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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

There are lab tests, imaging studies, vaccines, and screening questions for people in different age groups, as well as for folks with certain lifestyle habits. The role of an urgent care offices is to help you through an urgent issue; it does not play a role in helping you stay healthy.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. Vaccines don’t cause autism, but they might cause febrile seizures. The absolute risk is small, and genetic susceptibility likely plays a role in seizures after vaccines. And use lab tests, and especially CT scans of the brain judiciously.

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