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Physician review pendingOpen guideAMC FAMILY HEALTH LIBRARY · DR. EDUARDO JACQUES — FAMILY MEDICINE
Family medicine, explained clearly.
Dr. Eduardo Jacques Family Medicine
Practical, plain-language guides to help you understand a topic, organize your thoughts and prepare for a conversation with your healthcare professional.
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01Choose a topic
Start with the guide that matches your next conversation.
02Read and reflect
Use the prompts privately to organize what matters to you.
03Bring your questions
Use clinic-approved channels for personal health information.
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Patient education, at your own pace.
These resources are informational. They do not diagnose, treat or replace assessment by a clinician who knows your history.
Every guide currently carries a visible physician-review status and editorial review date. Pending guides are not medically approved handouts.
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Cardiometabolic healthDiabetes visit preparation
Organize diabetes-related questions, blood sugar logs, medications, lab results, and follow-up goals before a clinician visit.
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Cardiometabolic healthCholesterol and dyslipidemia preparation
Prepare for a cholesterol or cardiovascular risk visit with medication history, family history, lab questions, and lifestyle goals.
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Hair & scalpHair and scalp concern preparation
Prepare a hair loss or scalp concern history before a physician visit, including timeline, triggers, medications, and associated symptoms.
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Cardiometabolic healthBlood pressure and hypertension preparation
Prepare for a blood pressure visit with home readings, medication history, symptoms, lifestyle context, and follow-up questions.
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Lifestyle & preventionSmoking cessation visit preparation
Prepare for a smoking cessation conversation with quit history, triggers, medications, goals, and support preferences.
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Men's healthTestosterone therapy discussion preparation
Prepare for a clinician discussion about symptoms, lab history, medications, safety questions, and monitoring boundaries.
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Cardiometabolic healthWeight and metabolic health preparation
Prepare for a weight and metabolic health visit with history, medications, goals, barriers, labs, and follow-up questions.
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20 questions patients often want to ask.
These are planned family-medicine education themes. Each topic needs physician review before any article, audio or video is published.
Priority 1
Why am I losing my erection?
A plain-language guide to the questions people may want to discuss when erections change.
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Could I have adult ADHD?
A clear starting point for recognizing questions that may be worth bringing to a clinician for assessment.
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What does cocaine do to the heart and brain?
A stigma-free education topic about cardiovascular risk, brain effects and safer conversations with a family doctor.
Physician review pendingPriority 4
Can type 2 diabetes go into remission?
A careful education topic distinguishing remission, ongoing monitoring and the limits of the word cure.
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Do minoxidil and finasteride work?
A patient-friendly scope for discussing expected results, safety, side effects and follow-up.
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Sexual health
Viagra or Cialis: what is the difference?
A patient-friendly scope for discussing duration, risks, side effects and treatment expectations with a clinician.
Physician review pendingSubstance use
How can I tell if dependence is developing?
A non-judgmental guide to questions about alcohol, cocaine or cannabis use and when to seek support.
Physician review pendingSubstance use
Does daily cannabis use affect health?
A discussion guide covering memory, anxiety, sleep, motivation and personal context without moral labels.
Physician review pendingMental health
Concerta, Vyvanse or Adderall: what is the difference?
A neutral overview of questions about benefits, risks, duration and monitoring that require individualized care.
Physician review pendingCardiometabolic health
Can high blood pressure be silent?
A patient education topic about why blood pressure can be important even when someone feels well.
Physician review pendingCardiometabolic health
Can lifestyle changes affect blood-pressure treatment?
A guide to preparing questions about food, movement, weight, sleep, medications and follow-up decisions.
Physician review pendingCardiometabolic health
What are early questions about type 2 diabetes?
A plain-language preparation topic for discussing symptoms, testing, risk and next steps with a clinician.
Physician review pendingCardiometabolic health
My cholesterol is high but I feel healthy. What should I ask?
A discussion guide for questions about cardiovascular risk, statins, monitoring and individual context.
Physician review pendingMusculoskeletal health
Why does my heel hurt when I get out of bed?
A preparation topic for discussing heel pain, daily patterns, examination and treatment options.
Physician review pendingWomen's health
When is vaginal discharge normal?
A respectful education topic about questions involving changes, symptoms, infection concerns and clinical assessment.
Physician review pendingWomen's health
Candidiasis or bacterial vaginosis: what should I ask?
A neutral guide to discussing common causes of discharge and why testing or assessment may be needed.
Physician review pendingHair and scalp
Why is my hair falling out?
A preparation topic covering the timeline and questions people may bring to a hair or scalp assessment.
Physician review pendingNeurology
Migraine or common headache: what is the difference?
A guide to organizing headache patterns, associated symptoms, warning signs and questions for a clinician.
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Can migraine attacks be prevented?
A discussion topic about prevention options, triggers, monitoring and individualized treatment decisions.
Physician review pendingFamily medicine
Could erection changes be connected to cardiovascular health?
A family-medicine education topic exploring why sexual and cardiometabolic questions may belong in the same conversation.
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