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Personalized Diabetes Treatment Plans: How Connecticut Specialists Approach Care

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

For that reason, everyone’s experience with diabetes is different, and treatment isn’t one-size-fits all. When you see a Connecticut diabetes specialist, you can expect a personalized treatment plan and individualized support. Have a Diabetes Consultation Your first visit with a diabetes specialist may involve a physical exam.

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Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Vida Family Medicine

Come prepared to your doctors’ appointment: Make sure you are scheduled for a problem visit, not a physical or check-up, so that you are scheduled appropriately in the correct time slot and there will not be confusion about billing. They do not hold an educational credential that qualifies them to diagnose and treat you.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?). The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. Anish 04:13 Yeah.

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Cardiovascular Risk After Hysterectomy Highest for Young Women

Physician's Weekly

The analysis controlled for menopausal hormone therapy, marital status, income, race, BMI, alcohol use, physical activity, diet, parity, and personal and family history of hypertension, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and stroke.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

The idea of listening with your ear, so E being educate, A, assess, and R, respond. Sometimes the solutions are much more simple, and something that we do is clinicians all the time is educate on the risks of things, educate on the benefits of doing things that are protective. I want to let Carla also speak to some of this, too.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

Annual Physical Examinations The comprehensive annual physical remains one of the cornerstone examples of preventive care services. At Mesa Family Physicians, we follow the CDC-recommended immunization schedules for all age groups and work with patients to ensure they’re up-to-date on all recommended vaccines.