Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The context: Immigrants, particularly those moving from lower to higher-income countries, often exhibit a heightened susceptibility to non-communicable diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes (T2D), which may manifest at an earlier age and present with different complications compared to the native population. 0.83, HR 0.70; 95% CI 0.65-0.76,

Complication 130

Complication Diabetes Individual Chronic Disease 130

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

It greatly helps physicians in remote areas such as Sub-Saharan Africa diagnose and treat patients. Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. Are 3D printed and digital contact lenses the future?

Diabetes 98

Diabetes Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 6, 2025

This health condition has no apparent symptoms, so doctors must conduct blood pressure readings to diagnose patients. A blood pressure reading is done with a special cuff that measures the systolic and diastolic numbers in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Detecting high blood pressure Hypertension is not an easily recognizable disease.

Hypertension 52

Hypertension Chronic Disease Physicals Patient-Centered 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

And that said, the diagnostic yield doesn’t vanish after a steroid initiation, so you can still get a temporal art biopsy, and that can be positive up to two weeks following steroid therapy and ultrasound To diagnose a patient can be positive for up to three to five days after therapy. So really diagnosis matters a lot.

Management 59

Management Diagnosis Patient-Centered Patients 59

GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

It’s just another example of, I think, that there’s a little extra special sauce there in the Beeson program. A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Alex: [inaudible 00:21:37] diabetes, any comments on those? Kristine: Diabetes is a very important one.

Physicals 86

Physicals IT Hypertension Education 86

Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Whether it's a urinary tract infection or a severe ear infection, urgent care clinics can quickly diagnose and treat infections. If you have a chronic condition like asthma, diabetes, or arthritis, unexpected complications or flare-ups can occur at any time. Antibiotic treatments for infections require timely prescriptions.

Clinic 52

Clinic Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Chronic Condition 52

Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 7, 2025

More frequent screening may be necessary if a child has obesity, diabetes, or a family history of high cholesterol or cardiac disease. Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar: High blood pressure and diabetes raise your chance of atherosclerosis. What Does the Screening Entail? LDL cholesterol predicts risk more than any other variable.

Screening 52

Screening Healthcare Family Medicine DO 52