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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Choosing the right diabetes doctor can make a major difference in how effectively your condition is managed, your quality of life, and your long-term health outcomes.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

I know this is like, we’re talking about math and so that makes it all a little complicated, but think about it this way. I really am not buying that it’s too complicated to do A over B, equal C over D, if you know three of the four variables. You take their age, their gender, you take their chronic conditions.

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Preventive Care To Maintain Your Overall Health

Mesa Family Physician

Why Preventive Health Maintenance Matters The importance of public health and individual wellness cannot be overstated. Specialized Preventive Care: Geriatric Gynecology Preventive care also includes visits with specialists like geriatric gynecologists , especially for older adults. The goal is to avoid disease, not just treat it.

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

GeriPal

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? I’d be operating at the top of what I’m capable of doing, to provide really tailored and individualized care for my patients and their care partners, where they are.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

And so the patients who had been admitted there to die, essentially most, if not all, got better and HIV became much more of a chronic condition. Some age related chronic conditions seem to develop earlier in people with HIV and also geriatric syndromes can be common even amongst people in their 50s.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. And we would provide ongoing longitudinal care to them in the home, much like the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors programs, and other programs like that. It really doesn’t matter all that much.

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