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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

13 Here is some evidence: From 2004-2020, 8,718 GLP-1 analogs-associated tumors were reported to the FDA. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. mg is not recommended. 9 The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers more information here 11.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

In 2024, I had another scare. My annual mammogram picked up calcifications again. After speaking with the radiologist, she said, best case scenario, it’s nothing, and worst case scenario, it is DCIS. She again recommended an MRI with contrast and another breast biopsy. Well, invasive cancers grow into other tissues and metastasize.

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New Technologies and 3D Imaging — “The Virtual Microscope”

CDOCS

I personally invested in a microscope (Global) in 2004. & Some other uses for CBCT are when I sense complicated anatomy, resorption, perforations, or instrument failures.</span></p> Now, microscopy has evolved to be one of our standards of care and very few specialists could work without.</span></p>

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

It is believed that this sequestered portion of his lung placed him at an elevated risk for infections as this is a known complication of bronchopulmonary sequestration. 2004 Nov;49(4):302-9. PMID: 442005; PMCID: PMC471015. Marrie TJ, Beecroft MD, Herman-Gnjidic Z. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.11.013. 2003.11.013. PMID: 15474628.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Physician burnout describes a dangerous mix of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a loss of meaning in work. It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. But is it really burnout—or something more serious? To be real.

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