Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation tools are considered a promising way to support health providers and older adults in identifying multiple and often complex needs. However, few studies have evaluated preconsultation tools targeting older adults and healthcare professionals.

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Plum Health

AUGUST 30, 2024

Update: Click here to book a free 30 minute in-person consultation with Dr. Sharon or Dr. Mike to discuss affordable GLP-1 medication! Managing diabetes—especially as you get older—can be challenging physically, emotionally, and financially. Interested in learning more? Is Ozempic (Semaglutide) Covered By Insurance?

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

Should you check in with your primary care physician or skip that step and go to a specialist, assuming your physician will send you there anyway? But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. On the drive home, it’s swelling and painful.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

Incorporate Physical Activity : Engage in regular aerobic exercise, as studies suggest it can help lower intraocular pressure, improve blood flow to the retina, and benefit the optic nerve. Consult with your primary care physician before starting a new workout routine, ensuring it aligns with your specific health needs.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! Here are my tips to make the most of the system we have, and how to avoid the snake-oil!

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

These changes support both your physical health and your mental well-being, and can often help prevent the need for medication. Schedule a visit with Vida Family Medicine to get personalized, compassionate care that puts you at the center of the plan. You can call the office or schedule a consultation here.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 16, 2025

Be sure to hydrate well, especially during physical activity and time spent in warmer weather, when fluid needs spike. We take great care in interpreting your heart health within the fuller picture of your lifestyle and health conditions. Contact us at 919-873-4437 or online today to schedule your initial consultation.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 16, 2025

Be sure to hydrate well, especially during physical activity and time spent in warmer weather, when fluid needs spike. We take great care in interpreting your heart health within the fuller picture of your lifestyle and health conditions. Contact us at 919-873-4437 or online today to schedule your initial consultation.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

As a GP, it is possible to bypass the headache of dealing with insurance companies by running a cash-only practice or having a Direct Primary Care practice where patients pay via a subscription-type service for visits. Thirty or so years ago, this was not abnormal, but it has since heavily fallen out of favor.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And so to develop that equation, they use the cohort of individuals and their data, their blood samples, creatine and other physical attributes. Devika: Thank You.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

JUNE 16, 2025

Also Read: Low Testosterone in Men: Signs, Causes, and Treatment Options How Stress Manifests Physically and Emotionally Stress is a natural response to pressure, danger, or significant life changes. You might also be referred to your primary care provider, OB/GYN, or an endocrinologist for further evaluation.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Regular visits to a primary care clinic can make a world of difference in your overall health. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. Building a relationship with your primary care doctor should be a priority.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. And, Emily, I got to ask you, you’re a palliative care doctor. But there are times that a primary care physician or an internal medicine physician may make the referral. Anish 04:13 Yeah.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. If your symptoms get worse before your appointment, you may need to go to urgent care.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Michigan residents have been buzzing about a primary care clinic that’s setting a new standard for healthcare across the state. Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first. Here’s why everyone is talking about it!

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. ” As a physical therapist, is this new news or- Alex: Are you like, “Duh”? laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast!

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

David: People with these illnesses suffer from persistent symptoms, poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, despite all the great things we do and all our colleagues in those specialties and in primary care and geriatrics. Eric: And just real quick, how often were they working with the palliative care specialist? Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

And palliative care was as a program was just growing at Penn moving from just consult hospice to actually having a team when I was training. I have never myself called a palliative care consult as a trainee because we didn’t have one. And I practiced both on the palliative care consult team and in the ICU.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

And the same nudge, the withdrawal of life support nudge, also decreased the time to comfort care orders. But importantly, it did not change the frequency of comfort care orders. It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Alex: And joining us via Zoom, we have Charlotta Lindvall, who is a palliative care physician researcher who studies the intersection of natural language processing and communication data at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she also works in clinical informatics. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Charlotta. Charlotta: Thank you. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Gender expression is your physical outward manifestation of how you express your gender identity. And then if, let’s say they plan to switch to you as their primary care provider, then there are a few steps that you can take. And of note, these concepts are not mutually exclusive.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

We have world class primary care, cancer care, palliative care. They’re more, more interested in relationship centered care than the fancy medicines that you’re. They want a care model that’s flexible, not rigid. How do you actually physically find them if that’s the case?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And so to develop that equation, they use the cohort of individuals and their data, their blood samples, creatine and other physical attributes. Devika: Thank You.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

We found their physical environment was drastically different; where those with low feeding tube rates had really a rather beautiful physical environment. Ruth: Also in a few short words, we found similar to our initial study that there were differences in physical environment. Eric: … there was care processes.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. Michele: Yep.

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

Years and years ago, the first few years as an attending physician, I was consulted to take care of a gentleman with metastatic esophageal cancer. For this weekly treatment, the cancer team that had been consulted in the hospital told him this is nonsense. And this is one of those examples. And he was admitted with hemoptysis.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome for the first time, guest Bill Ander e ch, who’s a primary care internist and senior scholar in Sutter Health’s program in M edicine and Human Values, a program that he co-founded with a former UCSF faculty member, Al Johnson. Louise, welcome back to GeriPal. Eric 46:49 Yeah.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

When a complete history and physical examination cannot identify a specific source of fever greater than 39 centigrade or 102.2 And I think I would consult local practice variation, um, and what your colleagues do and the risk of contamination will not increase while the blood culture sits if it was obtained correctly.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And so I’m not sure if this is true for Joe or for Brooke, but even before the pandemic in our practice here, we saw somewhere around 40 to 50% of our patients via telemedicine anyway, because we have a catchment area of patients who live very far away, many of whom have a lot of physical disability and other limitations to coming in person.

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