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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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“It doesn’t have to be, like, fashion fashion,” she said with a laugh during a recent visit with primary care provider Dr. Edward Cardenas at his East Compton office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Despite being classed as a minor road, Turner Road is home to Colchester's hospital and a primary care centre.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The new guidelines call for doctors—from primary care to cardiology—to screen patients for metabolic risk factors and kidney function routinely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Researchers say the updated PREDIMED-Plus strategy could be used by primary care providers as a sustainable and cost efficient way to help prevent type 2 diabetes on a broad scale.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

We’ve had people come in saying they want to sue some specialist, and we’ll say, ‘We don’t think that doctor was negligent. We think it’s your primary care doctor who was at fault.’

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell



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