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Visiting a Health Clinic for Women’s Health Screenings

Mesa Family Physician

Whether it’s your first pap smear or you’re wondering if you can have the test while on your period, this guide walks you through the essentials of women’s health checkups, how to prepare, and common questions many patients have. What Is a Women’s Health Check? What If It’s Your First Appointment? It’s completely normal.

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How a Family Care Physician Can Save Your Life

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Personal Injuries Physicians are great for much more than a checkup or sore throat. You may see your general practitioner for a referral to someone else, such as a psychologist, for a mental illness. If possible, the same applies to helping prevent conditions like cancer and other illnesses.

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

GeriPal

Emmy: That, to me, is the ideal checkup-type situation. ” So a lot of times it’s a referral back to their primary care, to a specialist-. Emmy: I’ve had people call … This just lovely gentleman in his 80s and said, “I think I’m doing fine, but I just want to make sure.” ” Eric: Oh.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care. So when I turned 40, I went in to get my checkup. So we’re talking about primary care and so I’m a little bit biased here. So I’m in a specialty clinic, so I’m in this interdisciplinary memory assessment clinic. I Recently, I turned 41.