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Category Archives: About The Practice

Posts about starting and running Lenox Internal Medicine – the practice’s online “diary”

Warm Welcome to Joanne Michonski – Now Accepting New Patients

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Joanne Michonski, Family Nurse Practitioner, will be joining Dr. Andrew Schamess as a primary care provider at Lenox Internal Medicine in Lenox, Massachusetts

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New compound to prevent osteoporosis, successful in animal tests

Friday, March 19, 2010

Let’s face it: women hate taking Fosamax for osteoporosis. It’s a pain to administer (you can’t eat for an hour before and after the dose, you have to stay standing up for an hour after), it upsets the stomach, and it can cause serious jaw complications after dental surgery. Furthermore, it’s only mildly [...]

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Site upgrade

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I am (finally) upgrading this site, so please bear with me – it might look a bit funny while I’m working on it. Thanks for your patience, and thanks to all my patients for your loyal support of Lenox Internal Medicine!

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Lenox Internal Medicine is Go

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Just a quick update – I can’t quite believe it, but we’re in our second week.
Our first few days were complete chaos. They moved the furniture in on Thursday morning and we opened Thursday afternoon, with unpacked boxes in the hallways, no equipment, no printer, copier or office supplies.
A sensible [...]

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We Open Tomorrow

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Well here I am, in the new office. The painters are done – the last bit of construction before we could open. The Fire Department just signed off on the Certificate of Occupancy. Our medical supplies are sitting in boxes in a back room. Rebecca and I just came back from [...]

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Site Design in Progress

Monday, July 10, 2006

If you’re looking at this site right now, you might notice it looks a bit funny. I’m working on the site design. Once I’m done, I’ll put up info on how to find the practice, physician bio, etc.
For now, though, if you’re looking for Lenox Internal Medicine: we’ll be opening in [...]

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Quitting Smoking Without Gaining Weight – a Role for Topiramate?

Friday, July 7, 2006

So, in addition to information about the practice, I thought I would post medical news and notices on this site. Basically, it will be a medical weblog as well as a practice home page. Let me know if you like the idea (for practice news, scroll down).
I see on the UPI wire that [...]

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