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.

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Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 28, 2025

Obese individuals are also more likely to struggle with a range of chronic diseases or health challenges, which impact the quality of life and even shorten lifespan. Over time, diabetes can lead to a series of severe health-related complications. Statistics reveal that 2 in 5 adults and 1 in 5 children are obese.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll delve into the significance of diabetic retina exams and why they are essential for individuals managing diabetes. Understanding Diabetic Retinopathy: Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes-related complication that affects the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.

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Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Are they familiar with managing complications like neuropathy or insulin resistance? Ask: How many Type 2 diabetes patients do they treat each month?

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 7, 2025

Early detection of diabetes can help prevent complications like heart disease, kidney damage, and nerve problems. As the body loses more fluids through increased urination, it triggers a dehydration response, making individuals affected feel constantly thirsty. However, knowing when to get blood sugar levels checked can be confusing.

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Raquel Orlich treats a Plum Health member Are you a self-employed individual, uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in a high deductible catastrophic health plan in the Detroit or Royal Oak area? Transparent Pricing: With DPC, you know exactly what you're paying for - no hidden costs, no complicated insurance bills.

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Vascular Physician

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This is because both diabetes and PAD have many of the same risk factors and complications. Preventing PAD While your family's health history and genetics can certainly play a role in developing PAD and diabetes, there are steps you can take to help you prevent both conditions.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 26, 2024

Dense breast tissue complicates this as it makes cancers more difficult to detect. 5 Personalized Risk Assessment: Screening mammograms provide valuable information about a woman’s breast health and help identify individuals who may benefit from additional screening options based on their breast density and other risk factors.

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 14, 2025

With appropriate treatment and proactive measures, individuals with arthritis can improve daily life while minimizing discomfort and adding years of relief. A pharmacist or doctor should advise on the best dosage to meet individual needs. Adding these 3 supplements can also help with managing joint pain.

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Vascular Physician

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Causes of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Common causes of CVI include: Prolonged standing or sitting Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) Obesity Pregnancy and hormonal changes Family history and genetic factors Risk Factors for Chronic Venous Insufficiency Certain factors could make you more likely to be affected by CVI.

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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?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Chae : The four pillars of obesity care is a helpful framework that defines the essential elements of obesity care, which include nutrition therapy, physical activity, behavioral modification, and, if clinically indicated, medical interventions (eg, medication management, bariatric procedures, and complication management).

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 12, 2025

Check with your doctor about safe alcohol consumption given your individual health profile. All heart attacks require urgent medical care to try to prevent complications. Imperial Center Family Medicine is here to help support your heart health with personalized blood pressure management guidance.

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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? What Are the Risk Factors of Claudication?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

In those instances, Medicare pays first if they or their family member works at a company with fewer than 100 employees. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. ” The Department of Labor didn’t respond to a request for comment. .”

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

APRIL 6, 2023

This means explaining the benefits, risks, complications and alternates of the procedure. The problem is patients don’t understand medical terms often and complicated procedures are often over simplified so everyone is on the same page. No one ever treats him like an individual and I’m glad you did. Sighs of relief.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Well break down the virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and complications of Parvovirus B19. Counsel families and caregiversincluding pregnant household contactson the risks, exposures, and infection control considerations related to Parvovirus B19. It is a non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA virus in the Parvoviridae family.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And individual practice styles are fine. This thread from a 2015 post illustrates how varying needs of a child with ulcerative colitis call for different ways to connect: Take Luke, a school-aged child with moderate ulcerative colitis complicated by sclerosing cholangitis. The problem comes with call and cross-coverage. Pretty simple.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

-@AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. What is the role of the family caregiver system, how they play a role?

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What should we use to screen individuals? Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Red flags that you should always ask about include hematemesis, melana, dysphagia, and Unintentional weight loss, these all need further investigation for complications like esophagitis or another diagnosis such as EOE or peptic ulcer disease. So in the odd, rare scenario where you have a family member being treated for H.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

As a family physician, my days are filled with caring for individuals and families across the lifespan and in multiple healthcare settings. While natural infection can indeed lead to immunity, it comes at the cost of potentially severe illness, complications, and even death.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

I just thought there was so much we could learn and offer from every sense, from the clinical point of view, from the family point of view, from prevention, from treatment, epidemiology, et cetera. I’m thinking of chronic pain, for example, and individuals with chronic pain often have disturbed sleep or other conditions.

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Edge Family Medicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

At Edge Family Medicine, we prioritize early detection to give our patients the best chance at a healthy life. Better Health Decisions : Knowing about a health issue early empowers individuals to make informed choices about their lifestyle, treatment options, and overall healthcare.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

These are intellectually interesting but often personally devastating to the patient and family involved. A patient must have the autonomy to choose whether in their individual situation, the potential benefits outweigh the potential harms. Medicine involves many extremely ethically challenging situations. What Roe v.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 28, 2024

As a primary care physician, I am asked about these medications at least once a day, either by a patient, a colleague, a family member, friend, or acquaintance. Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic associated fatty liver disease all have the potential to cause life-altering complications and premature death.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The patient is sick and getting sicker, and refuses to let you talk with family or other members of her inner circle. We owe it to the patient to explore the reasons behind the “no,” commonly not wanting to be a burden to their family. Should you stop at “no?” AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Were those people self referring, or family members calling you asking? Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

We must often deliver complex medical information that carries heavy emotional weight in pressured settings to individuals with varying cultural backgrounds, values, and beliefs. So I think it’s a bit of both acknowledging it and the emotion that may be in the room, but also just seeing the family. Alex 19:04 Yep.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

I’ve seen patients post transplant when they start having complications. They are complicated. They’re complicated from a symptom standpoint. And so I honestly think it has to do with how complex the diseases and the complications that come from it. Amy 12:23 I find this one. What’s the goal?

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GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

It is really difficult for the patients and the families. Patients that remind us of loved ones, patients that are often younger, really hard stories, complicated issues. They do choose to rely more on their family and parents in ways that might feel like a step backwards and is yet, still developmentally appropriate and autonomous.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And the big things that we think about as far as complications, so there, obviously the thing that comes to everybody’s mind is like fractures. Like there’s nothing we can do or do you feel like and we can talk about if so there are things that we can do to prevent falls and prevent the complications of those falls.

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GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

They argue that the current guidelines, which prioritize immunocompromised people and unvaccinated older people on the same level, should be re-done to prioritize the immunocompromised first, and additionally move up older vaccinated individuals or vaccinated persons with comorbidities. What’s wrong with that? Why not prioritize them?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

And so, three years of seeing over and over people having really difficult end of life experiences in the ICU, not being able to advocate for themselves, a lot of trauma for their families, I just thought, we have to do better than this. I was really passionate about helping the people and also their families. David: Right. Eric: Okay.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

So there’s this, what is suffering to the individual, and is there some threshold that we could say, “This is real suffering,” or “This is the suffering we talk about in geriatrics or palliative care”? Family member, and with some chagrin- Eric: Powerful nudge. What are you seeing?”

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