Primary Care Articles

Checking your weight is the first thing a primary care provider will do when you go in for a checkup. “It’s truly that important,” says Curtis Chastain, MD, of Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Men’s Health and Executive Wellness Center. Small fluctuations in...

A primary care provider, or PCP, is a doctor you see yearly for your annual checkup and more often if needed. Many people put off finding a primary care doctor because they don’t feel sick. Others aren’t sure how to find a PCP. Whether it’s been years since you’ve had...

It’s common for older adults to become concerned if they take longer to learn new things than they used to or when they forget to pay certain bills. It’s normal to forget things every once in a while, especially as we age. However, not all memory loss and memory...

“Anything else you’d like to talk about?” It’s a prompt you might often get from your doctor when wrapping up a routine visit. And it’s usually the best opportunity to bring up those questions you’ve been eager to ask—and who better to ask than the physician with whom...