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Vascular Ultrasound: What Is It and How Does It Work?

Vascular Physician

Whether you are showing signs of a vascular concern, have been diagnosed with a disease, or are striving to prevent a vascular illness from occurring in the future, a vascular ultrasound can give your healthcare provider a clear image of how well blood is flowing to the organs and tissues throughout your body.

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Raynaud's Phenomenon

Vascular Physician

How is Raynaud's Phenomenon diagnosed? Evaluation begins with three screening questions: Are your fingers or toes unusually sensitive to cold? Additionally, causes of secondary Raynaud phenomenon include vascular trauma, frostbite, carpal tunnel syndrome, overuse of vibrating hand tools, vasculitis, and hypothyroidism.

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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Personalized & Continuous Care When your provider understands your personal and family medical history, they can more accurately diagnose issues and recommend care strategies that reflect your unique needs. From lab work to screenings, consistent care means catching problems before they escalate.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. And here, just to clarify, we’re using that term to mean, people diagnosed with cancer, not necessarily people who were treated with curative intent. Jessie: Yes. So, one out of 10?

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

GeriPal

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who should we be screening as far as.

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

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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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Emmy: So I do think at the bare minimum, healthcare providers who are caring for, interacting with older adults, should at least be aware of driving, including how new diagnoses or new medications might affect it, to be able to give people at least some guidance about what to watch out for, even if it’s just the basics. Emmy: Yeah.

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