Preventive Health Care
Hooked on Primary Care with Taree Chadwick
I knew from day one of medical school that family medicine was for me. I wanted to be able to do a little bit of everything and treat people of all ages.
Hooked on Primary Care with Janet Nwaukoni, DO
Growing up, medicine seemed like a distant aspiration.
Preventive health screening rates have not returned to pre-pandemic levels
Rates of wellness visits and preventive health screenings remain below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, particularly among diverse groups, according to a recent study.
Hooked on Primary Care with Matthew Adkins, DO
Hope is what pulled me in to family medicine.
Q&A: Food-as-medicine program increases engagement in preventive health care
A food-as-medicine intervention improved several measures of preventive health care, although it did not decrease glycemic levels more than usual care, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine found.
Hooked on Primary Care with Colin Zhu, DO
Health and wellness have always shaped my world. Initially, I aspired to be a chiropractor. I was influenced by a charismatic family chiropractor from my youth. His compassionate care, including singing to patients, fueled my desire to serve in health care.
Surveys show providers and patients increasingly endorse ‘whole-person’ integrative care
It has taken decades, but with each passing year, integrative health care is marching more squarely into the mainstream of American medicine.
Hooked on Primary Care with Ira P. Monka, DO, MHA, FACOFP
For the last 38 years, I have been working at Atlantic Health Systems in New Jersey in family practice. I have wonderful patients, and I can put in 20-hour days and not regret one moment of being there.
Integrating oral health into primary care is 'critical,' but 'there is a long way to go'
For the best care, oral health should be integrated into primary care practices, but the United States is still a long way from that, according to experts.
Connections between depression and cannabis strengthened with recreational legalization
The association between the prevalence of cannabis use and depression among young adults strengthened following the legalization of recreational cannabis, according to researchers.