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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Physicians who practice internal medicine are called internists or internal medicine doctors. Many wonder: What does an internal medicine doctor do?

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Food for thought on food as medicine

Common Sense Family Doctor

A national program that provided low-income adults with additional vouchers averaging $63 per month for produce purchases (the majority of households were already enrolled in SNAP and/or WIC) led to improvements in food security, diabetes control, weight loss, and blood pressure. In a recent statement , the U.S.

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Can food policy changes make America healthy again?

Common Sense Family Doctor

A recent systematic review of meta-analyses of observational studies found convincing or highly suggestive links between ultra-processed food exposure and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, anxiety, all-cause and cardiovascular deaths, depression, sleep problems, wheezing, and obesity.