Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

I’m a rheumatologist and a physician scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and today we’ll be talking about giant cell arthritis as a medical emergency and what we can do about it. All of these are warning signs that visual symptom loss may be impending and thus represents a medical emergency.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework. Even the required operational framework for Patient Centered Medical Home recognition is completely top-down.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Describe primary care clinicians’ perspectives about managing hypertension in Black patients and assess the use of the 5 A’s Behavior Change Model (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange) and shared decision making (SDM) processes. Study Design and Analysis: Cross-sectional study. All p-values are two-tailed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, it is unknown how such interventions affect medical assistants who are often responsible for carrying out these activities and may have personally experienced social barriers to health. Population Studied Medical assistants working in primary care. Intervention/Instrument Semi-structured interview guide.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

Being told you have pre-diabetes can feel overwhelming, but there’s good news: food is one of the most powerful tools you can use to manage your blood sugar. In this post, I’ll explain what pre-diabetes really means and how eating balanced meals can support your body in managing blood sugar more effectively. What is Pre-Diabetes?

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AMMD

JUNE 12, 2025

Your hypothalamus, which is responsible for managing hunger, thirst, sleep, hormones, and body temperature, among other important functions, monitors the level of thyroid hormone present in your bloodstream.(1) We do not mask symptoms with medication. Manage Stress to Protect Hormone Balance Chronic stress drains your thyroid.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. 88% (n= 11,483) of BH referrals were created for the management of a mental health condition. 8% (n= 1,146) were ordered for medical condition management.

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Mere Mortal MD

JUNE 15, 2025

“Sobriety is about freeing yourself from any behavior that enslaves you and keeps you from being present in life.” Usually when I set my mind to something—say, like going to medical school at the age of 35—I made it happen. I wanted to drink less and yet struggled with doing just that.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Most cases (82%) were managed entirely within the practice. Students also recorded patients’ concerns and expectations, which were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results showed that 523 cases were collected from 53 GP practices.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

Cost-sharing interventions and patient education can help improve access to GLP-1 receptor agonists for patients with obesity, according to an abstract presented at the AACE Annual Meeting 2025. The patient was enrolled in a cost-sharing program that reduced her out-of-pocket expenses by 70%, allowing her to access the medication.

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Louisville Lectures

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Gunjan Garg presents an overview on "Chronic Kidney Disease" by first discussing the definition and staging. She then presents the pathophysiology and epidemiology, screening, and clinical manifestations. After, she discusses hypertension, dyslipidemia, management, and so on. Her clinical expertise is in Nephrology.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 19, 2025

Everyday situations can sometimes feel like big stressors, whether it's delivering an important work presentation, attending a party full of strangers or confronting a partner. Talking to a friend or a therapist can help. But so can practice.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Research shows that most children presenting to the emergency department with an acute allergic reaction requiring epinephrine can probably be safely discharged after 2 hours. Dribin, MD , of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and study coauthors. “We Risk thresholds differed by presentation, the researchers noted.

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Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Emerging Leaders Dr. Charles Charman, medical director and overseer of the Emerging Leaders program, presents at the 2024 EmLe cohort session at MDS. Enter the associate medical director. This unique leadership role provides another layer of leadership to support the medical director and even act as chief in their absence.

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Louisville Lectures

JANUARY 25, 2019

Gunjan Garg presents "Tubulointerstitial Disease" by first discussing pathophysiology and epidemiology. She then presents its diagnosis and evaluation as well as various causes. After, she discusses management and Ace Board questions. Dr. Garg does this through case based learning. Her clinical expertise is in Nephrology.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Patients with documented mental illness or substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to encounter a mixed—sometimes starkly divergent—quality of emergency department (ED) care when they present with chest pain, abdominal pain, or other non‑psychiatric complaints, according to a patient‑interview study published in Health Services Research.

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 11, 2018

Sharma presents "Hemophilia in the 21st Century: Current Practice and Future Directions" by first discussing the history of hemophilia. He then discusses management throughout the years and finally the remaining challenges. His clinical expertise is in Medical Oncology and is board certifed on the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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Doctor Rachel

JULY 21, 2019

I don't know about you, but I have had a VERY busy spring—at work and at home—with multiple family members in need of support and medical care. I need to be alone and in nature—with less of the civilized world I manage on the regular (e-mail, texts, social media, phone calls, and traffic) and more birdsong, trees, flowing water and sky.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Card responses were easily managed in the REDCap database, not in the medical record. For large projects, overall costs of the EHR-based cards is favorable to paper cards due to ease of data management. EHR-based cards are convenient due to simplicity of data management and ability to build questionnaires with branching logic.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

21 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented for identifying and managing cerebral palsy (CP). In a clinical report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, published online Nov.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 9, 2024

Recently, I had the opportunity to present a morning report to the residents and medical students at Cincinnati Children’s, focusing on the topic of febrile seizures. Morning Report – Febrile Seizures Download I have attached the PDF version of my presentation slides for your review. Slide 6 : Why do they happen?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples Show Notes by Sudarshan (“Sud”) Krishnamurthy April 4, 2023 Summary: This episode highlights the checkered past of medicine and the advancements in the field that have occurred at the expense of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

[link] Episode description Dan Minter presents a clinical unknown to Dr. Paul Sax Download CPSolvers App here Dr. Paul Sax Dr. Paul E. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the HIV Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

[link] Episode description Emma Levine presents a clinical unknown to Dr. Paul Sax Download CPSolvers App here Dr. Paul Sax Dr. Paul E. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the HIV Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Adults with T2D often face unmet social needs, such as food insecurity, compounding the challenges associated with their engagement in disease management interventions. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For some individuals with advanced kidney disease, dialysis may not be the optimal treatment strategy for their condition, and these patients may be better served with conservative non-dialytic management that focuses on quality of life and symptom control. The research will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2022 November 3–November 6.

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Louisville Lectures

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Nancy Kubiak presents an Introduction to Writing Case Reports by first identifying a clinical case appropriate for presentation. She is an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency and is a managing clinician for both the resident and faculty outpatient practices.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

The answers will equip physicians with the information they need to help their patients determine if they have CDH and empower them to manage it. If CDH is present, physicians can suggest to their patients that they avoid cold foods and drinks and monitor whether this reduces their AF episodes. What are your next steps?

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Medical Xpress

MAY 5, 2023

Patients, especially men, living in regional and rural areas are increasingly presenting to GPs for skin cancer and related conditions, according to a national survey conducted by the Daffodil Center.

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Louisville Lectures

APRIL 13, 2023

David Armstrong presents Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by first presenting a case. And finally, Dr. Armstrong gives examples of treatment and drug induced lupus management. He then discusses the history of SLE as well as the different kinds of lupus. He currently work at UofL Health and Robley Rex Veterans Hospital.

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Myriad Genetics

OCTOBER 8, 2024

“Dense breasts present unique challenges in breast cancer screening, but awareness and proactive management can help mitigate these challenges,” said Dr. Ifeyinwa Stitt, an OB-GYN physician and Myriad speaker practicing in Maryland. “By

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 6, 2023

In practice guidelines issued by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and published in the January issue of Anesthesiology, recommendations are presented for reducing residual neuromuscular blockade after general anesthesia.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

But these early systems often struggled with complex medical terminology and the natural flow of conversation. For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. Dragon Medical One.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

The upcoming American Diabetes Association (ADA) 85th Scientific Sessions will offer an in-depth look at obesity medications, nutritional interventions, and diabetes prevention and management. Additional session tracks will address maternal health, nutrition science, and early risk monitoring. “As

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

By establishing healthy cholesterol levels early, you and your doctor can better monitor for unhealthy changes over time that may indicate a need for lifestyle adjustments or medication. When indicated, medications can also start sooner when they stand to provide greater lifetime protective effects against irreversible damage.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients were seen by the BHPs for a wide variety of presenting concerns. BHPs interacted with practice team members of all roles, but spent the most time consulting with medical providers, social workers, care managers, and nurses. Results: 76 patient visits were conducted during the observation period by BHPs.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

[link] Dr. Michael Thomashow presents an unknown case to Dr. Anisha Dua , Dan Minter, Doug Pet and Lindsey Shipley. She completed her Rheumatology fellowship at Rush University as well as fellowships in medical education at The University of Chicago and Integrative Medicine at Northwestern. Schema 1 Schema 2 Anisha B.

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