William Miller, MD
The High Cost of Drugs in the US.
The cost of prescription drugs in the US is the highest in the world and by a substantial margin. We pay over 250% more for medications...
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A weekly column appearing in local newspapers and blogs. It deals with COIVD issues of interest to residents on the Coast as well as to a broader audience.
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William Miller, MD
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
COVID Rebound
With President Biden experiencing a return of COVID symptoms, there has been a flurry of news reports on “COVID rebound”. Let’s look at...
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William Miller, MD
- Jul 25, 2022
- 6 min
Medicare: America’s Single-payer Healthcare System.
Medicare is a national health insurance program started in 1965 to provide coverage for certain health related expenses in Americans age...
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William Miller, MD
- Jul 18, 2022
- 5 min
History of Health Insurance
Given current negotiations between Adventist Health and Anthem Blue Cross, I thought it might be interesting to exam how our health care...
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William Miller, MD
- Jul 11, 2022
- 4 min
COVID Fatigue
Let’s talk about COVID fatigue. I am not talking about the lack of energy that some people feel after having an infection with COVID,...
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William Miller, MD
- Jul 4, 2022
- 3 min
Hospice Services Expanding in Mendocino County
Hospice is a program designed to provide the special care needed for someone at the end of life. We often think of this for patients with...
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William Miller, MD
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
Monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a virus in the genus orthopoxvirus, which includes the variola virus that causes the disease smallpox. It was first...
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William Miller, MD
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
COVID Vaccines for Toddlers Approved
Last week, the FDA granted approval for use of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in children as young as 6 months old through the...
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William Miller, MD
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
COVID Omicron BA.4 & BA.5.
Reports are flying around about the two newest subvariants of Omicron, namely BA.4 and BA.5. To begin with, we should be reminded that...
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William Miller, MD
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
Living Longer and Healthier: Part 3. Blue Zones
The Blue Zones Project is based on the idea that by studying communities in the world that have a disproportionately high percentage of...
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William Miller, MD
- May 30, 2022
- 5 min
Living Longer and Healthier: Part 2. Longevity
Last week, we discussed the term life expectancy and how it is useful in understanding how long a person may live based on various...
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William Miller, MD
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
Living Longer and Healthier: Part 1. Life Expectancy.
As COVID begins to take more of a backseat to other health concerns, I have received several questions about the future of this weekly...
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William Miller, MD
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
China Doubles Down on Zero-COVID Policy.
The lockdown of Shanghai’s 25 million residents enters its 7th week of what was initially promised to be less than 7 days. This is part...
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William Miller, MD
- May 9, 2022
- 4 min
Communication Outage on Coast Was Useful Practice
On Tuesday, May 10th, at approximately 10:40 in the morning, a private construction crew inadvertently drilled into a major communication...
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William Miller, MD
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
COVID Vaccines for Toddlers
Moderna announced last week that it is applying to the FDA to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID vaccine in children...
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William Miller, MD
- Apr 25, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons Learned: Solutions
Last week, we discussed some of the problems that developed at Adventist Health (AH) Mendocino Coast Medical Offices as a result of the...
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William Miller, MD
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons Learned: Opportunities
One of the advantages of the affiliation with Adventist Health that we looked forward to was updating our antiquated electronic medical...
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William Miller, MD
- Apr 11, 2022
- 4 min
When Do Lockdowns Go Too Far? The Case of Shanghai.
On March 28th, I reported on the new Omicron variant, BA.2. In that article, I mentioned that Shanghai, China’s largest city of 25...
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William Miller, MD
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Second COVID Booster Approved
The FDA has approved the use of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines as a second booster last week. The scientific evidence supporting...
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William Miller, MD
- Mar 28, 2022
- 4 min
Is Omicron BA.2 a Cause for Concern?
BA.2 is a new subvariant of Omicron which was first identified in the Philippines in November. The original variant of Omicron is...
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