A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

72 year old female with diabetes and heavy atherosclerotic burden presents with two weeks of increased dyspnea and weight gain as well as increased thirst and episodes of blurry vision. I can take both kinds of pictures with my iPhone. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication. Computer scrolling changed all that.

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Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Known complications of metabolic syndrome and advanced liver disease are often present at the time of diagnosis. Subtle differences are present among patients diagnosed with SLD. Diagnosis relies on noninvasive tests. Courses of action should include assessment of cardiometabolic risk factors and progressive liver dysfunction.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

Being told you have pre-diabetes can feel overwhelming, but there’s good news: food is one of the most powerful tools you can use to manage your blood sugar. In this post, I’ll explain what pre-diabetes really means and how eating balanced meals can support your body in managing blood sugar more effectively. What is Pre-Diabetes?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 12, 2022

The defining features of a case can include key or differentiating features (see more details and examples here ): Key feature : a feature that is present consistently and ideally exclusively in the condition. Differentiating feature : a feature shared among other similar conditions but not present in many diseases.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Giant cell arteritis is one of the most common when we see it, particularly when it presents with signs and symptoms of head and neck ischemia. Hello, it’s great to be with you. I am Dr. Adam Killian. I am a rheumatologist and the director of the rheumatology fellowship training program at St. Louis University.

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Louisville Lectures

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our new Chair of the Department of Medicine, Dr. Kim Williams, presents his first Grand Rounds on the topic of Nutrition, Health Equity, and CV Mortality. First, Dr. Williams discusses some of the main issue in the United States including being its expensive and broken healthcare system. Williams Sr, M.d., Williams Sr.,

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 31, 2023

Malika Rawal presents Adrenal Insufficiency by first answering the question: What Is Adrenal Insufficiency? Dr. Rawal is board certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine and her clinical expertise is in diabetes and related disorders, as well as endocrinology. She then reviews its causes as well as some basics of cortisol.

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Vascular Physician

APRIL 22, 2024

How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection High blood pressure is a well-known medical condition that many people understand is a risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes. Unfortunately, high blood pressure does not always present with symptoms that are noticeable by the patient.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chronic exposure has been associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, skin cancer, renal, bladder and lung cancers, polyneuropathy, and QT prolongation. This is the first study elucidating clinician knowledge on the risk and symptomatic presentation of patient arsenic exposure from well water.

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Vascular Physician

JUNE 12, 2022

These include: • Family history of PAD and claudication • Being over the age of 50 and smoking or having diabetes • Chronic kidney disease • High cholesterol • High blood pressure • Diabetes • Obesity • Smoking What Are the Treatment Options? What Are the Causes?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Let’s practice with a case: You are called to admit a 72 year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and knee replacement seven days prior who presents with acute, pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. As you walk down to the ER, you’re already creating a list of possible diagnoses in your mind.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 12, 2025

One early example is Roche’s acquisition of diabetes management app MySugr. It can pair with the pharma company’s Accu-Chek blood glucose meters to automatically log blood sugar readings and augment diabetics’ management of their condition. It can screen more than 2.8

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Therefore, this presentation does not mitigate the misleading impression created by the post. The Instagram square has previously been a focus of OPDP’s , but this is the first time (to our knowledge) OPDP has taken issue with an Instagram post including a video component.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

In cases of markedly elevated LDL cholesterol or other compounding risk factors, statins present a reasonable consideration for younger adults. Decode Your Family History Since high cholesterol often runs in families, knowing your levels can clarify if you’ve inherited a predisposition.

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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).

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Vascular Physician

APRIL 25, 2022

Other risk factors affecting the elasticity and patency of arteries include uncontrolled diabetes, ill-fitting footwear, and advanced age. Due to the underlying necrosis, arterial ulcers typically present with a yellowish brown or black discoloration with a thin, pale, and dry border.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. But then there is incontinence, which is the same term, same word, but actually presents as a geriatric syndrome. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” I do like that one.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

And because we can’t resist, we dip into aducanumab and lecanemab at the end. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Kristine, do you have a song request for Alex? Kristine: Well, I did have a song, but I was negligent at giving it to him. So, he tried to read my mind… Eric: What was your song? Kristine: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Case: Mrs. G is a 66-year-old woman with a past medical history of insulin-dependent diabetes and peripheral artery disease admitted from clinic with concern for left ankle and foot cellulitis. Of course, when inflammation is present, autoimmune diseases and cancer must be considered.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) and type 2 diabetes are hospitalized more often, develop diabetes complications, and die on average 10 years earlier than their housed peers due to poorly controlled chronic physical and behavioral health conditions. Results: We found high acceptability on the CSQ-8 with a mean of 30.5 (SD

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Four had a history of cancer; one each had a stroke and diabetes; ten were family caregivers. Context: Advance care planning (ACP) is not as common in Japan as in Western countries, despite the country’s aging population. Setting: Interviews were conducted in Hamamatsu City, Japan.

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

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. They presented a rapid clinical update Webinar in May 2025 hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine.

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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. In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to postpone medical appointments until something feels wrong. Preventive care is most effective when it’s consistent and proactive.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Eric and I remember him from that time and he’s now at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he is associate professor in the department of social and behavioral health. Jace, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Jace 00:37 Thank you so much, Alex and Eric, it’s nice to be here with you. Eric 01:21 Why’d you choose this song?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We’ve also invited two amazing cardiologists, Parag Goyal and Nicole Superville, to join us about GDMT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and in Heart Failure with preserved EF (HFpEF). He’s in Boston. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. Parag 01:06 Thank you.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? We talk about: What is a practical geriatric assessment and how can busy oncologists actually do one? Thank you.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

We’re going to be talking about the American Geriatric Society position statement on making medical treatment decisions. Alex 02:21 For Eric 02:21 For unrepresented older adults. But before we go into that topic, Tim, I think you have a song request. Tim 02:29 Yeah, it’s such an honor to make a song request. Can you guys do that one?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary It’s been over two years since one of the worst product launches of all time – Aduhelm (aducanumab). Eric: Yeah, he is the host of my favorite dementia podcast. Dementia Matters. If you haven’t checked out that podcast, please do. Dementia Matters. Nate: Thank you guys for having me. Nate, is it you?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And my wife went to over, I want to say, 20 concerts. Eric 00:58 Have you been to a concert? Nate 00:59 I went one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I’m so glad I did. I loved it and this was his favorite song and so I wanted to do it. Alex 01:07 And Bruce Springsteen did a stage dive. We were talking about this before. Nate 01:11 Very healthy man.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, and LJ Van Scoy argue that diverse communities are asking for ACP. But before we jump into that topic, I think somebody has a song request. Sarah: It is.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Eric: So we’re going to be talking about the intersection between structural racism and ageism, but before we go into that topic, Ramona, I think you have a song request for Alex. Ramona: I do. It’s called A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. Eric: And can you describe why you picked that song? Alex: Thank you. I love this song.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Eduardo 00:57 Thanks.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Bill 01:53 Alex asked me for a song that was resonating in my head at the time, and it would be Guy Clark’s song, T he Cape. Eric 02:01 Why guy Clark’s the Cape? Bill 02:03 Oh, it’s a long story. I’ll make sure. Here we go.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

22 Family physicians are the sole care providers for 86% of hypertensive patients and for 71% of diabetics (based on 2.7 In Europe, countries with stronger primary care had less unnecessary hospitalizations, especially concerning Asthma, COPD, and diabetes. Is that appropriate, or should it be the opposite? Here are the key results.

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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. It is not just about food and exercise.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will still approve updated vaccines for people at higher risk, like seniors and those with health conditions such as pregnancy or diabetes. health officials say. The variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has been spreading fast. “Data indicates that NB.1.8.1 In May, the U.S. Kennedy Jr.

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