Normal daily activities shouldn’t cause you pain. If you are experiencing pain that keeps you from enjoying life, it’s time to see your primary-care provider. “As a family and sports medicine physician, I specialize in the body mechanics needed for pain-free movement,” explains Millennium Physician Group’s Patrick Murray, M.D. “But I’m interested in everything […]
By Brian Zelis, M.D. Family Medicine Physician This time of year means good food and family gatherings, but add a dash of holiday stress, and you have a recipe for a side of digestive discomfort. One of the most common digestive disorders is GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), and research has found seasonal trends for […]
By: Elizabeth Sanders, D.O. Let’s rejoice in the season of gathering! Cooler weather arrives, and we start planning for the holidays. We make our grocery lists, stockpile ingredients, and order the turkey. My family also gets a smoked ham from Ward’s Supermarket. Thanksgiving’s my favorite holiday. Every November I survey my patients with this […]
Open Enrollment Are you ready for some benefits? Medicare Open Enrollment Period (also referred to as the Annual Enrollment Period) runs from October 15 through December 7, but you’ll start feeling the excitement a couple of weeks earlier. The pre-game show started October 1, and you probably noticed because your e-mail and snail mailboxes, TV and […]
By the Numbers As of October 14, the CDC reports about 218 million people, or 65.6 percent of the total U.S. population, have received at least one dose of vaccine. About 188.3 million people, or 56.7 percent of the total U.S. population, have been fully vaccinated. Vaccinating the Unvaccinated As COVID-19 booster dose recommendations continue […]
If you’re one of the more than 4 and a half million Floridians enrolled in Medicare, starting October 15 you can review your options and make some changes. It’s the Medicare Annual Enrollment period, and Millennium Physician Group Primary-Care Provider Rick Waks, D.O., warns there’s one thing that’s non-negotiable. “They want to make sure that […]
VIDEO INTRO Preventing an illness or disease is always better than having to treat one, and that’s why it’s important to see a primary-care physician regularly. The team at Millennium Physician Group believes this is vital to better health. Millennium Family Medicine Physician Nektarios Demetriou, D.O., was recently interviewed an WFLA’s Daytime to share more […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and despite all the awareness, there’s still a lot of misinformation out there. Millennium Physician Group Director of the Center for Breast Health and Breast Surgeon Natalia Spinelli Partain explains every year, there’s more research and rumors about who’s really at risk for the disease. She’s busting the top […]
by Ryan Baker, MD, FAAFP Mammograms are the gold standard for breast cancer screening, and often a woman is starting her regular mammograms at a stage of life when she may not be seeing her gynecologist once a year. Ideally, your primary-care provider is already seeing you at least annually for a physical already, […]
Most cancers are first detected in primary-care settings, and primary-care physicians often spearhead the process in the early phase. This can be especially true when it comes to breast cancer. “From a primary-care standpoint, not every woman has a gynecologist whom they see regularly,” admits Millennium Physician Group Family Medicine Physician Nektarios Demetriou, D.O. […]
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