A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

We may only have 15 minutes with each patient. In primary care it is often necessary to think in terms of including more than our area of interest in our mental picture of our patient. My system lets me choose whether to import everything or essentially nothing from the patient’s past medical history.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

But skipping cholesterol screenings in your 20s and 30s could eventually put you at risk for serious health problems. Here’s why younger adults should prioritize cholesterol screenings. Know Your Baseline Your first cholesterol screening in your 20s or 30s provides a baseline for future test results.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ).

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Reynolds Feature Video Introducing Neil Baum, MD, Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the author of multiple books.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. And he liked some of what I was doing, which was really on diabetes and hearing loss.

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Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 13, 2025

A primary care physician ( PCP ) can help identify potential health problems and risks, provide preventative measures, and recommend the right screenings or treatments. The gradual buildup of plaque in the arteries often goes unnoticed until a major event occurs. Managing stress is also important.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

I tell this story because these issues don’t typically register as more than a nuisance for clinicians, who frequently don’t understand why their older patient with osteoporosis is not taking a bisphosphonate. But our patients are walking with their feet, and adherence to bisphosphonates for osteoporosis is poor and decreases with time.

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