Should I go to the doctor if I'm totally healthy?
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- Written by Maritza Y. Baez, MD, FAAFP
Are you blessed with relatively good health? Do you feel that you don't use the services of a doctor very often and would probably only seek their help when you are seriously ill? This is a very common way of thinking. Why should you go to the doctor if you are not sick?
Dr. Maxim Mitchell: a family-oriented family doctor
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- Written by General Physician, PC
Dr. Maxim Mitchell is the modern-day version of a country doctor. He specializes in family medicine and pediatrics and treats patients from newborn to over 100 – often seeing three generations of the same family. Dr. Mitchell not only sees patients at General Physician PC’s Dunkirk location, he also makes house calls when needed, visits patients in local assisted living facilities, and treats some of his patients at Brooks Memorial Hospital.
Comprehensive cancer care continues well past chemo
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- Written by Great Lakes Cancer Care Collaborative
As anyone who’s been through it knows, cancer treatment doesn’t end with the last round of chemo or radiation. The days and weeks that follow mark the beginning of a new chapter in patients’ survival stories. Ringing out of treatment often means ringing in a lot of questions, too. What now? How can I keep myself healthy? Will it come back?