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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

Our Mesa clinic offers same-week appointments for preventive services, making it convenient for busy families to prioritize their health. These interventions focus on keeping people healthy and addressing risk factors before any symptoms appear.

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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support. Are they familiar with managing complications like neuropathy or insulin resistance? A difficult-to-reach provider could lead to skipped appointments and poorly managed blood sugar.

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Episode 234: WDx #16 – Clinical Unknown with Dr. Alexandra “Jay” Teng

The Clinical Problem Solvers

After college, she worked at UCSF as a clinical research coordinator and patient navigator for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, helping them prepare questions for their doctor and accompanying them to appointments. Her career interests include medical education, communication in medicine, and health equity.

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Personalized Diabetes Treatment Plans: How Connecticut Specialists Approach Care

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Those goals could include reaching a healthy blood pressure, lowering your cholesterol levels or managing complications associated with diabetes. They can offer extra support, like a referral to a diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) program.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. in the usual care group. Eric 19:51 Yeah.

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Interdisciplinary Case Report

CDOCS

Being able to communicate our patient's problems in the third dimension always breaks down barriers to case acceptance as the information gleaned via a CT scan is invaluable for both planning and educating the patient. The possible complications were communicated so that the patient could make an informed decision and proceed with treatment.

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law

These AI requests often address complicated scientific scenarios in which a submitter has already provided some information, but FDA is not completely satisfied. Upon receiving the AI letter, appoint a lead person and disseminate the letter among team members for review. In this presentation, FDA suggested the following tips.