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Proactive Wellness: The Lifesaving Benefits of Regular Check-upsĀ 

East Cary Family Physicians

Regular health check-ups are a cornerstone of preventive healthcare, allowing us to catch potential health issues early and maintain a better quality of life. Regular health check-ups are proactive visits to your healthcare provider when you are not experiencing any specific symptoms or ailments. What are Regular Health Check-ups?

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How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection

Vascular Physician

How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection High blood pressure is a well-known medical condition that many people understand is a risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes. Unfortunately, high blood pressure is also a risk for lesser known but no less serious conditions.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. If you could wave a magic wand to change one thing: sleep, blood pressure control, eradicate diabetes, get everybody exercising, what do you think would have the most bang for the buck in terms of dementia reduction? I like to tease.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. And how does it support preventive care? While both provide primary care , there are some key distinctions.

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Michigan's Best Primary Care: Here’s Why It's a Game Changer for Your Health!

Plum Health

Discover the Best Primary Care in Michigan As an experienced doctor who has worked with thousands of patients across Michigan, I can confidently say that finding the right primary care provider is one of the most important decisions you can make for your health. What is Primary Care? A family pediatrician.

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Rural-urban differences in continuity of primary care among persons with prediabetes [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Continuity of primary care is associated with better health outcomes, however, there are known disparities related to access to primary care among rural populations potentially fracturing continuity of care. A healthcare system located throughout central and northeast Pennsylvania serving a large rural population.

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Q&A: Encouraging Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis

Physician's Weekly

Patients who routinely see dermatologists or rheumatologists for psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis may inadvertently miss primary care visits, leaving key cardiovascular risk factors unaddressed. How will these recommendations impact healthcare providers? They need to be proactive and ask, ā€œDo you have a primary care doctor?