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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

From specialized obesity clinics to online services offering quick prescriptions, the options can feel overwhelming. While losing weight is often suggested to lower the risk of chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease, the risk of prescribing weight loss is overlooked.

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Healthcare Jobs in Hamden, CT: Opportunities for Every Experience Level

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

EHR support specialist: These technical support professionals specialize in electronic health record systems. Care coordinator: Care coordinators help patients access the care they need through collaborating with other departments and removing barriers to care. Completion of a medical assisting program is required.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. A headband was tied around her white hair.

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

GeriPal

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. Is your impression that HFpEFde is under diagnosed in older adults? Yes, over diagnosed in older adults are about right.