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family physician

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family doctor
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Shruti Javali, a family physician at a clinic in Hanford, Calif., regularly treats patients with advanced cases of San Joaquin Valley fever, a fungal lung infection found mainly in that part of California and Arizona.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

"They've completely changed their snowbird plans," the semi-retired family physician said.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Adding a kiosk as another pharmacy option can also be confusing, especially for elderly patients, said Mike Sevilla, a family physician in Salem, Ohio.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

Dr. Mitesh Popat, a family physician and head of the clinic, said that federal policy changes — especially more frequent paperwork and added work requirements — will likely push eligible patients off of Medi-Cal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025

An Austrian, the son of Sigmund Freud’s family physician, he had been, at age seven, the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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