by Ben Rogers | Aug 26, 2019 | Chronological, Primary Care
This blog post is about the use of antibiotics. When is it appropriate, and when is it not? A fun fact to get us started is that 4 out of 5 Americans will take some kind of antibiotic this year. That to me is unreal, and you can already see where I’m going to go...
by Andy Rogers PA-C | Aug 19, 2019 | Chronological, Primary Care
There are many medications used to treat type 2 diabetes ranging from Metformin to Glucotrol to Ozempic to Farxiga. Diabetes medications are prescribed at time of diagnosis usually from A1c lab level (a 3 month average of blood glucose). In order to get patients at...
by Andy Rogers PA-C | Aug 13, 2019 | Chronological, Primary Care
Hey everyone! This is Andy Rogers, one of Dr. Rogers’ newest PA’s in the Johnson City Clinic. We see a ton of diabetics at Performance Medicine, and in this post I wanted to share a few things that I work on with our patients that I think will help a lot...
by Ben Rogers | Aug 6, 2019 | Chronological, Medical Business
This week, we’re going to talk about our healthcare system, what is happening with the 2020 Democratic debates that many of us watched, and why I don’t think free healthcare addresses the healthcare problem we have. Please note that these are just my...