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How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Identifying health concerns before symptoms appear gives us tremendous advantages in treatment success and minimizing long-term complications.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

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. There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times. Leonie: Right.

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Is Candida a Sexually Transmitted Disease? The Truth About Transmission

AMMD

Technically, no… but it’s a little more complicated than that. It can also affect your mood and mental clarity. Dr. Vincent Pedre shares incredible insight into the link between the gut and mental health on this podcast episode. Preventing Candida Overgrowth and Transmission Candida is a growing health concern.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

Tertiary Prevention: Managing Existing Conditions Tertiary preventive care focuses on managing existing chronic diseases to prevent complications, improve quality of life, and reduce the negative impact of disease. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma. Has anyone noticed that we have sort of a global mental health problem in the world right now? I give you Dr. Pamela Wible.

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