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Sebastian Tong, a family physician with UW Medicine who studies loneliness, told Axios last month that people have to work harder to overcome social inertia when their interactions are mostly online.
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Parents should also discuss any concerns with their family physician.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Loneliness isn't just a feeling, it's associated with serious mental and physical health impacts, including elevated odds of developing diabetes, cardiac risk, dementia, substance abuse, depression and anxiety, Sebastian Tong, a family physician with UW Medicine, told Axios.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Jeong has been married to family physician Tran Ho since 2004.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Parents should also discuss any concerns with their family physician.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Loneliness isn't just a feeling, it's associated with serious mental and physical health impacts, including elevated odds of developing diabetes, cardiac risk, dementia, substance abuse, depression and anxiety, Sebastian Tong, a family physician with UW Medicine, told Axios.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Jeong has been married to family physician Tran Ho since 2004.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family physician
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The family doctor In the Oregon community where Nicole Snow grew up, Dr. David Farley was always there.Meena Duerson, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
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Like a trusted family doctor, perhaps nothing is more familiar than the medical drama.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
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Robert Jeffrey Zimmer was born on Nov. 5, 1947, in New York City to Dr. Max Zimmer, a family practitioner in the West Village of Manhattan, and Harriet (Brokaw) Mr. Zimmer, who managed her husband’s medical office.Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
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Robert Jeffrey Zimmer was born on Nov. 5, 1947, in Manhattan to Dr. Max Zimmer, a family practitioner in the West Village, and Harriet (Brokaw) Zimmer, who managed her husband’s medical office.Sam Roberts, New York Times, 24 May 2023
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Another is a janitor smoking in the hospital hallway, and the last is a doctor eating yogurt with his fingers.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
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So see a doctor if any of this sounds like the norm for you, or if the occasional bloody taste in your mouth during exercise gets worse over time.Katie Camero, SELF, 27 Nov. 2024
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From August to September of this year, a national survey was sent out to medical professionals, including nurses, therapists and physicians as well as CCRC staff.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Athletic clubs and physicians appear in the papers throughout the last decade of the 19th century, each using the pedometer to track the wearer’s activities for the purposes of self-reporting fitness or health.Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Family physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20physician. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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