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Dr. Douglas Farrago

Specialty: Family Medicine

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San Francisco, California

Blog: http://placebojournal.blogspot.com/

I am a full-time practicing family doc in Auburn, Maine. I am board certified in the specialty of... Full Bio

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Stop The Healthcare Reform Train!

I now believe that all the bills going through Congress to reform healthcare should be stopped. They are worthless. Not that I liked them much...

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AMA's Seven Guiding Principles For Health System Reform

This comes from November 9th edition of the American Medical News:Cover all AmericansExpand choice, eliminate denialsProtect the patient-physician...

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You Dropped The Bomb On Me

There is some buried treasure found in the Pelosi House Bill that you should know about. It is a method to kill all existing tort reform. Not only...

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Ridiculous Study of the Month: Pot Eases Stress

From the Journal of Neuroscience comes an amazing example of what we used call "no sh&t, Sherlock". Israeli researchers found that by...

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Twenty-First Century Preventative Pain Management Program by Michael Gorback MD

Barack Obama wants docs to focus on prevention. Never mind that his doctor can't get him to stop smoking, or that the Surgeon General suffers from...

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Dr. Douglas Farrago posted Stop The Healthcare Reform Train! Nov 20 2009

Dr. Douglas Farrago posted AMA's Seven Guiding Principles For Health System Reform Nov 19 2009

Dr. Douglas Farrago posted You Dropped The Bomb On Me Nov 18 2009

Dr. Douglas Farrago posted Ridiculous Study of the Month: Pot Eases Stress Nov 17 2009

Dr. Douglas Farrago posted Twenty-First Century Preventative Pain Management Program by Michael Gorback MD Nov 16 2009

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Oct 01 2009 by Ana

Dr. Douglas Farrago,You will say I have a silly question, but yes.I will be finishing Medical Billing and Coding in february,and do my externship on March-April, one of my classmates has mention to me that the form the Dr.give to codify ICD9 is totally confused, she said nothing compare the way we learn, I need you to tell me What form is that, tell me the #form and how you right down the diagnosis so then we can codify them.Could you please send me a form like that .Ana.

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Sep 20 2009 by rebeccasuzan

Save yourself! go to an NA meeting today!It's your life...noone can do it for you!

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Jun 08 2009 by holly

after 6 months my knee is still swollan and hurts and cannt bend it all the way. one doc said its fine had a mri done dont know how to read it see lots off white images on it what is this

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