Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cervical cancer screening rates among middle to older age Latinas (>45yrs) - roughly 6.5 Cancer Screening: Challenges with making appointments and getting PAP Smears due to time, employment, transportation, and lack of established primary care provider. Only a few received stage 1 diagnoses. million people in the U.S.

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Diagnosis Screening Transportation Diagnose 130

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop. Evidence-based screening tests based on current medical guidelines, your age, and risk factors.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Appointment Screening 100

Dr. Michael Bazel

MARCH 31, 2025

Use prescribed bronchodilators or inhalers if diagnosed. Additionally, men are often diagnosed at later stages because they may ignore early symptoms. Regular lung screenings for those at high risk (smokers or ex-smokers over 50). Use a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine if diagnosed.

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Asthma Management Diagnose Checkup 130

Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. They offer a walk-in option, meaning you don't need a prior appointment.

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Clinic Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Chronic Condition 52

Dr. Michael Bazel

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It is officially diagnosed when a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a period, meaning the ovaries have stopped releasing eggs and producing most of their estrogen. Routine Screenings: Mammograms and Pap smears for cancer detection. Contact us today to schedule an appointment! What is Menopause?

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Physicals Management Routine Screenings Medical Advice 130

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. And here, just to clarify, we’re using that term to mean, people diagnosed with cancer, not necessarily people who were treated with curative intent. Jessie: Yes. So, one out of 10?

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who should we be screening as far as.

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Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

Myriad Genetics

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

4 Knowing one’s risk for cancer can be lifesaving and allow patients to make more informed decisions about preventive measures, such as frequent screenings, lifestyle changes or preventive surgeries or medications to reduce cancer risk. I have breast exams, I have annual dermatology appointments, I do prostate screenings.”

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Family Families Screening Individual 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). We saw that around 60% of people were screening positive for depression in the last month before death. Or is it that I’m just not screening? That’s a lot.

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Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 123

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. Then I would say any clear deficits in thinking, vision, physical mobility, big new diagnoses, those; certainly cognitive changes, because that’s a really big one in terms of risk.

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Families IT Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies. Ken 10:29 Yes.

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IT Hospital Screening Patients 65

GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

The results were that the chat bots got the diagnoses right and had an escalation strategy that was better than the doctors, as judged by blinded specialists reading the transcripts. You and I would listen to a suggested list of diagnoses and say, “That’s a reasonable idea. They had no idea. That’s a reasonable idea.

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IT Electronics Patients Healthcare 140

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

These screening measures help identify conditions in their earliest stages. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed. Cancer Screenings Cancer screenings stand out as especially important preventive health care examples due to their ability to detect cancer at pre-symptomatic stages when treatment is most successful.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Family Physician Screening 100