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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Many of us know where our meals come from, have sufficient clothing, enjoy roofs over our heads, access heating and air conditioning, use reliable transportation, and receive effective medications. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants. So why is the general population so anxious?

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Common Myths about Varicose Veins

Vascular Physician

Typically harmless, varicose veins may occur when the uterus applies pressure to the large vein (inferior vena cava) which transports blood back to the heart from your lower extremities (feet or legs). Varicose veins run in the family for only 50% of all people who have them. Oftentimes, varicose veins will fade after delivery.

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

GeriPal

I actually reach out sometimes to the primary care physician to say, like, hey, let’s talk about this. A pill organizer, having family. Eric 32:56 My question is, all of this talk about individualizing care for people with Hep PEF, can I just click the easy button and just start them on an SGL too?