article thumbnail

Why are So Many Teens and 20-Somethings Today Anxiety-Ridden?

Doctor Rachel

I am a family practice doc who sees teens and 20-somethings daily in my practice. The lack of religious and social community, the loss of family farms, and the increasing isolation of our nuclear families create environments which are less friendly to the happiness and relaxation of teens and adults alike.

Screening 130
article thumbnail

Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Weight loss programs for older adults also benefit from co-management by an interdisciplinary team that may include a geriatrician, an obesity medicine specialist, an endocrinologist, a registered dietitian, a bone metabolism specialist, a physical therapist and an exercise physiologist.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Tinder Profiles By Specialty

GomerBlog

Family Practice: Whatever youd like to do, I can handle it. Physical Therapy: You’re going to need to stretch before and after. Emergency Medicine: Ill do anything you want to do, it just takes me 4 hours and a couple tests to figure out what it is. ENT: Like the Weber test, I lateral one toward bad conduct!

article thumbnail

Paternal Mental Distress Linked to Poorer Offspring Development

Physician's Weekly

The researchers found that there were associations for paternal perinatal mental distress with poorer global, social-emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development in offspring ( r = −0.12, 0.09, −0.07, −0.15, and 0.04, respectively). There was no evidence for adaptive and motor outcomes.

article thumbnail

Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

Officials are also working to improve access to physical therapy, diagnostic imaging and outpatient surgery. CMS said it hopes insurers will stop requiring prior authorizations for common things such as colonoscopies, cataract surgery and childbirth. Still, some experts remain skeptical. Talk is cheap,” Gaffney said.

article thumbnail

NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, where the derailment occurred, have pressed the government to do more to answer questions about the mental and physical health effects of the disaster — from post-traumatic stress to cancer.

article thumbnail

Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

The list of activities that you need to coordinate are daunting: financial accounting, work, cohabitation and the creation and maintenance of a home, health issues, family responsibilities, sex and romance, and possibly childcare, elder care and religion. Discernment about helpful boundaries is equally important in families and communities.