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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

4 Chronic Kidney Disease The FLOW trial randomized 3,534 patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes and started treating them with s.c. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. semaglutide 1.0 mg or placebo in 2019.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

billion people were living with vision loss in 2020, and it is forecasted to reach 1.7 How far can you see and hear? When it comes to vision, it’s around 50 miles, talking about hearing, it’s only 1-2 miles at best! What about the smell of the flowers? Without the wind blowing, only 10-20 metres. How about touching or tasting? Globally 1.1

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Increasing Rates of Pre-Pregnancy T2D Tied to Higher Fetal, Neonatal Risk

Physician's Weekly

Early-onset type 2 diabetes is rising in women of childbearing age, increasing the risk for fetal and maternal complications versus other forms of diabetes. In the United States, the March of Dimes estimates that 1% to 2% of women have preexisting diabetes before pregnancy, a number that has been increasing in recent years.

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Marine Microplastic Levels Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease Prevalence

Physician's Weekly

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and stroke in these counties was examined using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2019 to 2020 survey data, and the associations between disease prevalence and MMLs were examined. also from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, said in a statement.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. Goldilocks zone). Welcome back, Alex.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

This concern is especially serious for people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or who have a history of heart disease. You should never ignore chest pain or chest soreness with congestion. If the pain feels tight, crushing, or extends to the jaw, arm, or back, it could be a heart attack. Sign up today.

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Pearls profiles: Get to know Neil Baum, MD

Physician's Practice

Coding Q&A Podcast 2: Problem management credits; A/P notes for AWVs Drew Boxler ; Bill Dacey, MBA, MHA, CPC, CPC-I November 25th 2020 Podcast Coding expert Bill Dacey, principal of The Dacey Group, answers viewers questions in this second installment of our Coding Q&A podcast series.