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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

Understanding Preventive Health Services: The Foundation of Wellness Preventive health services encompass medical care specifically designed to prevent illnesses, detect conditions early, and promote overall wellness. These interventions focus on keeping people healthy and addressing risk factors before any symptoms appear.

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Weight loss programs for older adults also benefit from co-management by an interdisciplinary team that may include a geriatrician, an obesity medicine specialist, an endocrinologist, a registered dietitian, a bone metabolism specialist, a physical therapist and an exercise physiologist.

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Personalized Diabetes Treatment Plans: How Connecticut Specialists Approach Care

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Have a Diabetes Consultation Your first visit with a diabetes specialist may involve a physical exam. Be ready to talk about your symptoms and the medications you’re currently taking, as well as your diet and exercise habits. The doctor will ask questions about your diabetes. Weight loss can help your body use insulin better.

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Q&A: Cannabis Use Tied to Reduced Working Memory

Physician's Weekly

“The researchers found that 63% of heavy lifetime cannabis users exhibited reduced brain activity during a working memory task,” according to a press release by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. We need to better understand the guardrails around safe cannabis use and educate the healthcare community and patients.

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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. Diamond was caught in a fairly common coverage snag: People who have group health insurance when they become eligible for Medicare sometimes find themselves on the hook for their medical bills because their group plan stops paying.

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What is a Doctor’s Role?

33 Charts

This is the discovery of problems during physical exam and endoscopy. This usually involves taking elements of a patient’s story, applying wisdom and experience and then offering a really educated guess about what’s happening. Parents of medically complex children know their kids better than I do. In my work I … Find.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.