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Q&A: Encouraging Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis

Physician's Weekly

On top of that, many of these patients with psoriatic disease also have a higher prevalence of traditional risk factors such as hypertension , diabetes , dyslipidemia , obesity, smoking, etc. They need to be proactive and ask, “Do you have a primary care doctor? Have you been seen by your primary care doctor?

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Michigan's Best Primary Care: Here’s Why It's a Game Changer for Your Health!

Plum Health

It’s where you turn for regular check-ups, advice on staying healthy, and help with managing any chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension. Your primary care doctor knows your medical history, understands your health goals, and works with you to keep you feeling your best.

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"Why Everyone Is Talking About This Medical Clinic in Michigan!"

Plum Health

Michigan residents have been buzzing about a primary care clinic that’s setting a new standard for healthcare across the state. Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first.

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

GeriPal

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. He’s in Boston. Where are we with low salt diet?

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. And so that was one, very interesting to me. Eric: And how common is it in the elderly population?

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

GPs Provide Most Healthcare The following graph shows that by far most patient/doctor contacts are with GPs. On average, twice as many patients have contact with GPs than with all specialists (in offices and/or outpatient clinics) combined. 21 More than 45% of primary care patients have multimorbidity (based on 700,000 US patients).