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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics. There are lab tests, imaging studies, vaccines, and screening questions for people in different age groups, as well as for folks with certain lifestyle habits. The broad basis of our training allows family doctors to follow their interests, which is really nice!

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. Vaccines don’t cause autism, but they might cause febrile seizures. The absolute risk is small, and genetic susceptibility likely plays a role in seizures after vaccines. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Nat Genet 2014; 46:1274.

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