Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 6, 2025

Detecting high blood pressure Hypertension is not an easily recognizable disease. This health condition has no apparent symptoms, so doctors must conduct blood pressure readings to diagnose patients. Can hypertension lead to other diseases? Doctors can also help patients manage chronic diseases to prevent further complications.

Hypertension 52

Hypertension Chronic Disease Physicals Patient-Centered 52

Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 4, 2023

The patients that I see are often highly motivated to take good care of themselves to prevent or control a chronic disease. These behaviors can be physically and psychologically harmful even if the person does not meet full criteria for being diagnosed with an eating disorder.

Relationship 52

Relationship Mental Health Primary Care Physician Diagnose 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. It can’t be diagnosed and adios. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis.

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference? A common comparison is between an internist and a family doctor (or general practitioner).

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They’re still engaging fully with their family and with the activities and the hobbies that they’re still able to do. I’m having family meetings to talk about goals of…” They have so many competing demands that you ask, “Do you do any 30 to 45 minute counseling sessions on a regular basis?

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

But that just didn’t really resonate with what I saw clinically which was that there was lots of suffering both in the patient, their family and on the clinical team and just felt it was really this space where I didn’t have a lot of evidence to guide me. Don’t worry about their alcohol use or drug use. Give some pleasure.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102