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Why Younger Adults Shouldn’t Skip Cholesterol Screenings

Imperial Center Family Medicine

By establishing healthy cholesterol levels early, you and your doctor can better monitor for unhealthy changes over time that may indicate a need for lifestyle adjustments or medication. Decode Your Family History Since high cholesterol often runs in families, knowing your levels can clarify if you’ve inherited a predisposition.

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Traditional vs. Subscription Primary Care Payment Model: Which Fits You?

Plum Health

Discounted Labs and Medications : Some DPC practices offer significant discounts on labs, imaging, and medications, which can be a big cost-saver if you need these services regularly. Scenario 2: Families with Children and Chronic Conditions For families or individuals needing more frequent visits, both models have advantages.

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Causes of Brain Fog & How to Get Rid of It

AMMD

Brain fog is not a medical condition or a diagnosis. However, the causes of brain fog can sometimes be symptoms of a medical condition such as autoimmune disease, digestive issues, or thyroid disease. (5) These include our physical environment, jobs, relationships, traffic, and unexpected events. These are signs of brain fog!

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Dr. Paul Thomas Gives the Welcome to Detroit Lecture for Incoming Class of 2027 at WSU SOM

Plum Health

These medical students will be immersed in the Detroit community over the next 4 years, and upon graduation, many of them will continue to serve the Detroit and Metro Detroit community. WSU SOM’s incoming class of 2026 had 300 Students, with 192 in-state and 108 out-of-state students.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

Add in the complexities of family life, child-rearing, and pursuing any interest outside of your career, and much of your time is spoken for. Diversification works to smooth out risk events in a portfolio so that the gains in some investments help to combat the losses from others. You are already a hardworking professional.

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Sleep problems and Insomnia in Serious Illness: A Podcast wtih Cathy Alessi and Brienne Miner

GeriPal

Cathy: Actually, many years ago, I did some research on delirium and then I was doing some research on nursing home residents and we were doing work looking at, I was interested in how sleep problems and nighttime events might lead to delirium, and then I just became very, very interested in sleep. Sometimes that’s medications.

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