Turmeric is a spice commonly found in Indian and East Asian foods and has been used medicinally for hundreds of years in India and Ayurvedic medicine. Turmeric, and its major component, curcumin can help improve arthritis and inflammation, digestive issues, lower heart disease risk, and may even aid in reducing depression. Acquiring all your necessary levels of Turmeric from food sources is difficult, and physicians are now routinely recommending safe approaches to supplementing with turmeric as a treatment solution. In this blog, we detail the roles of turmeric as well as recommended daily allowances.

Maintaining healthy Vitamin D levels can help improve your immune health, reduce inflammation, and also promote healthy bones. Is is increasingly common to find both males and females are deficient in their Vitamin D levels. Acquiring all your necessary Vitamin D from food sources and sun exposure is difficult, and physicians are now routinely recommending safe approaches to supplementing with Vitamin D as a treatment solution. In this blog, we detail the roles of Vitamin D as well as recommended daily allowances.

Protecting yourself from certain respiratory virus every winter is a personal choice that has wide ranging personal health and public health benefits. Instead of treating the symptoms of an infection, consider protecting yourself through vaccination. In this blog is the latest fall 2023 updates for influenza (flu), Covid-19, and RSV vaccinations.

Some people after being infected with Covid-19, they may experience long-term effects from their infection including a range of health problems that can last weeks to months, or longer. This article discussed potential treatments to long-Covid 19

Primary Care physicians- including family medicine and internal medicine, are trained to perform a wide variety of procedures. We typically offer these procedures in our office, many being completed at the time of your initial visit with the concern. This helps make our patients healthcare affordable by saving them time and money by going to a specialist.

Skin cancer is serious, and the primary source of skin cancer is the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Report any unusual spots, lesions, moles, or skin changes to your doctor.At Beyond Primary Care, we routinely offer our patients skin shave biopsies, punch biopsies, as well as excision biopsies of any suspicious looking skin lesions.

Gun violence is a problem. Gun violence is a public health crisis. With the daily gun violence affecting our nation - Michigan included- and the deaths of nearly 20 elementary children recently, we reflected on our business values. In this article we present an honest conversation for meaningful change to our nation’s gun violence problem.

There is rapidly growing evidence that certain supplements can help with a great number of medical conditions and concerns, and prescribing them is becoming more common. In addition to the prescription medications that we have been dispensing, we are now stocking and dispensing various supplements.

Doctors and pharmacists say they take away resources (time + energy) that would otherwise be used for patient care. Patients say it is a barrier to accessing medication and services they need. Let’s learn more about these barriers to healthcare.

Dr. Jeff O’Boyle from Beyond Primary Care doesn’t hold anything back as he discusses why he feels HMO insurance plans are the worse type of insurance.

Dr. Jeff O’Boyle with Beyond Primary Care discusses using a Health Savings Account (HSA) with Direct Primary Care.