Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As a result, your kidneys may not be able to properly function, which can lead to other serious health complications. The majority of individuals who develop RAS also have atherosclerosis, a condition that causes sticky plaque to build up on the inside of your artery walls. How Common is RAS? What Are the Treatment Options?

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 15, 2025

More than 38 million Americans live with diabetes, a chronic disease that can lead to serious complications if not properly managed. of the state’s population — have been diagnosed with the condition. If you’ve been diagnosed with either type, you may wonder how to manage it, and whether or not there’s a cure for diabetes.

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Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Because of this, it is important to address vascular complications as soon as they arise, including Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). If left untreated, PAD may progress over time and can lead to more serious health complications. Maintaining a healthy circulatory system is a critical part of living a long, healthy life.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

However, the correct treatment plan can help you manage your blood pressure and reduce complications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications. A variety of blood pressure drugs with various mechanisms are available.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

However, the correct treatment plan can help you manage your blood pressure and reduce complications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications. A variety of blood pressure drugs with various mechanisms are available.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 26, 2024

Dense breast tissue complicates this as it makes cancers more difficult to detect. When breast cancer is diagnosed early, the chances of successful treatment and survival are significantly higher. Yet women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly elevated risk for developing breast cancer.

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Vascular Physician

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

While some individuals' symptoms may be mild, others can be severe and even disabling. Complications Associated with Chronic Venous Insufficiency While CVI is not considered to be life-threatening, it can have a negative impact on the way you look and feel.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 22, 2025

Every year in Connecticut, about 17,000 adults are diagnosed with diabetes, a serious chronic condition. When you see a Connecticut diabetes specialist, you can expect a personalized treatment plan and individualized support. For that reason, everyone’s experience with diabetes is different, and treatment isn’t one-size-fits all.

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Doctor On Demand

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Updated January 22, 2025 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common respiratory infection that can affect individuals of all ages, but it is particularly prevalent in young children and older adults. Get RSV Treatment Today See an online doctor in minutes to get diagnosed and treated for RSV.

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Vascular Physician

JUNE 12, 2022

Because individuals with claudication are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, seeking medical care quickly is important. We can help determine if claudication is to blame and create an individualized treatment plan to meet your unique needs. What Are the Symptoms? Contact us today to schedule your consultation.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 12, 2025

Check with your doctor about safe alcohol consumption given your individual health profile. You Can Stop Taking Medication If Your Numbers Improve Being diagnosed with hypertension means a lifetime of managing this condition through some combination of medication and lifestyle adjustments.

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AMMD

MARCH 10, 2025

It’s estimated that 99% of the people who have either gluten intolerance or celiac disease are never diagnosed. 1) If left unchecked, serious issues like malnutrition, digestive problems, and long-term health complications are the next step. However, for some individuals, it can trigger an inflammatory response. The result?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. One of your articles addresses that.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Well break down the virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and complications of Parvovirus B19. Parvovirus B19 is best known for causing fifth disease, but in certain patients it can lead to some serious complications like aplastic crises, fetal hydrops, or chronic anemia. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19?

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We also talk about the importance of a proactive approach to involving speech-language pathologists in the care of individuals early on with neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and ALS. So as you mentioned, dementia, there’s some research that show about 86% or 93% of those individuals will get that. Raele: Yes, of course.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. Biological aging or physiological aging varies from individual to individual. How do you think about this from a clinical perspective when you’re seeing individuals in your office? Everybody ages.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Endoscopy, upper GI and endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing gastritis. Non invasive H. Non invasive H. pylori in the kid.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What should we use to screen individuals? And so certainly from a family’s perspective, a family caregiver perspective, the last thing we want to have when it comes to good dementia care is a diagnose and audio scenario, or in this case, some type of screening result, and then we’ll see you again in six months.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

MARCH 31, 2025

Use prescribed bronchodilators or inhalers if diagnosed. Additionally, men are often diagnosed at later stages because they may ignore early symptoms. Older men are at greater risk of developing complications from pneumonia, which can be life-threatening. Use a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine if diagnosed.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

But I would say that in terms of education, it’s really complicated because it’s so confounded by socioeconomic status and so many social determinants of health. I’m thinking of chronic pain, for example, and individuals with chronic pain often have disturbed sleep or other conditions. So, that’s one thing.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

One of the primary tools used in diagnosing fever is the thermometer, an instrument that measures body temperature. Fever can present alongside other symptoms, such as chills and fatigue, which may help in diagnosing the underlying cause. Using these methods can reduce temperature discomfort and minimize complications.

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Vascular Physician

JULY 18, 2022

As a result, FMD can lead to other serious health complications, including stenosis, high blood pressure, aneurysm, and, in some cases, dissection of the arteries. These include: Age: People are most likely to be diagnosed with FMD in their 50s. Smoking: People who smoke cigarettes are more likely to be diagnosed with FMD.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. Infections or allergic reactions can block your airway and lead to life-threatening complications. In severe cases, lack of oxygen can cause loss of consciousness, which can lead to life-threatening complications if not treated right away.

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Edge Family Medicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Here’s why early detection matters: More Effective Treatment : Diagnosing diseases early allows for timely intervention, making treatments more effective, less invasive, and often less costly. Colorectal Cancer : Regular screenings like colonoscopies help detect colorectal cancer early, especially for individuals at higher risk.

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Vascular Physician

OCTOBER 24, 2022

When these arteries become blocked or narrowed, your digestive tract may not be supplied with the amount of blood and oxygen it needs to function properly, which can lead to serious health complications and even death. If left untreated, both acute and chronic mesenteric ischemia can lead to uncomfortable and dangerous health complications.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. One of your articles addresses that.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. But I think then the other factor in this that makes it complicated is the decision for someone in Manhattan might be very different than the decision for someone in, like, rural Wyoming. Alex: Yeah.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

While elevated blood pressure readings are critical data points, the presence of symptoms and signs of end-organ dysfunction are paramount in diagnosing a hypertensive emergency (Kamat 2024). Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Second, as we discussed in last week’s podcast , older adults, particularly those in nursing homes, were far more likely to die than younger individuals. We lump everybody who’s 65 and older together, and then we don’t look at the individual characteristics of that person, so we fall into these patterns based on racial premises.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

My favorite line from Emily’s paper: “Geriatric assent has not been widely adopted in clinical care, but bioethicists should advocate for this, as adoption of partial-involvement strategies can prolong the period in which individuals are (appropriately) engaged in decisions about their health care.” This is Eric Widera. Eric: Lynn or Anne?

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

We can’t possibly meet the needs of all people with newly diagnosed serious illness. Should we have like a list of diagnoses or prognosis. That gets really complicated as well. Alex: It gets very local and individualizes as you were saying. We, I’m going to say, pit diagnoses against each other. But it was.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. Just an extraordinary cast of individuals who were really so incredibly inspiring. I guess one question for providers is, as we dive into individual sense of dignity, and I guess threats to that dignity, is potentially feeling like we’re opening this box.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

Very interested in decision making around as we get older, individualizing care, sort of patient centered, values driven, it’s a tough decision to figure out. 50 to 70% of people who are diagnosed with UTIs probably don’t have a UTI. Eric: So this is a complicated pathway, right? I hear it’s over diagnosed.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

It sets space between us and the individuals we’re trying to take care of. I thought that was an interesting take on doing this, because a mother-daughter relationship can be complicated, can be wonderful, and it’s hard to navigate when you lose your mother. I often say that doulas are mirrors. Again, I go back to this.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Melissa: The other scenario that exists is just disenrollment because an individual is hospitalized. If you look at that tail, there’s sometimes an individual will call 911, go to the hospital, be disenrolled, the hospice doesn’t have to then pay for that episode. People across all diagnoses want hospice care.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

And as a resident, I just was drawn, similar to many oncology clinicians and fellows, to just be traumatic and difficult experience of patients with blood cancers during prolonged and intense hospitalizations, where they experience a lot of physical symptoms, emotional trauma related to the diagnoses. So we’re in the same cancer group.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. And making most I can do, I can use my mouth even though I only have six fingers here.

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