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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Are they familiar with managing complications like neuropathy or insulin resistance? Look for a provider who supports a personalized approach , combining: Diet and exercise counseling Medication optimization Blood sugar monitoring Mental health considerations This shows a commitment to treating you, not just your blood sugar numbers.

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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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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? So we tend to talk in terms of a geriatric assessment, the key domains.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And I think the advanced planning debate is really a question of, how do we help this very complicated situation? So if you are sick, I really encourage you, just take the time off. We see how hard it is.

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