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Take-Home Thoughts for Managing DiabetesEden Miller, DO, shares key takeaways on how personalized treatment helps in the management of diabetes.
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Abbott, WeightWatchers Announce App Integrating FreeStyle Libre 2 CGM DataThe new app is designed to help persons with diabetes understand how food and activity impact blood glucose levels and to revise behavior accordingly.
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Telemedicine vs In-person Care: In Addiction Medicine, Options are KeyCOVID-19 has dealt in-person addiction treatment a blow, but the chief medical officer of Groups Recover Together tells a telemedicine success story with a hybrid ending.
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Texting Patients? Don't Make these HIPAA MistakesTrain your staff well, says this expert in business texting solutions, and make sure to develop and use appropriate checks and balances.
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Insights Into The Currently Available Vaccine TechnologiesNeil Skolnik, MD, reviews the currently available vaccine technologies, highlighting their mechanisms of action and individual delivery methods.
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For Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease, Genetic Testing Holds PromiseA recent American Kidney Fund survey of 300 primary care and specialty clinicians found ~15% of their patients had kidney disease of unknown origin.
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Take-home Messages for Acute Pain ManagementBenjamin W. Friedman, MD, MS; Francesca Beaudoin, MD, MS, PhD; Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD, FAAN; and Jeff Gudin, MD, provide take-home messages to providers treating patients with acute pain.
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Distinct Patterns of BP in Early Gestation Predict Hypertensive Disorders: StudyInvestigators identified 6 blood pressure patterns that, when combined with other risk factors, accurately stratified risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
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FDA Ruling on National Breast Density Notification for Mammography Reports FinalizedBeginning on Sept 24, 2024, all women must be notified of their breast density status in mammography reports and encouraged to pursue supplemental screening.
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Alzheimer Drug Lecanemab Granted Full FDA ApprovalFDA's action, based on confirmatory evidence showing slowed disease progression, follows a January 2023 accelerated approval.
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The Importance of Connecting Patients with ADPKD with Each OtherPeer mentor programs can provide support for patients, especially when it comes to family planning and parenthood.
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Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring: 7 Questions for Primary CareHow current are you on CAC and its place in CVD risk assessment? This short quiz will reveal your score.
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The State of Vaccine Willingness in the US: A Primary Care and an Infectious Disease Physician DiscussWell-known ID specialist Bill Schaffner, MD, and active primary care educator Chuck Vega, MD, offer thoughts on how to get shots into arms in the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season.
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WHO Guideline Update Recommends Against 2 COVID-19 Monoclonal TreatmentsWHO: Evidence is lacking for clinical effectiveness of Xevudy and Regen-Cov against the COVID-19 variants that are currently circulating.
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Antiobesity Medication: An Effective Treatment Tool for the Right PatientObesity requires a spectrum of treatment options for effective results. Here, 3 key points to keep in mind when considering antiobesity medication for patients.
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Early Intervention in Weight Management: Treating Pre-ObesityResearch shows that increased risk of chronic disease and mortality begins below a BMI classified as obesity. The earlier we intervene with at-risk patients, the greater the chance for success.
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Take-Home Thoughts for Managing DiabetesEden Miller, DO, shares key takeaways on how personalized treatment helps in the management of diabetes.
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Defining Features of Rapid-Acting Therapies in MDDRoger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, discusses the history of psychiatry and the conventional treatment and response times, leading into the current treatment armamentarium for treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD).
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Insights Into The Currently Available Vaccine TechnologiesNeil Skolnik, MD, reviews the currently available vaccine technologies, highlighting their mechanisms of action and individual delivery methods.
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Impact of Pain on Daily Life Greater Threat to Mental Health than Pain Intensity, Study FindsMental wellbeing for some persons with chronic pain appears to be associated with the flexibility to adjust goals and persevere despite obstacles, setbacks, note study authors.
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Long COVID: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Offers Hope for Understanding and Treating SymptomsHyperbaric oxygen therapy in a randomized placebo-controlled trial resulted in improved global cognitive function, energy, sleep, and pain interference in long COVID patients.
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Insights Into The Currently Available Vaccine TechnologiesNeil Skolnik, MD, reviews the currently available vaccine technologies, highlighting their mechanisms of action and individual delivery methods.
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COPD Increases Risk for Heart Failure in People who Experience AMI“Patients with COPD who have AMI are less aggressively treated than those without COPD," leading to higher in-hospital mortality and long-term mortality,” wrote authors.
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Obesity-related Comorbidities and Treatment: An OverviewAn overview of common and uncommon obesity-related comorbidities and treatment strategies, here.
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3 Ways Physicians Can Support Patients with Obesity in 2023Three tips on how to support patients on their weight management journey this year.
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Obesity and Depression in Adolescents: Understanding the InterplayUnderstanding the interplay between obesity and depression in children is key for clinicians to best advise this patient population. An overview, here.
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For Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease, Genetic Testing Holds PromiseA recent American Kidney Fund survey of 300 primary care and specialty clinicians found ~15% of their patients had kidney disease of unknown origin.
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Worldwide Burden of Atrial Fibrillation More Than Doubled Over 30 Years: Global AnalysisAtrial fibrillation prevalence is rising across socioeconomic strata globally, the new analysis finds, with effects of BMI, ETOH, and sedentary behavior shifting as key drivers.
