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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

From specialized obesity clinics to online services offering quick prescriptions, the options can feel overwhelming. 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. But how do you know what is safe and who to trust?

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

flu season) Holidays and local events Unexpected emergencies or disasters Demographic changes in the community While historical data can provide some guidance, it’s nearly impossible to predict with 100% accuracy the exact staffing needs at any given time. Why leverage a locum tenens medical staffing network?

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. I actually reach out sometimes to the primary care physician to say, like, hey, let’s talk about this. This is Eric Widera.