Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. A headband was tied around her white hair.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? But these tests were never designed to diagnose. Great to be back.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. Weren’t those the days?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

There is a lot to digest with these draft clinical guidelines but the big change from the 2018 guideline is moving Alzheimers to a biological diagnosis (biomarker evidence only) not just for a research framework but now from a clinical one. And we’ve been diagnosing it at Penn. Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. Alex joined in 2018. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. Alex 05:15 Oh, really? And so we did this song.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s particularly difficult to diagnose cervical spine injuries in kids under three because they can’t give you an accurate history and cooperate with the exam. So the highest risk patients, these patients have a risk of cervical spine injury of about 12%, are going to recommend immediate medical attention. Pediatrics.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

I was on a retreat with Guy Micco , who’s been on this podcast several times, and he was teaching a class on death while I was in medical school. What is it about the images of the dying that helps teach medical students? And dying is too big, too profound for any one model, including the medical model.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. Why did you even bother doing this study? Jennifer 04:34 Yeah, thanks for the question.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

We talk not only about reading poetry, but also writing poetry, and using poetry in medical education as a healing modality. Redwing: When you’re diagnosed with cancer, the first thing you think about is when you’re going to die. And along the way, we really felt like we got to the heart of things.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Published 2/5/19, updated 6/19/25) Rowdiest audience ever (at a medical conference at least). 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. Among medical trainees suicide is the number one cause of death today.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Dozens of insurance companies, including Cigna, Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare, agreed to several measures, which include making fewer medical procedures subject to prior authorization and speeding up the review process. Insurers also pledged that medical professionals would continue to review prior authorization denials.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

He was diagnosed as a baby with Prader-Willi syndrome — a rare disorder sparked by a genetic abnormality. GLP-1 agonist medications Ozempic, Wegovy, and others also are delivering dramatic results for millions. They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. He continued to be disinterested in food for years.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Pediatr Rev May 2018; 39 (5): 247–257. Non medical exemptions accounted for over 93 percent of these exemptions. Healthcare providers play a vital role in diagnosing and managing it, preventing its spread, and educating patients and families about the benefits of vaccination. link] UpToDate Yeh S et al. And 14 states in the U.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Testing and outreach for HIV faltered in the South , a region that accounts for more than half of all HIV diagnoses. Half of new diagnoses today are in the South and a third are among people with low incomes. Community-based interventions worked: New HIV infections dropped by 12% from 2018 to 2022. Trust the Process’?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. —

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 2, 2025

The Medical Procedure Periodic colon cancer screening is recommended for people at average risk starting at age 45 and continuing until age 75, according to the U.S. In addition to those for preventive purposes, doctors may order colonoscopies to diagnose existing concerns, as was the case for Winard. Then the bill came.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Survey data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, methamphetamine, and thousands of other medical issues. Medical errors caused by missed diagnoses, drug errors, hospital infections, and other factors kill and maim tens of thousands of Americans each year.

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

2018 Nov;142(5):e20181009. Epub 2018 Oct 8. Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. Now, you could prevent the risk of subsequent febrile seizures by putting a kid on prophylactic anti epileptic medications.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 1, 2025

Trump has empowered the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, which he established and named by executive order, to make deep cuts in federal budgets , halting some medical research and aid programs in addition to cutting spending on climate change, transgender health, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

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