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DASH Diet for Diabetes With Low Sodium Reduces BP in Those With Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Diabetes (DASH4D) diet with lower sodium is tied to clinically meaningful blood pressure reduction in people with diabetes, according to a study published online June 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Pilla, M.D., Pilla, M.D.,

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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

Widaplik is not to be coadministered with aliskiren in patients with diabetes, and a boxed warning indicates discontinuation of Widaplik during pregnancy. Additionally, Widaplik is contraindicated in patients with anuria or known hypersensitivity to other sulfonamide-derived drugs.

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Adherence to Healthy Diet Improves Cardiometabolic Risk, Even Without Weight Loss

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet improves cardiometabolic risk factors, even if not associated with weight loss (WL), according to a study published online June 5 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ph.D.,

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Hyperinsulinemia Linked to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In premenopausal women, hyperinsulinemia is associated with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), with body mass index (BMI) playing a role in this association, according to a study published online June 3 in Menopause. Salcedo, D.O.,

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

Physicians who practice internal medicine are called internists or internal medicine doctors. Internists manage a wide range of conditions, including chronic illnesses like hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as acute issues such as infections or injuries. Many wonder: What does an internal medicine doctor do?

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Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

And I am a family practice doctor (I treat everyone for everything) who is also board certified in integrative medicine. I have always seen (and felt) the connections between disparate fields. I had an interdisciplinary major in college and a medical school experience integrated with graduate work in the humanities.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. They once said every child, not every child but many children got diabetes from COVID. Wow, 75% of our children have had COVID, we’d be seeing a lot of children with diabetes.