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  • Habits of successful weight maintenance

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      Habits of Successful Weight Maintenance If you are considering taking up the laudable task of improving your weight and body tone—or you’re currently in the process of doing so—you may find that it can be a very difficult, challenging process. “Eating better” sounds much easier than it really is, as successfully improving your weight […]

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  • Discussing LGBT-Related Issues With Your Doctor

    Discussing LGBT-Related Issues With Your Doctor

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    When you look at the front page of our website, you’ll see that we describe River Bend Medical Associates as a “progressive and culturally diverse family practice.” This is a mission statement that we take extremely seriously, especially when providing services to members of our local LGBT community. Our goal is for our LGBT patients […]

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  • Meet Olivia: How Our Communications Liaison Improves Your Care

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    You may not know her by name, but if you’ve visited River Bend Medical Associates before, then there’s a good chance you’ve spoken to Olivia Garcia, our Communications Liaison and Quality Management Analyst. Olivia spends much of her time being mom to her two year old son. But somehow, she still finds time between home […]

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  • Your Child and their Healthcare Rights in California

    River Bend Medical Associates is a family medical practice, which means that our staff has the profound joy and privilege to watch the children we treat grow up into young men and women. But as these growing boys and girls are accompanied by their parents to appointments over the years, there inevitably comes a time […]

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  • Healthy Life

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    Our Healthy Life program is designed for people: with weight maintenance or small weight loss goals highly recommended for clients who achieved their weight loss goals as part of our Healthy Weight program with nutritional concerns vitamin and mineral deficiencies constipation diarrhea GERD or heart burn food allergies/intolerances gastric bypass planning or management wanting to improve and […]

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  • Healthy Weight

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    Our Healthy Weight program is designed for people who are looking for a personalized, comprehensive, sustainable, and effective way to manage their weight. This program is for those looking to optimize their weight, whether it be gaining lean body mass, reducing body fat, or BOTH! The goal of Healthy Weight is to provide you with the tools, knowledge, […]

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  • Senate Bill 277 Frequently Asked Questions

    See these questions and answers in Spanish These FAQs were last updated on 5/25/2016 (this included edits to question 19). This content is considered current until any future update is made. Immunization Requirements for 2015 1. In 2015 and future years, which vaccines are required to enter child care or school in California? For child […]

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  • Why should I use the River Bend Patient Portal?

    Our Patient Portal is one of the best services we offer our patients, and we would really like to motivate more of our patients to use this program. Here are a few reasons why you should consider using the Patient Portal: No need to use the phone! One of our most common patient complaints is […]

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