Hitchcock Family Medicine

MARCH 25, 2022

This is why you should schedule regular medical examinations, preferably with your family doctor. This may be true in cases of injuries and certain chronic illnesses that require immediate attention. Caring for Yourself Medical care can be provided by doctors, but keeping healthy is still largely a personal matter.

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Family Doctor Family Families Primary Care Physician 52

StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

When a critical illness or injury occurs, then, we should all be thankful that we live within a society where emergent, life-saving medical care is available. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. Broken bones. A heart attack.

ER 100

ER Emergency Room Family Doctor Illness 100

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Thus, he argues, physicians were ill-prepared to confront the opioid epidemic, increasing rates of depression and anxiety in conjunction with chronic illness, and the negative effects of COVID-19 on mental health.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Time spent diagnosing, monitoring, and treating asymptomatic prostate cancer in men with limited life expectancy distracts from monitoring and treating their symptomatic life-limiting illnesses. Also, limited life expectancy increases the likelihood of complications from most procedures, including radiation therapy.

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Physicians who practice internal medicine are called internists or internal medicine doctors. Many wonder: What does an internal medicine doctor do?

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

StorytellERdoc

MARCH 18, 2020

Regardless of the severity of a patient's illness and diagnosis, time and again I am now witnessing an unsettling fear in their eyes, conveying a belief that somehow Covid-19 is playing a part in their (lack of) well-being. Please let us focus on the critically ill. We are great at what we do. We are ready to save lives.

ER 100

ER Illness Physicals Provider 100

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Canada, most of the population relies on their family doctor for their mental healthcare needs. Objective: To measure and compare the proportion of primary care visits associated with mental health before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Study Design and Analysis: An interrupted time series (ITS) analysis was conducted.

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Primary Care Mental Health Illness Family Doctor 130