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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

of Canadians were at greater risk of chronic diseases due to their BMI, including type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. Population Studied Patients with obesity enrolled in the Méta-Santé clinic. Results The clinic has 41 current patients, and 59 have completed their participation.

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How to get the preventive care you need!

Vida Family Medicine

This could include screening for chronic diseases such as high blood pressure or diabetes, as well as screening for cancer. If you already have a chronic disease- there is still plenty of prevention you can do! For many patients without health insurance, or even those with insurance, this can be a challenge.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. So I think the first reason that we saw and felt the opportunity was ripe for updating was that some of us had come across some anecdotal examples of patients expressing some offense to that terminology. Is the patient in your descriptor?

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

Secondary Prevention: Early Detection and Intervention Secondary preventive care focuses on early disease detection, often before symptoms appear, when treatment is typically more effective and less costly. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed.