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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

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ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. It’s under recognized, under diagnosed, under treated, under discussed, understudied as a result. But that combination is actually quite common, and it’s quite challenging to diagnose and manage, at least in the traditional sense.

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Diabetes Remission Varies by Sex in PPGL Surgery

Physician's Weekly

Remission of type 2 diabetes occurred more frequently in females postoperatively (23.4% 2025.1597908/full The post Diabetes Remission Varies by Sex in PPGL Surgery first appeared on Physician's Weekly. vs 11.8%) ( P =0.04). Source: frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2025.1597908/full

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. According to a 2024 survey , of the roughly 431,000 licensed nurse practitioners, 15% are, like Johnson, certified to treat older adults. As usual, the TV was playing loudly in the background.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Why would CBT work for neuropathic pain and diabetes differently than it would work for neuropathic pain and cancer? So, among folks ever diagnosed with head and neck cancers, prevalence of substance use disorders was 9%. Jessie: Yes. Why would that be?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

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ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. We have an epidemic of BMI and therefore never use the way the patient looks like to diagnose cachexia. So cachexia, I would put it involuntary weight loss is the number one way to diagnose it. It can be quite problematic in people with diabetes and so on.

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