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5 Warning Signs Of Diabetes: When To Get Your Blood Sugar Checked

Center for Family Medicine

Diabetes develops when the body is unable to produce sufficient insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin produced, resulting in elevated blood sugar levels. Early detection of diabetes can help prevent complications like heart disease, kidney damage, and nerve problems. Is Your Blood Sugar Out Of Control?

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. Patients who have a trusted primary care doctor are more likely to follow medical advice, manage their chronic conditions effectively, and ultimately enjoy better health outcomes. Why is it called a clinic?

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. chemotherapy or steroids).

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

What does that mean for dealing with chronic conditions and syndromes of aging, their health, does it have an impact? But there have been some studies showing higher rates of chronic conditions. What do we know about that? Noelle Marie 27:00 A lot. Jason, want to take the first stab at this? Jace 27:04 Sure.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

And often patients are told there’s no cardiovascular problem, you don’t have heart failure, you’re older, or maybe it’s from another chronic condition or. Is your impression that HFpEFde is under diagnosed in older adults? Yes, over diagnosed in older adults are about right. Eric 13:28 Thank you.

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

GeriPal

One in 10 people with newly diagnosed HIV is an older adult. And over that first 15 years, which was a very difficult time when there was no treatment at all available, everybody died and usually within months or a year or two of when they were diagnosed. And I also read that 1 out of 10 newly diagnosed HIV cases are in older adults.