Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The majority of individuals who develop RAS also have atherosclerosis, a condition that causes sticky plaque to build up on the inside of your artery walls. Renal Artery Stenosis: Is It Common & Life Threatening? Renal artery stenosis (RAS) occurs when one or more of the arteries that carry blood to your kidneys become narrow.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To address this knowledge deficit, we conducted a nonrandomized crossover trial utilizing two plant-based diets (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH, and Whole Food, Plant-Based, or WFPB) among individuals with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

These individuals have total cholesterol counts exceeding 240 mg/dL, which increases their risk of heart disease. Relevant Findings & Clinical Impact Dr. Rodríguez-Padial and colleagues found that patients with DLCN scores of 6 or higher were younger, experienced less hypertension, and had higher rates of smoking.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

High blood pressure, also dubbed hypertension , is a common health issue that can lead to severe problems if left uncontrolled. Many individuals with high blood pressure must take specific drugs to keep it at a healthy level. However, the correct treatment plan can help you manage your blood pressure and reduce complications.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

High blood pressure, also dubbed hypertension , is a common health issue that can lead to severe problems if left uncontrolled. Many individuals with high blood pressure must take specific drugs to keep it at a healthy level. However, the correct treatment plan can help you manage your blood pressure and reduce complications.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 9, 2021

However it is important to remember that this political invention DOES affect biology because of the way that it creates social inequity. Historical Context: Historically, laws such as interracial marriage bans have protected established structures of white supremacy and reinforced the social construct of race.

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Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Maintaining a healthy circulatory system is a critical part of living a long, healthy life. After all, your blood vessels and heart have a direct effect on how the other systems in your body function. Because of this, it is important to address vascular complications as soon as they arise, including Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 12, 2025

You Can Tell You Have High Blood Pressure From How You Feel The reality is that high blood pressure (hypertension) is largely a “silent” condition. Check with your doctor about safe alcohol consumption given your individual health profile. Let’s take a look at some of these common myths. There is no real “cure” for high blood pressure.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

By the time individuals experience vision problems, significant damage may have already occurred. If any concerns are identified, individuals are promptly referred to an ophthalmologist for a comprehensive eye examination. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often caused by elevated intraocular pressure.

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Vascular Physician

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

If conservative methods fail (Statin, hypertensive medications, glucose control, pain relief, exer-cise, careful foot care) and patient presents with severe signs of limb ischemia (described above), you may need to refer to a vascular surgeon for surgical options. There are three types of gangrene: dry, wet, and gaseous.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. Tsai has seen race-based medicine play out in clinical practice 10:45 What role should race play in making clinical decisions?

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

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: I was going to do David Bowie Changes for a variety of reasons, but it was sort of somewhat around the topic. Alex: (singing) Eric: That was wonderful.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

Internists manage a wide range of conditions, including chronic illnesses like hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as acute issues such as infections or injuries. How is it different from general practice? And how does it support preventive care? What Is Internal Medicine? Many wonder: What does an internal medicine doctor do?

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

All kids with hypertensive emergency need ICU-level care. Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. These neurological manifestations suggest hypertensive encephalopathy, a form of end-organ damage.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

had hypertension, and 12.1% Findings revealed stronger associations in adults less than 75 years ( P <0.001), ( P =0.028), individuals with low total cholesterol ( P =0.004), and those with low Framingham risk scores ( P =0.005). The cohort’s mean age was 49.8±18.1 years; 47.4 % were male, 45.6% had a history of smoking, 34.9%

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Moreover, because obesity is a chronic disease, “anti-obesity medications should be continued long term, and we can’t stop these medications, just like we wouldn’t stop those for diabetes or hypertension.” Nor should they be. “I would not recommend starting a GLP-1 in the hospital.”

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Armed with this information, individualized treatment plans can be created that take into account each patient’s unique characteristics and goals—whether that includes avoiding or delaying hysterectomy and oophorectomy or proceeding with these surgeries but making alterations in other modifiable cardiovascular risk factors or screenings,” Dr.

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Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 27, 2023

Insufficient Sleep Window : One of the most common situations that I see is that individuals are not allowing themselves an adequate time period for sleep. These individuals may also suffer from one or both of the types of insomnia listed below, which further decreases their total sleep time. It is available for all to use for free.

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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. He’s in Boston. Parag 01:06 Thank you.

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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. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

Annie 02:31 So if you go to the A G S meeting every year, you know that this group of three individuals comprises the AGS literature update. Eric 02:26 We found him in the hallway back there [laughter]. So this is something. This is the plenary to attend. It is a sold out crowd. Of course. We will step aside. Speaker 6 03:29 Andy.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Second, as we discussed in last week’s podcast , older adults, particularly those in nursing homes, were far more likely to die than younger individuals. First, Black and Latinx persons experienced much higher rates of mortality than other groups. Ramona: I do. It’s called A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. Alex: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

Very interested in decision making around as we get older, individualizing care, sort of patient centered, values driven, it’s a tough decision to figure out. There are a lot of old myths out there about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTI’s in older adults. But before we get into this topic, does someone have a song request?

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

From managing chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension to preventive care and health screenings, the clinic is known for providing patient-centered care. Whether you need a routine physical, vaccination, or management of a chronic illness, this clinic has you covered with a focus on holistic and individualized care.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The SAMHSA defines trauma as an event, series events or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening, with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional or spiritual. Mariah, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. 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 All of that is especially important for disadvantaged individuals with more risk factors, more chronic diseases, more medications, and lower health literacy. Is that appropriate, or should it be the opposite?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back Jason Karlawish, who’s a Geriatrician and Professor of Medicine at Penn and Director of the Penn Memory Center. He’s been on several podcasts about this issue. Jason, welcome back to GeriPal. Jason: It’s great to be back, Alex and Eric. Eric: Wonderful. laughter] Heather: Good point.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Advances in CVD care, such as better control of hypertension and hyper­lipidemia and increased use of statins and antiplatelets, also contributed to declining mortality,” they wrote. Persistent sex gap: Despite improvement in both groups, women consistently exhibited higher CVD mortality than men (mortality rate ratio, 1.5; P <0.01).

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

With prescribing and dispensing of some medications increasing as much as 50% above forecast levels during the early months of the pandemic, results from such databases may have additional implications for planning of pharmaceutical supply chains, as well as for individual prescribers.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

So respiratory complications include apnea, secondary bacterial pneumonia, and pulmonary hypertension. This episode also covers what healthcare providers need to know about post-exposure prophylaxis, respiratory precautions, and managing occupational exposures. So here’s the stages of disease. It can take up to a week to grow.

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