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How to Manage Chronic Diseases for a Healthier Life: Expert Tips from Edge Family Medicine

Edge Family Medicine

Taking Control of Your Health with Chronic Disease Management Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and COPD can be challenging, but at Edge Family Medicine , we specialize in helping patients regain control of their health. Stay Informed Learn as much as you can about your condition. Why Choose Edge Family Medicine?

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Lowering High Blood Pressure with Edge Family Medicine: Your Guide to a Healthier Life

Edge Family Medicine

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can increase your risk of heart disease, but with the right lifestyle changes and expert care, it can be controlled. Understanding Hypertension Hypertension occurs when blood flows through your arteries with excessive force. Left unmanaged, it can lead to heart complications.

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Common Myths About Blood Pressure and Heart Health

Imperial Center Family Medicine

You Can Tell You Have High Blood Pressure From How You Feel The reality is that high blood pressure (hypertension) is largely a “silent” condition. Tracking trends through home monitoring and informing your doctor can help verify if treatment is needed. All heart attacks require urgent medical care to try to prevent complications.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Physical activity is a big one. 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. So, that’s one thing.

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

I appreciate that information. Eric: So this is a complicated pathway, right? You’re trying to include information from symptoms in a population, also in a geriatric population that may have multiple reasons going on. Lots of information in there. Eric: Did that information change your practice at all?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. But what I tell them is, keep yourself physically active. Keep yourself physically as active as possible. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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