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The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

Physical Activity: Regular movement—whether through walking, yoga, or strength training—boosts energy, improves mood, and helps manage chronic conditions. Restorative Sleep: Quality sleep is vital for immune function, mental clarity, and overall well-being. Early intervention is key to reversing chronic diseases.

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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

These services form the cornerstone of modern healthcare, allowing medical professionals to identify potential health issues before they become serious problems. For residents of Mesa and the surrounding East Valley communities, staying current with recommended preventive care can lead to better health outcomes and reduced healthcare costs.

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How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Identifying health concerns before symptoms appear gives us tremendous advantages in treatment success and minimizing long-term complications.

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

Today we largely focus on reasons for caution, including: We know almost nothing about psychedelics in older adults – only about 1% of patients in published trials were older adults, much less older adults with multiple chronic conditions, multiple medications, and frailty. So, creating a- Alex: Control condition.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

In their communities? It used to be a much more complicated model. As a nurse, how challenging would it be to do eight hours of training and jump into this complicated world? They’re mostly living at home and living their lives in the community.” Lyndsay: That’s a great question. David: Right.