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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. The study was terminated early because benefits were already significantly visible by October 2023. semaglutide 1.0 mg or placebo in 2019. mg is not recommended. mg is not recommended.

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Health and Mood Benefits of Semaglutide in HF

Physician's Weekly

Researchers examined the effects of semaglutide on body weight, health status, and mood over 1 year in individuals with HF and obesity. They assessed 122 individuals with HF and obesity who were treated consecutively with semaglutide between January 2019 and August 2023.

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Patient Testimonial: Dee Hensel

Logansport Memorial Hospital

I’m diabetic and they say that diabetics are prone to blood blisters. But 2023 was a really bad year for me between the infection and everything. The post Patient Testimonial: Dee Hensel appeared first on Logansport Memorial Hospital. It all started with a minor ulcer that was almost healed and then I got the flu.

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Hyperinsulinemia Linked to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Physician's Weekly

from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study from June 2019 to August 2023 at a single institution’s outpatient gynecology clinic involving 205 premenopausal women aged 18 to 54 years: 116 with AUB and 89 with normal menstrual cycles. Salcedo, D.O.,

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

Insurance companies have promised changes like these before, in 2018 and 2023, but many didn’t follow through, Dr. Mehmet Oz , head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said. Adam Gaffney , a critical care doctor and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, told NBC News.

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Navigating the Quademic: Clinical Differentiation of Influenza, RSV, COVID-19, and Norovirus in Pediatric Emergency Care

PEMBlog

Diagnostic Costs : RSV rapid tests: $100-$400 (higher end when included in multiplex testing) Risk Stratification : Infants <6 months, especially those with prematurity, chronic lung disease, or congenital heart disease, have a heightened risk of hospitalization. Updated 2023 Jan 23]. Updated 2023 Jun 20].

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. “I would not recommend starting a GLP-1 in the hospital.” Nor should they be.