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Booking a Canadian Endocrinologist for Online Follow-Ups

Dr. Zaar

Why Follow-Ups Matter in Endocrinology: Booking a Canadian endocrinologist for online follow-ups is essential for managing endocrine disorders like thyroid disease, diabetes, and hormone imbalances. If needed, new lab tests or prescriptions can be ordered immediately. But most stable patients can stay on track online.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

This concern is especially serious for people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or who have a history of heart disease. Lab tests or X-rays may confirm infection or inflammation. If the pain feels tight, crushing, or extends to the jaw, arm, or back, it could be a heart attack. Can chest congestion cause RSV?

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Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Results: The proportion of patients with a premium billed for diabetes or hypertension was highest in small urban areas, but lower amongst patients with SMI across all three geographic settings, with particularly low values in metro.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

And I gotta manage their blood pressure and their diabetes meds. I’m just gonna send them to lab and get the blood test. I just had lab tests done. I didn’t know which lab test got my lab tests looked on there. There’s got to be an easier way. Nate 14:25 Oh.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

Like getting a donor, doing all the different tests, making sure there’s not going be an interaction. Eric: But if the Practical Geriatric Assessment was a lab test, everybody would get it. And so, we can only cover so much, and there’s a lot… Especially if you’re thinking about allo transplants.