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Molecular Analysis Improves FH Prognosis & Risk Stratification

Physician's Weekly

These individuals have total cholesterol counts exceeding 240 mg/dL, which increases their risk of heart disease. The researchers published their findings before the National Lipid Association’s 2025 meeting, though not as part of it. The NLA 2025 meeting included several sessions on hyperlipidemia, including one that focused on FH.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

They presented a rapid clinical update Webinar in May 2025 hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine. “You want someone who can monitor patients’ side effects and have a longitudinal relationship with them.” That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s.

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

GeriPal

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?