Vida Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

With new weight loss medications hitting the market, more people are asking their doctors for help. Why Weight Loss Should Not Be The Focus In my practice, I emphasize improving your overall health through sustainable lifestyle changes and, when necessary, medication. If you've been trying to lose weight for years, you’re not alone.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 23, 2025

Recent Videos Related Content Schrödinger's Cat: Financial perils of Allograft diabetic ulcer grafts Martin Merritt, Esq. June 17th 2025 Article Health care practices face rising audits and recoupments for using placental membrane grafts in diabetic ulcer treatments, risking significant financial penalties.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

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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AMMD

MARCH 13, 2025

Brain fog is not a medical condition or a diagnosis. However, the causes of brain fog can sometimes be symptoms of a medical condition such as autoimmune disease, digestive issues, or thyroid disease. (5) These include our physical environment, jobs, relationships, traffic, and unexpected events. These are signs of brain fog!

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

By establishing healthy cholesterol levels early, you and your doctor can better monitor for unhealthy changes over time that may indicate a need for lifestyle adjustments or medication. When indicated, medications can also start sooner when they stand to provide greater lifetime protective effects against irreversible damage.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Numerous research studies have shown that insomnia can increase the risk of cardiovascular events, obesity, diabetes and other illnesses. A good night's sleep is crucial to health and well-being.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

percent) had adverse events, with medial gutter debridement (22 ankles; 16.9 from Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, said in a statement. Three cases of cysts occurred (2.3 percent), and there were no cases of subsidence, septic or aseptic loosening, or fibular nonunion. At a mean of 26.7 months, 47 ankles (36.2 Schon, M.D.,

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

MARCH 14, 2018

My son, Zane, has Type 1 diabetes, treatment of which requires frequent blood work. The whole incentive base in medical care is perverse because it encourages overbilling and overconsumption at almost all levels.” But what if we used health insurance only for major medical events? And it’s a true story.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Reynolds Feature Video Introducing Neil Baum, MD, Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the author of multiple books. He has also written The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice, which was published in 2015.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

I’d been working with persons who had diabetes and also caregivers and so forth, trying to go at the direction and realize as I look more and more at hearing loss, that it was totally unrecognized in clinical practice. And he liked some of what I was doing, which was really on diabetes and hearing loss.

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Because many medications can cause weight gain, doctors should consider more weight-neutral alternatives. Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. These medications are truly life-changing for many patients.” Nor should they be.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

APRIL 25, 2024

There are also important types of preventive medical care that need to be done as well with your family care physician. Updated Medical History When you have regular checkups with a primary doctor, your medical history will stay more up-to-date. These are just a few ways that preventative medical care can help you.

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Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 13, 2025

While some of these changes are inevitable, many can be managed effectively with early intervention and regular medical care. The gradual buildup of plaque in the arteries often goes unnoticed until a major event occurs. Early warning signs of diabetes include increased thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and blurred vision.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

May reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Women of childbearing age who may become pregnant should consume adequate folate from foods, Some of the proven and possible benefits of consuming fruits are: May reduce the risk of heart disease, including heart attack and stroke. Lets live healthy and whole, TOGETHER!”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

When we have a medication with up front harms and downstream benefits, it’s critical that we consider the time to benefit, or how long it will take an individual to benefit from a test or treatment. And really, the more important question is how quickly they would benefit from starting these medications. See screenshot below.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Van Scoy who is a pulmonary critical care advance care planning researcher at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania. I see us measuring choice of a medical durable power of attorney. And then we were like, Well, what is a medical decision? Well, what’s a major medical decision? Eric: And we have L.J

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Sharon Brangman, who is a geriatrician and chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Upstate Medical University. Then, of course, that falls into medical rules. No need for me to get rid of that pesky J in my name. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast Sharon. Sharon: Thanks for having me.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Nate Chin, who is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he is medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease research center and runs a large study in Wisconsin called the RAP Study studying Alzheimer’s Disease. Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So if you can think about certain decisions like continuing to screen for certain cancers like colon cancer or breast cancer, or how strict you should control diabetes or blood pressures. But if they’re not going to live another 20 years, then there’s no point in giving them the extra medication for lowering their A1C.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. So in some ways, it was an iatrogenic event. There was also a second event in that the pressures chosen weren’t the ideal ones. He was a terrible diabetic. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. His hands were gone.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) often involves stepwise medication intensification, including the consideration of insulin therapy. The decision to initiate insulin is a critical aspect of diabetes management and is influenced by various patient-specific factors.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And the two were sort of intermeshed even to the point in the eighties, the thought was all dementia is Alzheimer’s or it’s some medical illness or combination of other stuff that’s not about it. Diabetes, you see the same thing. You have pre-diabetes now. If we didn’t, we’d be dead. Jason: Yeah.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

He says emergency providers working marathons, athletic events and police and fire training sessions have used everything from kiddie pools to garbage bags filled with ice, as well as chilled IV fluids, to cool people down. Thats when we really need to aggressively cool people off in an ice bath." 40°C (101–104°F).

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Published 2/5/19, updated 6/19/25) Rowdiest audience ever (at a medical conference at least). It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. Among medical trainees suicide is the number one cause of death today.

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