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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

This year’s event promises a blend of learning, professional development, and networking opportunities, set against the backdrop of the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, located in the heart of Montgomery, AL. AAFP is proud to offer the Musculoskeletal Knowledge Self-Assessment CME on Sunday at this event.

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. I stepped down as director of the Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? Cardiovascular Events The SELECT trial 1 randomized 17,604 patients with preexisting CVD and overweight/obesity. Patients with CKD experience less CKD-related events (24% less).

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management programs for older adults. Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults?

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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

I’m the Vice Chairman of Rheumatology at the Cleveland Clinic and the co-director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research. And I’m here today to talk about giant cell arteritis in clinical practice. So always important to consider the clinical context and patient symptoms there. Hello everyone.

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Ocular Toxicities of Targeted Cancer Therapies

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Clinical and imaging strategies for the assessment of the ocular side effects of systemic targeted anti-cancer therapies,” published in the April 2025 issue of the European Journal of Cancer by Michaels et al.

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Is your telehealth setup up to snuff? 7 quick checkpoints for practices

Physician's Practice

Telehealth is no longer an emergency patch; it’s a front-door service channel that patients expect to work every bit as cleanly as a clinic visit. 7 quick checkpoints for practices June 26, 2025 By Keith A.