If you are an adult, you should have a primary care provider (PCP). Your primary care doctor can provide you with many services that can improve your health and quality of life – and even extend your life. If it has been a while since you last saw your primary care doctor, it’s a good idea to Read More
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Types of Services Your Primary Care Doctor Offers
Do you ever think about how you can be healthier and reduce your risk of illness and hospitalization? Do you ever think of your family health history and feel anxious because you have family members that have diabetes, cancer, arthritis, or another disease? There is a medical doctor who can Read More
Why You Should See a Primary Care Doctor For All Your Health Care Needs
In today’s complex medical environment, wading through all your health care information and options can be overwhelming at times. Fortunately, there is a place you can go for guidance and the resources you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Your primary care physician (PCP) is that touchstone, Read More
How to Get the Most Out of Your Primary Care Doctor Appointment
Your primary care physician, or PCP, provides the medical home that serves acute and chronic health issues and delivers important preventative care. Whether you visit a PCP for an annual check-up, care for an illness or injury, or to discuss a referral to a specialist, your one-on-one appointment is Read More
Understanding What Primary Healthcare Is
The word “primary” means principal, foremost, and important. As it applies to healthcare, primary encompasses all those characteristics and more. Your primary care provider (PCP) delivers the preventive and restorative care you need to be healthy. Let’s look into what primary healthcare in Read More
Different Levels of Healthcare
What does the term “levels of healthcare” mean? If you cannot give a succinct definition, you’re not alone. Yet, as an adult healthcare consumer, you or a loved one likely has received care from all four levels at one time or another. Let’s talk about what primary, secondary, tertiary, and Read More
National Nutrition Month: Importance of Diagnosing and Treating High Cholesterol
March is National Nutrition Month, and a key component of good nutrition in your body is having healthy cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is a fatty, waxy substance that can be analyzed via a small blood sample. There is “good” cholesterol (HDL, or high-density lipoprotein) and “bad” cholesterol Read More
Reasons to Have a Primary Care Physician in Addition to Your Asthma Doctor
When you’re living with asthma, working with an asthma specialist is, no doubt, central to improving your health and quality of life. Nonetheless, it is also worth keeping in mind that having a primary care physician within your care team is just as important to helping you successfully navigate Read More
Hernia Facts: Pain, Types, Surgery, and Recovery Time
A hernia occurs when an internal part of the body, such as an organ or fatty tissue, protrudes through a weakness in a muscle or surrounding tissue wall. There are different types of hernias, and they usually affect the abdominal or chest area. A hernia often causes few to no symptoms, apart from Read More
5 Mistakes That May Be Sabotaging Your Hand Washing
We all know how important it is to wash our hands. Our fingers and palms come in contact with and carry a host of germs, and it’s how many of us end up getting sick. With the ongoing pandemic, teaching the public about proper hand washing is a priority. Despite it being a skill that even a child Read More
