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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

With new weight loss medications hitting the market, more people are asking their doctors for help. Why Weight Loss Should Not Be The Focus In my practice, I emphasize improving your overall health through sustainable lifestyle changes and, when necessary, medication. If you've been trying to lose weight for years, you’re not alone.

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Traditional vs. Subscription Primary Care Payment Model: Which Fits You?

Plum Health

Discounted Labs and Medications : Some DPC practices offer significant discounts on labs, imaging, and medications, which can be a big cost-saver if you need these services regularly. Scenario 2: Families with Children and Chronic Conditions For families or individuals needing more frequent visits, both models have advantages.

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

But I think people would have an embolic event if you gave them a flipping range. But I just don’t expect my medical students, residents and generalist colleagues to do that and to have that. You take their age, their gender, you take their chronic conditions. So, it’s exactly what I have in the chart.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

And that’s true across the spectrum of care, but it becomes increasingly important when you think about people with multiple chronic conditions, who really do have to make some of these very difficult conversations and decisions. Eric: And hearing loss is associated with a bunch of bad outcomes. Is that right?

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

Today we largely focus on reasons for caution, including: We know almost nothing about psychedelics in older adults – only about 1% of patients in published trials were older adults, much less older adults with multiple chronic conditions, multiple medications, and frailty. Most participants are White and well-resourced.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.