The Adult Well-Male Examination - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2018 - The adult well-male examination should provide evidence-based guidance toward the promotion of optimal health and well-being. The medical history should focus on tobacco and alcohol use, risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections, and diet and ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/1215/p729.html
Counseling Patients in Primary Care: Evidence-Based Strategies - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2018 - Family physicians spend substantial time counseling patients with psychiatric conditions, unhealthy behaviors, and medical adherence issues. Maintaining efficiency while providing counseling is a major challenge. There are several effective, structured counseling strategies developed ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/1215/p719.html
Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Comprehensive Approach to Medical Care - ...
May 15, 2018 - Developmental disabilities are attributable to a cognitive impairment, physical impairment, or both. They manifest during the developmental period from birth to early adulthood, and are likely to continue indefinitely. The life expectancy of most persons with developmental disabilities ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0515/p649.html
Exercise Prescriptions in Older Adults - American Family Physician
Apr 1, 2017 - Regular physical activity and exercise are important for healthy aging and are beneficial for chronic disease management. Exercise prescriptions for older adults should account for the individual’s health status and functional capacity. Any amount of exercise is better than being ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0401/p425.html
Primary Care for Persons Who Inject Drugs - American Family Physician
Jan 15, 2019 - More than 750,000 persons in the United States inject opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine, or ketamine, and that number is increasing because of the current opioid epidemic. Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at higher risk of infectious and noninfectious skin, pulmonary, cardiac, ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0115/p109.html
Health Maintenance in Postmenopausal Women - American Family Physician
May 1, 2017 - Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in postmenopausal women older than 50 years. Clinicians should use the pooled cohort risk assessment equations or another risk calculator every three to five years to estimate a woman’s 10-year risk of atherosclerotic ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0501/p561.html
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