Your Safety is our Priority! Masks May Be Required at Millennium Offices. Month: September 2021
September 20, 2021 — COVID-19 Third Dose Clarifications Many of our patients have questions about who should receive a third COVID-19 dose and when. At this time, the ONLY official recommendation is: If you are immunocompromised and have received both doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, you need to wait at least 28 […]
Watch Now! Physicians report hearing all sorts of excuses from their patients who don’t want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Continuing our special series, In part two of our special series, we help separate fact from fiction when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine. Myth You can catch COVID-19 from the COVID-19 Vaccine. “It […]
Click Here to Watch! No more excuses, experts say vaccines are the key to ending the Pandemic. Millennium Chief Medical Officer Alejandro Perez-Trepichio busts more of the top COVID-19 vaccine myths, in part three of our special series. Myth I can still taste and smell, so I must not have COVID. “Among the symptoms […]
By Brian Zelis, M.D. Family Medicine Physician HDL… LDL… Triglycerides… so many letters and numbers! September is National Cholesterol Education Month and the CDC reports about 38 percent of American adults have high cholesterol. Having high cholesterol puts you at risk for heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death in the United […]
If you’re one of the ninety-three million Americans with high cholesterol, you’re probably always on the lookout for tricks to achieve healthy cholesterol levels. “It’s not about lowering your cholesterol to a number, it’s about sustaining low cholesterol throughout a lifetime,” says Millennium Physician Group Family Medicine Physician Nektarios Demetriou, D.O. Dr. Demetriou cites […]
Americans are living longer, but how can they live healthier? Family Medicine Physician Dantuluri P. Raju, M.D., has almost 50 years of medical experience and has been practicing in the Ocala area since 1980. He specializes in geriatric issues and says longer life expectancies mean you need to do everything you can to stay […]
Watch Now The Pandemic has caused many of us to pack on a few extra pounds, but which fad diets are worth the hype? Millennium Physician Group Family Medicine Physician Aschanti Abarca Selva explains, when it comes to the pound-dropping promises of the latest fad diets, don’t fall for it. “Will you lose weight […]
Click Here to watch! More than 160 million Americans enjoyed a cookout over Labor Day weekend… BBQs and warm temperatures can lead to a rise in food poisoning cases. But how do you know if it’s food poisoning or a stomach virus? And does it matter? Millennium Physician Group Internal Medicine Physician Yvonne Braver, […]
by Ryan Baker, MD, FAAFP Your skin is the largest organ in your body, but people don’t think of it as another system that needs to be maintained and cared for. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and early detection of serious skin conditions like melanoma is crucial. For […]
Who Am I? Name: Jeffrey Nelson, DHA Title and Company: Chief Innovation Officer, Millennium Physician Group Years with the Company: 12 Years in Southwest Florida or Years in County: 21 Nature of Business: Full-service physician group Education: Doctor of Health Administration Hometown: San Diego, CA What do you typically tell people when they ask […]