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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. If low bone density is present, it’s often treated alongside a weight loss program. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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

Physician's Weekly

I’m a rheumatologist and a physician scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and today we’ll be talking about giant cell arthritis as a medical emergency and what we can do about it. All of these are warning signs that visual symptom loss may be impending and thus represents a medical emergency.

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Same-Day Discharge Safe After Gynecologic Oncology Surgery

Physician's Weekly

Complications Following SDD Among the 51 patients who achieved SDD, there was a less than 4.0% Within this group, five patients experienced unexpected postoperative complications, two of whom presented less than 24 hours after surgery. or greater than or equal to 35.0 failure rate.

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Understanding Diabetes: Early Signs Families Should Never Ignore

Center for Family Medicine

of the population has diabetes , an endocrine disease caused by the body’s inability to manage blood sugar effectively. Diabetes is a lifelong disease that can be managed with medication and treatment. Diabetes, if left untreated, can lead to a series of health complications. Approximately 11.6%

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Episode 53 – Clinical unknown Dr. Paul Sax – Cough & Rash

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Episode description Dan Minter presents a clinical unknown to Dr. Paul Sax Download CPSolvers App here Dr. Paul Sax Dr. Paul E. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the HIV Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Rash Radiology

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Episode 54 – Clinical unknown w/ Dr. Paul Sax – Fever and Headache

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Episode description Emma Levine presents a clinical unknown to Dr. Paul Sax Download CPSolvers App here Dr. Paul Sax Dr. Paul E. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the HIV Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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Helping Patients Preserve Muscle Mass During Weight Loss

Physician's Weekly

The findings were presented in an abstract at the American Diabetes Association 85th Scientific Sessions. However, the concurrent loss of muscle mass—even in the context of favorable fat loss—can cause health complications, particularly in older adults.