, filtering excess water,...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Sep 27, 2021 | Blog
Blood, Anemia, and Eating Newspaper What’s in blood anyways? Red blood cells (RBC)– Are pictured above and are shaped like a cross between a frisbee and a doughnut. Why are they red? Iron. By the way, you may recall that iron is the reason Mars is called “The Red...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog
Chicken Nuggets, Bacon, Apples and Our Kids Children’s diets are very important! As kids grow, it’s important for them to eat healthy food so they can use the vitamins and minerals in these foods to build a strong brain, bones, teeth, and more. A very interesting new...
by DrMelissaBoylan | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog
Access to Mental Health Care Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, and other high-profile athletes have recently shared their struggles with mental health. Thanks to these athletes, mental health is finally becoming a more widely talked about and acknowledged...
