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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support. Check Experience With Type 2 Diabetes Patients Not all endocrinologists or general practitioners have extensive experience with Type 2 diabetes. Ask: How many Type 2 diabetes patients do they treat each month?

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Personalized Diabetes Treatment Plans: How Connecticut Specialists Approach Care

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Those goals could include reaching a healthy blood pressure, lowering your cholesterol levels or managing complications associated with diabetes. They can offer extra support, like a referral to a diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) program. Dr. Case works out of our Hamden, CT and Milford, CT offices.

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Lupus Emergencies in Children and Adolescents

PEMBlog

In pediatric patients, complications can evolve rapidly and carry significant morbidity and mortality. ED referrals are often prompted by incidental findings of proteinuria or hematuria, or clinical concerns for hypertensive encephalopathy or PRES. Spot urine protein:creatinine ratio provides rapid assessment of proteinuria.

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

GeriPal

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. Anish 01:02 Well, I speak, you know, from a physician lens of some of the patients that I get referred, and by the time there’s. This is not a good option.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is when the patients have severe symptoms that persist and cause long term issues.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. They were stunned by the number of calls for lift assistance for older adults who had fallen. Carmen: Yeah.

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