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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

Leonard Calabrese, DO, Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS, and Adam Kilian, MD, break down why giant cell arteritis (GCA) demands immediate action, explain how to confirm diagnosis quickly, and what same-day treatment options like upadacitinib (Rinvoq) mean for patient care. But treatment first, securing the diagnosis is secondary and often delayed.

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Announcement About a Very Special Event!

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] RLR are recording an episode with author of the New York Time Diagnosis column, Dr. Lisa Sanders Subscribe to our Join Live tier to join us on Zoom in real time on Monday August 30 at 9:30 AM PST/12:30 PM PST. A few weeks later, we will release this episode to all our Patreon tiers. Link to our Patreon

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Causes of Brain Fog & How to Get Rid of It

AMMD

Brain fog is not a medical condition or a diagnosis. These include our physical environment, jobs, relationships, traffic, and unexpected events. Brain fog can also be a temporary problem if you are on a specialized high-fat diet such as the keto diet as your body shifts to ketosis. These are signs of brain fog!

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

This actually frees up physicians to lean in and really understand their patient, to have the time and the capacity to do the appropriate diagnosis, but also to listen to them and to motivate them in their own care and wellness. Nguyen, I hear you time and time again emphasizing that this gets back to the roots of medicine.

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Is It Hormones or Just Stress? How to Tell the Difference

Dr. Michael Bazel

As a trusted Valley Village hormone doctor, Dr. Michael Bazel specializes in identifying the root cause of these symptoms. Also Read: The Most Common Respiratory Diseases Affecting Men’s Health When Stress Is the Likely Culprit Sometimes, symptoms are directly tied to life events or mental strain. A specialist like Dr.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. My voice is nothing special. I think that’s more palliative than me. I forgot about.

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. So I really opted to specialize in lung cancer because I thought that was the appropriate population to build a supportive and palliative care research agenda. Jennifer: Thanks.

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