Just a reminder that if you are looking for a physician and live in the Caldwell area, our Caldwell Family Medicine Clinic provides Pediatrics, Family Practice an
d Internal Medicine Services. 
Dr. Nicholas Lewis is an Internal Medicine/Pediatric Specialist
Dr. Erik Richardson specializes in Family Practice
Dr. Richardson is fluent in spanish
The cold is known by a lot of different names including “the sniffles”, “the flu”, and “the common cold”. This illness will affect nearly everybody one to two a times year. Most people will have this disease in the winter, as we are typically inside and in close quarters giving the virus easy access to multiple people. The cold is caused by a virus, with Rhinovirus being the biggest culprit, but others exist as well. There is no cure or medicine for the common cold, so individuals are left treating their symptoms with over the counter medications. Symptoms are usually runny nose, scratchy throat, cough, red eyes, and sometimes a low grade fever. If you are the unlucky person who is sick, expect the illness to last 10 to 14 days before you are back to full strength. If your cold lasts more than 2 weeks, you are feeling short of breath, fevers are present for more than 3-4 days, or it just doesn’t seem like a cold, that is when you need to see your doctor. If you want to avoid the common cold this winter, make sure you wash your hands frequently, don’t rub your eyes or nose, and make sure you get plenty of fresh air. With these simple maneuvers, you have a good chance of avoiding the doctor’s office this winter
Nicholas Lewis, MD
Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
(208) 468-5959
Please join us as we celebrate our new Family Medicine Clinic in Caldwell
Thursday, August 11th
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
1818 S. 10th Ave, Ste 120, Caldwell
Light Hors d’ouerves, giveaways, door prizes
Meet Saltzer’s newest physicians, Dr. Erik Richardson and, Dr. Nicholas Lewis
Meet Nicholas Lewis, MD.
Dr. Lewis is a Pediatrics and Internal Medicine physician who will see patients at Saltzer’s newest family medicine location in Caldwell. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Lewis call 468-5959.
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. (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.
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 body sizes, should see their primary care provider to help determine the need for screening for cardiovascular risks. Some of the risk factors in this study included elevated blood pressure, low high density lipoprotein (the “good” cholesterol), elevated triglycerides and blood sugar levels.
