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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. Both THC and alcohol come with risks and perceived rewards, depending on the individual. Direct primary care aims to improve your life until there’s no need to numb it!

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

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? Eric 26:16 I would also say, having tried to find a primary care doctor out there in the wild, you can’t. And there’s no continuity of care. And either of those could be given to the patient or an informant. Who should get it if anyone?

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. If your symptoms get worse before your appointment, you may need to go to urgent care.

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

GeriPal

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. But we’re not perfect individuals.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?”

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"Why Everyone Is Talking About This Medical Clinic in Michigan!"

Plum Health

Whether you need a routine physical, vaccination, or management of a chronic illness, this clinic has you covered with a focus on holistic and individualized care. Detroit residents appreciate the clinic’s focus on fast, efficient care in a bustling city environment. Can I visit any location, or do I need to stick to one?

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

And in my medical training, becoming a primary care doctor, I realized that older adults, women and men were having a lot of these same symptoms. Very interested in decision making around as we get older, individualizing care, sort of patient centered, values driven, it’s a tough decision to figure out.