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The Importance of Diabetic Retina Exams: Safeguarding Vision in the Face of Diabetes

Family Physicians of Greeley

Living with diabetes requires a vigilant approach to healthcare, and one crucial aspect often overlooked is regular diabetic retina exams. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the significance of diabetic retina exams and why they are essential for individuals managing diabetes.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. So insulin, which is the injections, and then sulfonylurea.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I remember as a geriatric fellow many years ago, we actually diagnosed a patient who had polyuria who ultimately, you know, turned out of diabetes insipidus because when you looked at how much they were avoiding, they were just avoiding way too much.

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

GeriPal

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? It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

He died in 2024. So you mentioned the burden of chronic multimorbidity and sort of flogging through the diabetes and the hypertension. The post Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. It can be quite problematic in people with diabetes and so on. The post Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. He was a terrible diabetic. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Would that really happen nowadays? It happened to my mother. Louise, what happened to your mom? His hands were gone.