Edge Family Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2025

Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity can be effectively managed—and even reversed—through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and avoidance of harmful substances.

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Vascular Physician

APRIL 22, 2024

How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection High blood pressure is a well-known medical condition that many people understand is a risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes. Prevention begins with understanding the relationship between these two conditions.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

This continuity of care is especially important for managing chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease—conditions that respond best to consistent monitoring and adjustment of treatment plans.

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Edge Family Medicine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Early Detection of Health Issues Regular physical exams help detect potential health issues like high blood pressure or diabetes before they become serious. At Edge Family Medicine , we prioritize early detection to provide timely care and prevent complications.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Those that were at greater risk of having complications from COVID or even dying from it, in the early stages at least, were those who were older and those who were of certain racial or ethnic minority groups. Eric: And it’s even more complicated, right? We just haven’t looked at it.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. It can be quite problematic in people with diabetes and so on. Sometimes the subtle infection kills them, and they get hypertensive and they die, or they die of arrhythmias and sudden death.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

This graph illustrates that the benefit of long-term GP-patient relationships is even dose-dependent (longer GP-patient-relationship = lower risk of dying prematurely): Why do long-term GP-patient relationships improve health and reduce costs? GPs improve chronic disease management, which prevents complications.

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