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Other medical care providers
Click on the type of provider from the table below to learn about the general description for the nature of the service. Click the type of provider from the list on the right to find your local professional.
| Aesthetic treatments | Medical diagnosis review |
| Gerontologist | Sleep disorder centers |
| Healing & Treatment Program Centers | Telemedicine services |
| House call physicians | Urgent care centers |
| Imaging centers |
| Books and publications of interest | Blogs, newsletters and feeds of interest |
| Interesting and helpful information |
Aesthetic treatments are cosmetic treatments, such as Botox injections, chemical peels, laser hair removal and laser leg vein therapy for skin rejuvenation and other aesthetic enhancements. See information about laser and energy treatments
Gerontologists are health care professionals who specialize in working with elderly patients. A gerontologist works directly with the elderly, communicating with and analyzing individuals, families and groups, including research on the aging process and the living environments of older persons in an effort to understand the enrich the lives of the elderly. The goal is to educate older people by giving informative presentations in a variety of media formats.
Healing & Treatment Program Centers
House call physicians have become available to geriatric patients, and others, to provide consultation, some limited testing, evaluation and treatment. Advances in medical technology have provided a means for a doctor to use portable medical equipment to provide high-quality medical care. House call physicians can become your primary care physician or can work in conjunction with your primary care physician through consultation.
Imaging centers perform diagnostic tests using various techniques, primarily non-invasive, using advanced technology. Such tests include mammograms, X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, etc. A list of some of the major imaging techniques, together with explanations of their purpose, can be found at digital imaging.
Sleep disorders include insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, periodic limb movement disorder and narcolepsy.
- Insomnia, or difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep or experiencing poor sleep quality, tends to become more common as we age and this is often due to underlying medical or psychiatric conditions. Insomnia may be short-term, lasting up to six months and usually caused by stress, or chronic which lasts for more than six months.
- Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder which is caused by the muscles in the throat relaxing during sleep which makes breathing difficult. The brain senses the breathing difficulty and will wake the person to resume breathing.
- Periodic limb movement disorder, similar to daytime restless leg syndrome, usually occurs in the legs but may also affect the arms. The movements are involuntary and often create difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep.
- Narcolepsy is a constant sleepiness and a tendency to sleep at inappropriate times. A person with narcolepsy typically suffers sleep attacks as well as continual sleepiness and a feeling of being tired which cannot be relieved by any amount of sleep.
Sleep disorder centers are equipped to identify the issues of sleep disorders and recommend remedies to restore restful sleeping patterns. You can test your sleepiness with the Epworth Sleep Scale.
Telemedicine services means consultation with a doctor by phone, secure email or video. Telemedicine may be ideal for common complaints like sinus problems, flu, allergies, headaches and so on. In other words, the majority of every day health problems.
Urgent care centers provide walk-in, extended hour access for minor illness, non-life threatening situations, and injury care. These centers are designed to bridge the gap between a typical primary care practice facility and the emergency facilities of a hospital to improve access to care and proper utilization of health system resources. Ideally, the proper use of urgent care centers will reserve the emergency room resources of a hospital to the more serious, life-threatening conditions, yet allow access to health care as necessary when a primary care physician may not be available or required.
