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Approach to steatotic liver disease in the office: Diagnosis, management, and proposed nomenclature

Canadian Family Physician

Sources of information Individual articles published mainly in the past 2 years, found using PubMed and Google Scholar. 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.

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Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Vascular Physician

PAD can remain asymptomatic for many years, but initial presentation may include various de-grees of intermittent claudication, or limb pain with exertion. The only doctor who is an expert at all the treat-ment modalities is a vascular surgeon, and they can individualize the treatment for each patient to find the best solution.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-150-9-200905050-00006 African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK): AASK Clinical Trial in the NIDDK Repository: [link] Lewis J, Agodoa L, Cheek D, et al.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Eric: Going to some specifics, let’s go into vascular risk factors like hypertension. Sprint mind comes to my mind when I think about whether or not treating hypertension changes, risk factors for dementia. Let me ask you that.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

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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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

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

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

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. But in spite of that, it is a lot of work for three individuals to pull all this together. So that this is not something that might affect the individual clinician patient decision.

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