Primary Care

Primary care physicians often recommend patients exercise, but because convincing them to get active can be easier said than done, it is often a good idea to start with short daily walks, according to experts.

Hope is what pulled me in to family medicine.

I entered family medicine because I wanted to treat people rather than organ systems or diseases. I did not want to be defined by the procedures that I did but by the impact that I had on peoples’ lives.

Earlier this year, a national report card noted the primary care field is headed for a crisis due to underinvestment, poor accessibility and other factors.

Growing up, I was one of eight. My dad was a police officer. My mom would stay at home. We didn’t have too much growing up, and we had to work hard.

A device using elastic-scattering spectroscopy and artificial intelligence may assist primary care physicians in the quick and accurate detection of skin cancer, according to a study.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine has recently published an expert consensus statement outlining best practices for implementing lifestyle medicine in primary care.

After graduating with a political science degree at the University of Tennessee, I joined Teach for America as a Corps member in the Rio Grande Valley. This experience solidified my decision to pursue a career in medicine.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Unfamiliarity with biologics to treat uncontrolled asthma was reported by 42% of primary care physicians, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

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.