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Mammogram Madness

Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey

There’s been a lot of controversy in the past couple of days over the release of a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force about the age women should start getting mammograms.
The panel’s new recommendations represent a significant departure from existing guidelines, and have caused widespread concern since they were announced on Monday. 
Personally I’m [...]

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Filed under: In The News

The Problems With Walk-Clinics and Medical Care

Posted on October 8th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill

(Promoted by Stuart O’Neill from the article by County Doc and his subsequent answer in the comment section. Hope you don’t mind, Country Doc. This is a worthy subject.)
Since Stuart has goated me on, studies show that walk-in clinics are less expensive that an ER visit, but more expensive than a primary care office for [...]

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Filed under: Healthcare, Stuart O'Neill, The Country Doc