A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. And, as the NEJM article points out, there are no financial incentives to have nurses or other non-providers manage routine problems like hypertension in our current system.

Patients 130

Patients Patient-Centered Hypertension Healthcare 130

Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Objective To provide an update on the most recent developments regarding diagnosis and outcomes of steatotic liver disease (SLD), review new nomenclature applied to SLD, and provide an approach to the diagnosis and management of SLD. Subtle differences are present among patients diagnosed with SLD.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management General Practice Hypertension 52

Vascular Physician

MARCH 25, 2022

Treatment Options Conservative management includes lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation, weight loss, and regular physical exercise. Medications to use include controlling dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes along with antiplatelet therapy.

Hypertension 52

Hypertension Treatment Plan Diabetes Diagnosis 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

No prior history of atrial fibrillation – just hypertension and diabetes. The sheer prevalence of this condition raises the pretest probability dramatically, thereby diminishing the discriminatory effects of our tests and makes COVID-19 a realistic possibility in almost any presentation (whether it is causal or just incidental).

Illness 52

Illness Diagnosis Emergency Room Diagnose 52

Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Key takeaways: Hospitalists will increasingly have to manage inpatients taking GLP-1s. THE BLOCKBUSTER GLP-1 receptor agonists are a transformative class of medications increasingly tied to better outcomes across a variety of conditions and organ systems, not just in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Hospital 66

Hospital Management Diabetes Patients 66

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address. Our goal is to help Mesa’s senior population maintain independence and quality of life through proactive health management.

Family Physician 100

Family Physician Preventive Care Preventative Care Family 100

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

He was describing his, like, 87 year old grandma who was placed on a low salt diabetic diet. So I have a two and a half year old, and during my last pregnancy, I had gestational diabetes. People’s goals are often much more than, you know, perfect management or heart failure, even living as long as possible.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113