StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. Upon further questioning, I learned that she had been diagnosed with a yeast infection from her family doctor one month ago but failed to get her prescription filled. For how long?"

ER 100

ER Emergency Room Family Doctor Illness 100

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Medicine could do a far better job of diagnosing and treating mental health conditions, but absent a robust public health structure, their root causes - worsening economic and political inequality, a deteriorating environment, and a weak social safety net - will remain. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only.

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

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. Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference?

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP DO 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

On the surface, this rule aligns with the American Academy of Family Physicians’ policy that information provided in DTCA "should be accurate, balanced, objective, and complete, not false or misleading, and should not promote unhealthy or unsafe practices." Who could blame a patient for believing the drug doesn’t cost much. All of us.

Family Physician 40

Family Physician Manufacturing Families Family 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 20, 2025

Eliminating the ACHDNC creates a dangerous vacuum in the nation’s newborn screening system, stalling progress on adding life-saving tests to the RUSP and increasing the risk that diagnoses will be delayed or missed for some babies—with potentially tragic results. Even worse, the study’s existing data are at risk. already believes to be true.

Chronic Disease 92

Chronic Disease Diabetes Screening Vaccination 92