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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

Internist : Specializes in adult medicine. In fact, many internists serve as primary care providers (PCPs) for adults. They are well-equipped to manage chronic diseases, provide routine screenings, and guide preventive strategies. So if you’re wondering can an internist be a PCP , the answer is a clear yes.

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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. Has the usual collection of chronic diseases, paroxysmal afib, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, adult diabetes, a little anemia, a little edema, a little mild cognitive impairment. And, you know, this is back and forth between the PCP and the cardiologist.