A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

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. In primary care it is usually sufficient to know that a patient has had two myocardial infarctions and one coronary bypass. I can take both kinds of pictures with my iPhone.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patient-Centered Medical Advice Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Hypertension is the most prevalent reversible risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Setting: 953 community-based primary care clinics in a national network from 25 states across the United States. Comparisons between groups are presented as odds ratios (OR). Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Community Primary Care Patient-Centered 130

Vascular Physician

APRIL 22, 2024

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 does not always present with symptoms that are noticeable by the patient.

ER 52

ER Hypertension Primary Care Medical 52

GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

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.

Physicals 85

Physicals IT Hypertension Education 85

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

The Hidden Benefits of Regular Check-ups You Might Be Missing Many residents of Mesa and the surrounding Arizona communities don’t realize that preventive care goes far beyond just “checking the box” for your annual physical.

Family Physician 100

Family Physician Preventative Care Preventive Care Families 100

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. He was describing his, like, 87 year old grandma who was placed on a low salt diabetic diet. He’s in Boston. Eric 12:21 Yeah.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Here are the key results.

Family Physician 130

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