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YOUR PATH TO BETTER HEALTH

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he path to better health starts with you! The first step is to take control. You may need advice on health and lifestyle goals or help dealing with a pre-existing condition. Starting – and maintaining – a relationship with a primary care provider (PCP) can help you with your journey.

such as diabetes, heart and kidney disease, or even a stroke.

A PCP CAN TREAT THE “WHOLE PERSON” A PCP can treat more than the flu and an ear infection. He or she will remind you when it’s time to get immunizations and important health Yearly wellness visits with a PCP are key to screenings, like mammograms and colonoscopies. maintaining your overall health. And when health These wellness services can help you maintain your issues pop up between visits, your PCP can also best health by finding conditions early and treating help. Here’s why all ages should have a PCP: them before they become more complex. A PCP can also help you with family planning, treating anxiety A PCP HELPS KEEP YOU HEALTHY and depression, controlling allergies, and more. When you get regular check-ups, your PCP gets to know you better and know what is normal for you. A A PCP RECOMMENDS SPECIALISTS WHEN PCP can identify small issues early by tracking your NECESSARY health markers – such as blood pressure, cholest- If your PCP notices something that needs to be erol, and weight changes – and keep a close eye on further looked at by a specialist, he or she can them. If he or she sees changes from visit to visit, refer you to a specialist who can best care for your this may point toward the beginning of a chronic specific health needs. Your PCP can also provide the condition, such as hypertension or high cholesterol specialist with your health history and records to that may not have any symptoms. And these save time at your first visit. It’s especially easy if both conditions often relate to more serious diseases, physicians are within the same health system. And


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