Internal Medicine

ABOUT US Dr' Page and his staff have been providing outpatient gastrointestinal endoscopy services at Saltzer Medical Group for 20 years'  They have successfully performed over 12,000 procedures and continue to do approximately 1,500 exams per year' Endoscopy exams are done in a specialized suite, equipped with up-to-date equipment and all appropriate monitoring to ensure patient safety'  Patients are routinely administered IV medication for sedation' Dr' Page and his staff go out of their way to make sure you are comfortable and understand the procedure completely before beginning the exam' BENEFITS COST SAVINGS When these procedures are performed in a hospital setting or outpatient surgery or endoscopy center, there is a facility fee to cover the costs of facilities and staff' The facility fee often more than doubles the cost of the procedure' When the procedure is done at Saltzer Medical Group, your only fee is for Dr' Page’s services'  There are no facility f''' Read More ...

Quick! In one breath list all of the specialties and ancillary services offered at Saltzer' Well, that would be a challenge for anyone, including me and I talk about our services all the time' I am writing this to make sure everyone knows about all that Saltzer has to offer our patients' Then watch weekly as I cover each of the services in detail' Specialties and Ancillary Services: Family Practice, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, ENT, Neurology, OB/GYN, Opthalmology, Pulmonology, General Surgery, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Sleep, Occupational Medicine, Endoscopy, Pulmonary Function Lab, Medical Imaging (including MRI, CT, General and Vascular Ultrasound), Hearing and Balance, Idaho Osteoporosis Center, Rehabilitation (Physicial and Occupational), Allergy Clinic, Lab, Anti-Coagulation Clinic' Wow! Please come back next week and I will give an overview of Family Practice, the services they provide and the wonderful doctors we have in that specialty'''' Read More ...

Sometimes, a medical study challenges our presumptions' For instance, a recent report suggested that maybe fitness is more important than weight' A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in August 2008 looked at risk factors based on the body weights of 5,440 people age 20 and over' The results suggest that just looking at body weight alone can be misleading since almost 25% of normal weight adults had 2 or more risk factors that are often associated with being overweight and obese' Within the normal weight adults who had 2 or more risk factors, the study showed that older age, physical inactivity and a larger waist size were associated with increased risk' Approximately 50% of overweight adults and 30% of obese adults had normal or only one risk factor' Of these adults, the study showed that younger age, higher physical activity and a smaller waist size were associated with decreased risk' This study emphasizes the importance that everyone, of all ages and bod''' Read More ...