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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

These visits may focus on preventive care, managing chronic conditions, addressing new concerns, or simply creating a baseline of your current health status. Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals.

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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. Your PCP helps monitor symptoms, adjust medications, and coordinate with specialists.

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Family Physicians of Greeley

Get a regular annual physical with your PCP (Primary Care Physician), get moderate physical activity at least 4-5 days per week (30 minutes), eat a healthy diet, and know your risk factors. Included in your annual physical is routine blood work that can detect diabetes before you have symptoms, such as Hemoglobin A1c.

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Your First Line of Defense Against Illness

Mesa Family Physician

They’re trained to provide both general care and preventive health services , helping you manage everyday health while staying alert to changes that could signal early disease. Your primary care provider (PCP) is the one who helps you implement a preventive strategy and adjust it as your needs evolve.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. ” As a physical therapist, is this new news or- Alex: Are you like, “Duh”? laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast!

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

GeriPal

People’s goals are often much more than, you know, perfect management or heart failure, even living as long as possible. One of our first podcasts, over 300 podcasts ago, was with Nate Goldstein, who studies heart failure management in older adults, and particularly older adults nearing the end of life. Was it sodium hf?

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. So the patient gets gabapentin prescribed from their surgeon, they see their PCP, they have a list of medications, and they all get renewed, get represcribed. J Am Geriatr Soc. Tasce: Lots of reasons.