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Common Myths about Varicose Veins

Vascular Physician

Typically harmless, varicose veins may occur when the uterus applies pressure to the large vein (inferior vena cava) which transports blood back to the heart from your lower extremities (feet or legs). A primary care physician can recommend you to a vascular specialist that can quickly and easily treat your varicose veins today.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Many of us know where our meals come from, have sufficient clothing, enjoy roofs over our heads, access heating and air conditioning, use reliable transportation, and receive effective medications. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants. So why is the general population so anxious?

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

But there are times that a primary care physician or an internal medicine physician may make the referral. Even if it’s a discussion that is involving the primary care physician, the geriatrician, the medical oncologist, the surgical oncologist.

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

GeriPal

I actually reach out sometimes to the primary care physician to say, like, hey, let’s talk about this. Parag 32:38 Which, by the way, the multi organ, multi morbidity, even polypharmacy aspect, sodium glucose transport inhibitors, which we’ve talked about, STL inhibitors are a really nice medicine for them.