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a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever
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Those physicians are often cited by lawmakers seeking to ban this care.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
Transitioning to pay-for-value would reward healthcare providers, and specifically primary care physicians, who successfully prevent chronic diseases, better manage existing conditions, and reduce complications such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
This allows the organization’s physicians to be available to its patients on a 24/7 basis, though in-person appointments are also available in select areas.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Afterward, he was admitted to the the Uniformed Services University’s School of Medicine and became one of the Army’s top emergency physicians.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The representative is also behind a bill prohibiting state physicians from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to those under the age of 18.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Their limited understanding of potential complications and risks is exacerbated when they are supervised by physicians who are not core specialists in aesthetic medicine.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Few laws have enough oversight to watch for these types of physicians and aesthetic injectors.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Plus, there is a growing number of non-core physicians that are not dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, and ocular plastic surgeons who are performing surgeries beyond their primary expertise.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
Transitioning to pay-for-value would reward healthcare providers, and specifically primary care physicians, who successfully prevent chronic diseases, better manage existing conditions, and reduce complications such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
This allows the organization’s physicians to be available to its patients on a 24/7 basis, though in-person appointments are also available in select areas.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Afterward, he was admitted to the the Uniformed Services University’s School of Medicine and became one of the Army’s top emergency physicians.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The representative is also behind a bill prohibiting state physicians from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to those under the age of 18.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Their limited understanding of potential complications and risks is exacerbated when they are supervised by physicians who are not core specialists in aesthetic medicine.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Few laws have enough oversight to watch for these types of physicians and aesthetic injectors.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Plus, there is a growing number of non-core physicians that are not dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, and ocular plastic surgeons who are performing surgeries beyond their primary expertise.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Physicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physicians. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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