East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of vision screenings, especially during Glaucoma Awareness Month, and how they play a crucial role in preserving your eyesight. Regular vision screenings are essential to catch glaucoma early, allowing for timely intervention and the preservation of vision.

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Vascular Physician

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To diagnose this condition, your physician may perform screening tests, such as an ankle-brachial index test (ABI). Atherosclerosis is potentiated by hypertension, smoking, lower physical activity, obesity, a diet high in saturated fats, and high glucose or lipid levels. An ABI less than 0.9 What are the treatment options?

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

By removing the need to constantly look at a screen or type notes, we can be more present and engaged, fostering stronger therapeutic relationships and improving patient satisfaction. Documentation guidelines for evaluation and management (E/M) services. And ambient dictation can lead to more comprehensive, accurate documentation.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Do you screen for lower urinary tract symptoms, incontinence, and if so, how? It’s under recognized, under diagnosed, under treated, under discussed, understudied as a result. But that combination is actually quite common, and it’s quite challenging to diagnose and manage, at least in the traditional sense.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

MARCH 31, 2025

Understanding the most common respiratory diseases affecting men’s health is key to prevention, early detection, and better management. Symptoms: Persistent cough with mucus Shortness of breath, especially during activity Wheezing Chest tightness Frequent respiratory infections Prevention & Management: Quit smoking immediately.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop. Evidence-based screening tests based on current medical guidelines, your age, and risk factors.

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. From lab work to screenings, consistent care means catching problems before they escalate. From lab work to screenings, consistent care means catching problems before they escalate.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As women approach midlife, they experience a range of physical and hormonal changes. Hormonal Fluctuations: As estrogen levels rise and fall, you might experience physical and emotional changes. Hormone Levels : Perimenopause : Hormone levels fluctuate unpredictably, which can lead to various physical and emotional changes.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 7, 2025

This plaque buildup is known as atherosclerosis, which can cause cardiac disease, stroke, and other severe conditions – making early cholesterol screening essential. Routine cholesterol screenings help assess your risk for cardiovascular disease so you and your healthcare provider can better understand your overall heart health.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

There are a lot of old myths out there about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTI’s in older adults. Then we chat with Scott Bauer, internist and researcher at UCSF, about how to assess and manage lower urinary tract symptoms in men. So I actually got started in cancer screening also, thanks to some mutual colleagues.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. Regular visits to a primary care clinic can make a world of difference in your overall health.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

MAY 26, 2025

Also Read: Men’s Health Checklist: Essential Screenings to Prevent Serious Illness What Causes Low Testosterone? Diagnosing Low Testosterone Getting a proper diagnosis is the first step toward feeling like yourself again. Hormones are powerful, and managing them correctly requires medical expertise.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

We then walk through how we should screen for anxiety and how we should think about a differential. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. So it tends to be future oriented and tends to show up as a physical sensation in our body. Brianna 00:41 Thanks.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). We saw that around 60% of people were screening positive for depression in the last month before death. Or is it that I’m just not screening? That’s a lot.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. Who should we be screening as far as.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Physical exam Vital Signs: Temperature: 37.9 °C, Platelets 134 × 10 9 /L Alk phos 470 U/L AST 84 U/L ALT 40 U/L VBG pH 7.320, pCO2 81, HCO2 22 Urine Drug Screen positive for cannabinoids The patient had chest x-ray without any notable pathology. He was ultimately admitted to the general pediatric service for further management.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?” We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies. Ken 10:29 Yes.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. As always, I’m your host, Brad Sobolewski, and this episode focuses on the management of children with metabolic disorders who present to the emergency department.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

I had it on my screen. But at that time I was struck by how in that field, there wasn’t a focus or really interest in symptom management and support for patients and their families. Eric: So now we’re getting this issue of do we have to change things for different diagnoses, different cancer? Jennifer: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. Thomas: But the person did screen and used a little bit of the and Social Network Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Like I said, the patient screened positive for it. Ashwin Kotwal: Oh, wow.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. Our early studies were looking at things like, desire for death, and syndromal depression, and screening for depression and anxiety, and will to live. We published a nice piece, I think it was in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I didn’t know how to manage it. With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

These screening measures help identify conditions in their earliest stages. Tertiary Prevention: Managing Existing Conditions Tertiary preventive care focuses on managing existing chronic diseases to prevent complications, improve quality of life, and reduce the negative impact of disease.

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