The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. I stepped down as director of the Robert L.

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Vida Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

You might start skipping social events to avoid "unhealthy" foods, skipping meals if your “safe” foods aren’t available, or over-exercising despite injury or illness. When Dieting Takes a Dangerous Turn Some people may believe that if they just try harder, they can lose the weight. But this mindset can lead to dangerous behaviors.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access? Social support from family and friends ensures the patient has a robust support system to continue engaging in lifestyle behavior change.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

In fact, for people who’ve experienced terrifying or anxiety-inducing events, therapists apply eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, a technique that mimics the patient’s REM-sleep eye movements, allowing them to “relive” and discuss the incident with decreased anxiety.) Women excel at this; men can benefit from more of it.

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Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 13, 2025

While some of these changes are inevitable, many can be managed effectively with early intervention and regular medical care. A primary care physician ( PCP ) can help identify potential health problems and risks, provide preventative measures, and recommend the right screenings or treatments.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I actually reach out sometimes to the primary care physician to say, like, hey, let’s talk about this. If they’re frail, if they’re falling, if they have cognitive impairment, they’re at higher risk of adverse drug events. A pill organizer, having family.

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