Staying Fit
The days of the old-fashioned family doctor who knows us intimately and treats our kids — and our grandkids — are fading fast.
Primary-care doctors take care of the young, the old and the in-between; the sick, the well and the dying. Ideally, they're familiar with us and our family. But their trade, they say, is getting trickier and more time-consuming, and that's fast making them an endangered species. Read
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