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Men Over 50: 3 Common Health Problems To Ask Your PCP About

Center for Family Medicine

A primary care physician ( PCP ) can help identify potential health problems and risks, provide preventative measures, and recommend the right screenings or treatments. Prostate cancer, on the other hand, often has no early symptoms but can be detected through screening. Waiting for symptoms to appear is a recipe for disaster.

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Silent, Urgent, Deadly: The Effects of a Patient Outreach Education Program on Shared Decision-making and Lung Cancer [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Lung cancer screening (LCS) is crucial for early detection and improved survival rates, yet its uptake remains suboptimal. Intervention Following an educational mailing to eligible patients, a navigator conducted telephone outreach including eligibility verification, education about screening, smoking cessation and SDM.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

In fact, many internists serve as primary care providers (PCPs) for adults. They are well-equipped to manage chronic diseases, provide routine screenings, and guide preventive strategies. So if you’re wondering can an internist be a PCP , the answer is a clear yes. So, what is the role of preventive medicine in our life?

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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. Early Detection of Health Concerns Regular visits allow your PCP to spot subtle changes and intervene early — before conditions become serious. From lab work to screenings, consistent care means catching problems before they escalate.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that on average take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits of mammography breast cancer screening rise with age, peak when women are in their 60s, and decline thereafter. This is about cancer screening in older adults. Summary Transcript Summary. Mara: Thank you so much.

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Your First Line of Defense Against Illness

Mesa Family Physician

Think vaccinations, annual checkups, screenings for blood pressure or cholesterol, and lifestyle counseling. Your primary care provider (PCP) is the one who helps you implement a preventive strategy and adjust it as your needs evolve. What Is Preventive Care? So when people ask: What is primary care and preventive care?

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

GeriPal

Is there any feedback in any of these to the PCP? In addition to the grab bars, we have also helped train the EMS professionals in different lenses about screening. Get them back in the PCP office. When’s the last time you saw your PCP? Do you even have a PCP?” Katie: I was going to jump in.

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