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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – â…” of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? What are the true benefits and side effects?

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Patient Testimonial: Dee Hensel

Logansport Memorial Hospital

It’s important to be able to trust your caregivers, and here at Logansport Memorial, we go above and beyond to develop relationships with our patients and provide personalized, high-quality care for our community. I’m diabetic and they say that diabetics are prone to blood blisters. I’ll do okay and then all of a sudden – BOOM!

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One-hour endoscopic procedure could eliminate need for insulin for type 2 diabetes

Medical Xpress

A procedure that uses controlled electrical pulses to induce changes to the lining of the first part of the small intestine could allow patients with type 2 diabetes to stop taking insulin and still maintain glycemic control, according to a preliminary first-in-human study that will be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023.

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Health and Mood Benefits of Semaglutide in HF

Physician's Weekly

Semaglutide therapy in patients with obese heart failure leads to marked weight loss and notable gains in mood, function, and QoL over the course of 1 year.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

I have found explaining the pathophysiology of obesity (eg, the role of biology, genes , and systemic risk factors), addressing the lived experience related to weight bias, individualizing the intervention to match the child’s family needs, and focusing on building the patient/family agency for change helps with engagement.

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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. Insurers must provide clearer explanations when care is denied and explain how patients can appeal.

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Prescribing Red Flags, Corresponding Responsibility and DEA Investigations: What’s a Pharmacist To Do?

FDA Law Blog

Some of the additional APhA meeting sessions will include: Patient counseling Veterinary Basics for Community Pharmacists The ABCs of 340B Federal Regulation Affecting the Practice of Nuclear Pharmacy Pharmacy’s Impact on Disparities in Research Pharmacists and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Updates in Alzheimer’s Disease Unique Patient Case Studies (..)