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Prostate Cancer: Unmasking the Risk and Reality

East Cary Family Physicians

At East Cary Family Physicians , we believe that awareness is the first step in managing your health effectively. It’s responsible for producing seminal fluid, which nourishes and transports sperm. Understanding the Prostate: The prostate is a small gland located below the bladder in men.

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Primary Cares Most Pressing Needs to Address Opioid Use Disorder [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) hosted a year long, monthly Project ECHO ® educational series on OUD. Objective: To understand perspectives and needs of primary care clinical staff in addressing the OUD epidemic. Participants were surveyed at pre- and post-intervention.

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Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm

GeriPal

Remember, there’s an active transport metabolism for gabapentin, if we’re nerding out here. When you get higher doses, it’s just not transported across the gut. My grandmother had a family physician who used hypnosis with her. Gabapentin, after about 600 a day, or in a dose after more than 400 in a dose.