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Preventive Care To Maintain Your Overall Health

Mesa Family Physician

It’s more than just visiting your doctor when something feels off—it’s about catching potential problems early, staying on top of health screenings, and setting goals that keep you feeling your best. Preventive care refers to medical services that focus on early detection, routine screenings, and health counseling.

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10 Things To Do To Keep Your Heart Happy

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Cholesterol, sugars, kidney, liver and electrolytes are typically screened during annual wellness visits. It is important to always schedule the next follow up appointment to prevent refill delays. If you still have problems falling asleep, consider setting up an appointment with your doctor.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Like, I’ve had people who’ve appointed their super as their healthcare decision makers and certainly, I mean, I feel like every, every time we talk about what’s changed in, in day to day life, we reflect on Covid. The annual wellness visit, well, is a great time to check in because those are really tailor made opportunities.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety? We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool.

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August Back to School Month

Family Physicians of Greeley

As the summer winds down and we get ready to go back to school, it is important to remember to schedule your child’s back-to-school wellness visit. Just as it is important for adults to have wellness checks, children’s wellness checks should be done yearly! Missing wellness visits for your child could put them at risk.

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The Benefits of Preventive Care

Vida Family Medicine

Your doctor will likely review any vaccines you may be due for at your next wellness visit. Screening for chronic disease : Although it is not always obvious when you see your doctor for an annual wellness exam, "check-up," or "physical," they are actually screening you for many types of illnesses and chronic diseases!