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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Meanwhile, the estimated time needed to provide guideline-recommended preventive care, chronic disease care, and acute care to a nationally representative panel of 2,500 adult patients is an impossible 26.7 hours) allocated to preventive care.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

This starts with recognition that obesity is a chronic disease. When a child has risk factors but has not developed the disease, we must continue to provide preventive care and support for the family and appropriately match intensity and dose of the intervention.

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How can you improve your relationship with food?

Vida Family Medicine

The patients that I see are often highly motivated to take good care of themselves to prevent or control a chronic disease. If you have influence over a workplace, school, or business- make changes to accommodate individuals of different body sizes and abilities.

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Preventive Care To Maintain Your Overall Health

Mesa Family Physician

Preventive care plays a crucial role in maintaining your long-term health and well-being. What Is Preventive Care? Preventive care refers to medical services that focus on early detection, routine screenings, and health counseling. How long is a physical good for? are all common concerns.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

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? And how does it support preventive care? Internal medicine is a medical specialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults.

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The Physicians Foundation Continues Efforts to Tackle Chronic Disease—America’s Leading Cause of Death—by Addressing Drivers of Health

The Physicians Foundation

At a time when chronic diseases remain the number one cause of illness, disability and death nationwide, it is critical for physicians to have the tools needed to support the collective health of individuals across the United States. For more information, visit www.physiciansfoundation.org.

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Why is sleep so important for your health?

Vida Family Medicine

Insufficient Sleep Window : One of the most common situations that I see is that individuals are not allowing themselves an adequate time period for sleep. These individuals may also suffer from one or both of the types of insomnia listed below, which further decreases their total sleep time.