Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that about 1 in 10 American adults have hypercholesterolemia , also known as high cholesterol. Study Methods The researchers selected 469 patients for inclusion in this study. They evaluated the patients using the Dutch Lipid Clinics Network (DLCN) criteria.

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Patient-Centered Screening Family Families 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. And so, let’s help them.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. When I see a patient? Matthew, I get the lyrics.

Primary Care 114

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 114

GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

We discuss with her how we should work-up and manage “urinary tract infections” (I’ve added air quotes to “UTI” in honor of Tom Finucane’s JAGS article titled “Urinary Tract Infection”—Requiem for a Heavyweight in which he advocated to put air quotes around the term UTI due to the ambiguity of the diagnosis.). Eric: All right. Eric: Yeah.

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Management IT Medical Patient-Centered 123

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

The observed decline in CVD mortality among patients with IMIDs is encouraging, yet sex disparities persist. To address this gap, the study authors evaluated sex differences in CVD mortality among US adults with IMIDs using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Multiple Cause of Death files.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Hypertension Management Diagnosis 52

GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In particular we spend a good deal of time talking about what this means for asymptomatic patients who may have an abnormal biomarker, which by the proposed new definition would mean they would now have Alzheimer’s disease. Alex: We have an all-star cast. Heather, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jason, welcome back to GeriPal.

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IT Clinic Illness Hypertension 117