General Medicine

Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. Internists care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in teaching and research.

Listen to conversations about General Medicine:

Before You Leave the Hospital

You, family members or friends need to understand what should be done after the hospital. Know about the activities desired, foods, wound care, medicines, when to see the doctor next and when to call him or her.

Navigating the System

Know your insurance. Keep your primary care physician involved. Befriend nurses or office personnel. Have friends at meetings. Get professional help from other health care professionals. If needed, ask for a second opinion.

Action Plan for Deep Medicine - 17 minutes 9 seconds

“Deep Medicine” is about awakening our internal healer. Dr Stewart’s suggested plan helps create these experiences to optimize health.

Guided Imagery - 11 minutes

Guided imagery is a way to enable you to psychologically relax so you can understand your feelings and beliefs more completely. The goal is to have less emotional and physical symptoms.

Weight Management

Sustained significant weight loss requires medical, exercise, behavioral, and nutritional care. Chronic commitment is essential to change foods consumed, increase exercise and understand how obesity occurred in you.

Anemia

Anemia is a diminished number of red cells in the blood. Red cell count, hemoglobin and hematocrit also measure anemia. Anemia implies you can’t deliver oxygen as well to the tissues of your body.

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is the medical term to describe the procedure to look inside the lower bowel from the anus, through the rectum, to and then through the large bowel or colon. Dr. Jeffrey Sternberg, a colorectal surgeon at California Pacific Medical … Continue reading

Back Pain

Almost everyone, during their lifetime, will have an episode of back pain. Recurrent back pain does not usually require immediate medical intervention, but a person should be checked with a first episode to exclude a potentially serious problem that might affect the bowel, bladder … Continue reading