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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

In an article for Obesity , researchers investigated how to better design lifestyle-based weight loss programs for older adults in order to address muscle and bone health concerns. Programs for older adults may focus on motivators pertinent to this age group, such as improving physical function and quality of life.

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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. That’s where urgent care comes in—a middle ground that’s convenient, affordable, and effective. Urgent care offers a middle ground where you can get relief quickly.

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

Staying psychologically and physically healthy in this environment will be a challenge. It is imperative that we are intentional in how we look after our psychological and physical health. This is not a failure on our part, and we need to ensure we treat ourselves with the same care as we would our patients.

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Q&A: Physicians Weigh Improvements in MASLD Treatment Against Gaps in Assessment Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Also, primary care doctors are inundated with abnormal liver biochemistries in their patients with diabetes and in overweight patients during routine visits, and they are grappling with how to triage them and determine which should be referred to a specialist for further assessment and treatment.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

In the article, the researchers note that a minimum of 26 contact hours with the family is required for optimal prevention. PW : How can early obesity prevention improve the future of pediatric care? In addition, obesity in childhood often persists into adulthood `.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Who do we have with us today?

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

Sonali Advani and Lona Mody talk about their recent JAGS article highlighting three recent articles that every clinician caring for older adults should be aware of in the treatment of infectious diseases (hint: I’ve never finished a course of antibiotics, and maybe your patients don’t need that full course either).