Edge Family Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2025

Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity can be effectively managed—and even reversed—through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and avoidance of harmful substances. Let Edge Family Medicine help you take the first step.

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Chronic Disease DO Family Medicine Chronic Condition 130

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 15, 2025

More than 38 million Americans live with diabetes, a chronic disease that can lead to serious complications if not properly managed. In type 2 diabetes, the most common type, the cells resist insulin, the hormone that helps your body use blood sugar for energy. You might also need less medicine for diabetes.

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Diabetes Management Chronic Disease Complication 52

Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In a traditional healthcare setup, doctors are often overwhelmed with large patient rosters, leaving them with limited time for each individual. A rushed fifteen-minute appointment simply wasn’t enough for someone with complex needs. In contrast, concierge medicine guarantees timely appointments, often the same or the next day.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Appointment Chronic Condition Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. He was an otolaryngologist and epidemiology person too, might have an appointment in geriatrics too.

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

I think sometimes we don’t necessarily realize the importance in the role that each of us individually as physicians can have with patients both within the exam room but also globally. The patient reached out to me and asked what I thought or recommended because I had built that relationship with that patient, I had built that trust.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 110

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Why would that be? Jessie: Exactly.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137