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Home » Archives by category » Op-Ed » Dr. Frank MacMillan
Biomarkers: The Next Revolution ~ The Doctor is IN with Dr. Frank MacMillan
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan – January, 2015 I’d like to be funny and say that my end of the year article is typically on the year’s major breakthrough in health…
Some Patients Pay More and May Not Keep their Doctor – By Dr. Frank MacMillan
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan – December, 2014 While I consider myself well read and I work hard to remain connected to and aware of changes happening in medicine, I have…
Health Care Rationing and the Politics of Hepatitis C
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan, MD Back in April, I wrote about anticipated new treatments for Hepatitis C viral infection. The first all-oral treatment was FDA approved on October 10, with additional…
Your Health Matters and Elections Affect Your Health
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan – October, 2014 Over the past several months, I have tried to bring to the Valley Patriot readers a mix of what’s new in medicine, and…
Like Your Doctor, Keep Your Doctor …Not Exactly
By: Dr. Fran MacMillan – Sept. 2014 Did you know that If you live in Massachusetts, and have an HMO health plan, your plan has been getting a whole lot…
Bigger is Definitely Not Better – Dr. Frank MacMillan
By. Dr. Frank MacMillan – August, 2014 Health care consolidation is a bad deal for Massachusetts’s consumers. Over the past two decades, our hospitals, physicians, and health plans have been…
Coffee, Can it Be Good for You? What’s the Evidence?
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan – July, 2014 Without my even asking, people will say to me that they don’t drink coffee for health reasons. I have always found this perplexing,…
Health Care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs … What Went Wrong?
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan – June, 2014 A decorated General resigns, a President is besieged, and a certain Arizona Senator is fit to be tied. Newspapers say the VA is…
Stomach Acid Reducing Medicine the new Vitamin Supplement
By: Dr. Frank Macmillan – May, 2014 It seems as though everyone I know is on or has been on medication for acid reflux symptoms. Over-the-counter antacids, histamine H2 blockers,…
Another One Bites the Dust … Breaking News From the World of Infectious Diseases
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan “Another one bites the dust” was a catchy tune in the 80’s popularized by the British band Queen, whose band leader Freddie Mercury ultimately succumbed to…
Colon Cancer Awareness Month – By Dr. Frank
By: Dr. Frank MacMillan – March 2014 Forget for a minute, the ongoing debate over national health care, and the endless shouting that never seems to persuade anyone to think…
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