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Endocrinology Near Me: Finding the Best Hormone Specialists in Connecticut

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Endocrinologists are doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating endocrine system disorders. After completing medical school, they must complete a three-year residency in internal medicine. Like many other medical specialties, the field of endocrinology is facing a shortage of physicians.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. Let’s explore the meaning and function of internal medicine and its importance in keeping adults healthy through all stages of life.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

This is a blog post and a podcast episode designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

We make a diagnosis. If they’re a beginning fellow, that’s a very different coaching situation than coaching the chief medical officer or the president of a medical center. For me, I personally prefer folks that have walked in my shoes, or are specialized in, for example, academic life or something like that.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

It’s just another example of, I think, that there’s a little extra special sauce there in the Beeson program. Then I went to medical school and I thought, “Well, should I go into psych? Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. Should I do neuro? Alex: Yeah. Eric: Okay.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. And the song is entitled medication.

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

GeriPal

You can hear Tyler and I having a great time singing together and sharing stories around his podcast My Medical Mixtape. Alex 00:53 And we’re delighted to welcome Tyler Jorgensen, who’s a palliative care doc, emergency medicine doc, at the University of Texas, Austin. My voice is nothing special. Tyler 01:12 AHPM.

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