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5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from. Specialists keep primary care physicians updated on a patient's condition so that the primary care physician determines how to provide care.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. Internal medicine is a medical specialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. What Is Internal Medicine?

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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. Terms like: Tertiary prevention of cardiovascular disease Tertiary prevention of heart disease refer to managing conditions after diagnosis to prevent worsening or recurrence.

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

GeriPal

Noelle Marie 01:24 I think it really speaks a lot to my own personal journey and I’m pretty sure a lot of trans and gender diverse individuals also resonate with and it really speaks about our transition, celebrating our authentic selves, how society views us and how we view ourselves when we stand in front of a mirror.

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

GeriPal

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. Eric 12:05 Any pearls on the diagnosis of HFpEF.

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

Doctor On Demand

Their framework categorizes patients based on clinical indicators such as symptom severity, the likelihood of bacterial infection, and individual risk factors for complications. Less common causes Certain chronic conditions can cause a persistent sore throat, though they usually come with other distinct symptoms.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. Again, as Greg said, where the individual chooses what works best for them. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis. To Susan’s point.