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Many people are tired of grappling with long COVID—here are some evidence-based ways to counter it

Medical Xpress

She developed COVID-19 during the 2020 Christmas holiday and saw me during the summer of 2021. Previously, her primary care doctor had recommended a graded exercise program. After months of waiting, she finally had an appointment at our post-COVID-19 clinic at the University of Virginia.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Because chronic diseases are largely managed in primary care and are therefore the GPs’ daily business: Patients with multimorbidity account for 78% of GP appointments (based on 100,000 UK patients). 21 More than 45% of primary care patients have multimorbidity (based on 700,000 US patients).