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Today's discussion: Fatty liver! Fatty liver is one of the most common diagnoses these days. Many people are often told they have fatty liver but aren't told exactly what it is or the potential complications of it. To break it down, fatty liver is simply when fat cells in the body start to invade the liver. That's all it truly is. In a majority of cases fatty liver is almost always lifestyle induced and is usually linked to either being overweight or by excessive alcohol consumption. As our general population's weight has increased the prevalence of fatty liver has increased proportionally as well. In an overwhelming majority of patients, they will experience no symptoms from fatty liver in the beginning stages. There's no changes in liver function, no pain, and most only know about it because it showed up on routine screening probably while looking for something else. For this reason it can be easily overlooked and is poorly discussed. The truth is a bit more n

There are times in a person’s life where an illness or ailment renders them unable to go out and travel to a doctor’s office, that’s why there’s an option for the doctor or physician to come to the patient’s residence instead. What mobile physician services aim for is to provide the best possible care in the most comfortable manner for the patient that’s in need. Comfort and convenience are considered of utmost importance in these situations - especially that their bodies aren’t allowing them to function normally as they should’ve been. House calls with regards to medical care for patients aren't something new that's being conducted in the field of healthcare practices for home-bound patients. If you are still boggled with questions about how this works and how it is of benefit, feel free to review how these mobile physician services work and how this type of quality medical services are supposed to help patients in grave condition.   1. Having a mobile physician saves everyo

Unfortunately in the age of modern medicine, actually accessing healthcare has become a real problem. It is not uncommon for patients to call up a doctor that they've been seeing for years for an urgent situation and told that the next available appointment is in weeks or months. It is not uncommon for health care practices to put automated messages on their telephone lines that state "if this is an urgent or emergent situation please hang up and dial 9-1-1". And while true that many situations do absolutely require emergency rooms, there are many situations that would not but patients wind up going there anyway because their doctor is too busy. This side of medicine is a rapidly developing problem as primary care / family medicine providers become less and less numerous and the number of patients is getting exponentially larger. To complicate the matter further, many practices require patients to be "established" before they will see patients in ANY scenario. S

What is does Direct Care Group do and how is it different from concierge medicine? Or, more generally, what is direct care/direct primary care and how is it different from concierge medicine? We receive this question frequently. Since we are operating in a relatively new niche within a growing industry there are many terms used to reference our business. A century or so ago, the automotive industry was in a similar stage of development and their products carried many different names. Automobile. Wagon. Cab. Motorcar. Jalopy. It's generally understood that each of these terms is synonymous with "private, personal, internal combustion transportation machine." In the medical industry, references to concierge medicine include: direct primary care, celebrity medicine, private doctors, personalized medicine, private medicine, elitist-sounding phrases, or direct care (as we prefer). Direct primary care (or simply direct care) is just another term for concierge medicine. A broad