An open letter from a couple of family physicians
Dear consultant doctor: An open letter from a couple of family physicians 0 Comments Dear Consultant Doctor: How are you? How is your family? How is your practice? It's been…
Menopause awareness and education should start earlier in life
Menopause awareness and education should start earlier in life For many women, having uncomfortable conversations with their mothers or a health care professional about menstruation was a rite of passage.…
Flu, RSV and COVID-19:
As community-based family doctors, we have been attending to patients who showed the early warning signs of the oncoming wave of our viral season. We are now in the middle…
Rate of food insecurity skyrockets
The number of Americans with cardiovascular disease who are food insecure—having limited or uncertain access to adequate food—has skyrocketed over the last 20 years, a national study finds.
New continuity of care measure
Continuity of care is essential to the clinician/patient relationship within family medicine. However, researchers have few ways to track continuity of care as a measurement of clinical quality.
Patterns of lifespan weight gain/loss
Dementia is a growing global public health concern currently affecting 50 million people and is expected to rise dramatically to more than 150 million cases worldwide by 2050. Obesity, commonly…