Scot Goldberg

June 4th, 2021

By Dr. Scot Goldberg, MD

Okay that’s a strange title for a blog post on a doctor’s website….right?  What the heck is “other” health?  Well most of what we’ve heard and what we were focused on for over a year was Covid-19.  It was pervasive in the news, in our lives and in our collective consciousness, and as a result many OTHER health issues took a backseat in a number of ways.

Covid has had an effect on our health collectively – mentally because of the anxiety, isolation, fear, loss – you name it.  Physically because many people stayed away from any “unnecessary” trips to the doctor and worse yet even some potentially necessary trips to the hospital.  While the good news is the medical community forged ahead and didn’t stop working on advances in medical and surgical technologies, the bad news is that as people start to go back to the doctor many are finding that they avoided it for too long and certain illnesses went untreated for too long.

If you hadn’t noticed we have the pandemic under control now in the United States.  If you’ve been vaccinated, great.  If you haven’t yet, please do.  If you’ve been focused on being a part of the solution to the pandemic and done a great job with staying safe from Covid-19, fantastic.  But if you’ve neglected the “other” health, (and you’ve probably figured out by now that the “other” isn’t actually “other” at all) NOW is the time to get on top of it.  If you’ve been putting off getting to the doctor to have something checked out you could be making it worse by neglecting it further.  If this sounds self-serving to get you in to see us then so be it – we can live with that.  Just don’t wait.  Please.

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28401 Hoover Rd.  Warren, Michigan 48093

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