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5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs. Primary doctors are the first stop for medical care.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Physical Effects of Anxiety Anxiety levels in Indiana are high — 32.9% Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. Release Stress Anxiety can be pathologic, resulting from a physical or mental disorder beyond an individual’s control.

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

Unfortunately, traditional care doctors often resort to the two easiest options for patients with joint or back pain: They send the patient for imaging or refer them to a specialist. When people think these are the only two possible options, injured patients often skip the doctor’s office and head directly to a subspecialist.

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Trading One Substance for Another: Replacing Alcohol With THC

Priority Physicians

He thinks legalization is a mistake , characterizing THC as addictive, mentally and physically disorienting, and a gateway to the misuse of other drugs. Direct primary care aims to improve your life until there’s no need to numb it! Let us know how we can help.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. I think she’s the creator of the mini cog.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting. You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent.

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Men’s Health Checklist: Essential Screenings to Prevent Serious Illness

Dr. Michael Bazel

With the guidance of a trusted men’s health doctor in Valley Village , or at our convenient locations in Panorama City and Bell, CA, you can stay ahead of potential health concerns and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle. Testing should begin around age 35, or earlier if there’s a family history of cardiovascular issues.

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