As physicians, we rarely disagree about first principles. Nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, and behavioral patterns sit at the foundation of nearly every chronic disease conversation. We counsel patients on these topics every day, sometimes passionately, sometimes hurriedly, often within the narrow time constraints of a packed clinic schedule.

Yet an uncomfortable gap persists between what we know drives long-term outcomes and what we are realistically able to deliver in routine …

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Your doctor will see you now. Really, now. Come on in! Forget about waiting for two months for an appointment, hours on hold, or a six-hour wait at an urgent care clinic. Your doctor can see you now; shoot them a text.

More and more primary care clinics are providing a more personal, accessible, convenient, and affordable health care option called direct primary care (DPC). This model focuses on patients rather …

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