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

Dr. Zaar

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Diabetologist: A doctor who specializes in diabetes (sometimes used interchangeably with endocrinologists).

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What is a Vascular Surgeon?

Vascular Physician

Vascular Institute of the Rockies 5-7 years of training after medical school specializing in learning about all aspects of peripheral vascular disease. Because vascular surgeons have the skills to provide every treatment of vascular disease, they can help individualize the treatment of each patient to what will work best for them.

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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

Diamond was caught in a fairly common coverage snag: People who have group health insurance when they become eligible for Medicare sometimes find themselves on the hook for their medical bills because their group plan stops paying. As secondary payer, Diamond’s employer policy picked up 20% of what Medicare would have paid.)

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10 Signs You’re Gluten Intolerant

AMMD

1) If left unchecked, serious issues like malnutrition, digestive problems, and long-term health complications are the next step. However, for some individuals, it can trigger an inflammatory response. Here’s where gluten comes in—some research suggests that gluten can act as a trigger in certain individuals. The result?

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A prophylactic treatment for hemophilia that you should know about

PEMBlog

A special thanks to Dr. Cristina Tarango, director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Cincinnati Children’s and Lisa Littner, Project Manager at Cincinnati Children’s who helped me research and write this post. Patients on emicizumab will have it listed on their medication list. How to know if a patient is on it?

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

I know this is like, we’re talking about math and so that makes it all a little complicated, but think about it this way. I really am not buying that it’s too complicated to do A over B, equal C over D, if you know three of the four variables. The old table, 1.5 Honestly, I can calculate that. Mary Lynn: I can tell you why.

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

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. Who should get it if anyone? What happens after they test positive? We’re very datified.

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