Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

As rates of MASLD, which is linked to obesity and diabetes, rise, new therapies have emerged, but better diagnostic and monitoring strategies are needed. MASLD is the leading reason for referral to a hepatologist in many US medical centers. Referral to a weight management center can help.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Diabetes Referral Primary Care Doctor 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’d also like to give a shout out to a recent ACP article on HFpEF with an outstanding contribution from Ariela Orkaby, geriatrician extraordinaire (we also just did a podcast with her on frailty ). ** This podcast is not CME eligible. He was describing his, like, 87 year old grandma who was placed on a low salt diabetic diet.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Nate also wrote a NEJM piece last year on Alzheimers Disease, Biomarkers, and mAbs What Does Primary Care Need? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care.

Primary Care 95

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 95

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. GPs Provide Most Healthcare The following graph shows that by far most patient/doctor contacts are with GPs. 21 More than 45% of primary care patients have multimorbidity (based on 700,000 US patients).

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130