Remove Diagnose Remove Events Remove Primary Care Remove Primary Care Physician
article thumbnail

Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

You might start skipping social events to avoid "unhealthy" foods, skipping meals if your “safe” foods aren’t available, or over-exercising despite injury or illness. Those with higher BMIs are at the greatest risk , but unfortunately they are often not diagnosed and simply told to keep losing weight, which only worsens the problem.

article thumbnail

Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. So people at kind of those extremes where I would potentially be really changing their diagnoses. Lona: Yeah, no, I think, Thank you for the question.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

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. Is your impression that HFpEFde is under diagnosed in older adults? Yes, over diagnosed in older adults are about right. Eric 12:21 Yeah.

article thumbnail

Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. So people at kind of those extremes where I would potentially be really changing their diagnoses. Lona: Yeah, no, I think, Thank you for the question.