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Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) with Dr. Malika Rawal

Louisville Lectures

Rawal presents what a visit would look like and how to work with the patient, expectations of hormone therapy, and the physical effects of hormone therapy for feminizing hormone therapy along with masculinizing hormone therapy. Watch on YouTube Listen as a Podcast Watch more lectures about Internal Medicine Dr. Malika v.

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Drinking the Disease: Arsenic Exposure in Well Water from the Perspective of Patients and Providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Chronic exposure has been associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, skin cancer, renal, bladder and lung cancers, polyneuropathy, and QT prolongation. 67% of clinicians reported being unaware of the risks of arsenic exposure in drinking water; 76% did not know physical exam findings. Arsenic cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

Officials are also working to improve access to physical therapy, diagnostic imaging and outpatient surgery. CMS said it hopes insurers will stop requiring prior authorizations for common things such as colonoscopies, cataract surgery and childbirth. Still, some experts remain skeptical. Talk is cheap,” Gaffney said.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Physical activity is a big one. Then I went to medical school and I thought, “Well, should I go into psych? Should I do neuro? I like to tease.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. And so those are all options that are available.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Alex 00:30 And we’re delighted to welcome Alison Huang, who’s a primary care doc and researcher and professor of medicine, urology, and epi-biostats at UCSF in the division of General Internal Medicine. I’m an internal medicine physician. We prescribe medicines. Alison and I go way back.

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How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

Age-appropriate physical examination that typically covers heart, lung, abdominal, skin, neurological, and musculoskeletal assessments. Health risk assessment considering factors like diet, physical activity, sleep patterns, stress levels, tobacco or alcohol use, and other lifestyle elements that significantly impact your health trajectory.