The Medical Futurist

JUNE 10, 2025

Obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it can affect bone health and reproduction, and it also increases the risk of certain cancers. The GP also shows Kate a list of online communities and forums where she can connect with other patients on similar weight loss journeys. In 2022, 2.5 Why is this a problem?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

I have found explaining the pathophysiology of obesity (eg, the role of biology, genes , and systemic risk factors), addressing the lived experience related to weight bias, individualizing the intervention to match the child’s family needs, and focusing on building the patient/family agency for change helps with engagement.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 19, 2020

Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website Human Dx case Schema Dr. Alec Rezigh Alec Rezigh is a third-year internal medicine resident at The University of Colorado. The patient disclosed that he had recently consumed large amounts of calcium carbonate for his abdominal pain, and he was diagnosed with the milk alkali syndrome.

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Internal Medicine Medical Student Patient-Centered Primary Care 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 3, 2019

– an approach to “Antibiotic Failure.” To make our learning stick, try to remember a patient encounter in which you asked, “why aren’t they getting better on antibiotics?” In cellulitis this would most commonly be MRSA, and given Mrs. G’s diabetes, Pseudomonas and ESBL producing gram negative rods are possible as well.

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Diagnosis Diabetes Diagnose Clinic 52

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Read transcript and/or download & listen to MP3 below:  Physician burnout—symptom of a broken system “Burnout” has become one of the most talked-about issues in healthcare—but behind the buzzword lies a deeper crisis. In order to heal her patients she first had to heal her ailing profession. Think about it.

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