11/02/2022
Episode 10: In this podcast, Jaspal Singh, MD, interviews Ellie Hirshberg, MD, and Cara Agerstrand, MD, on ECMO and its current state, including the utility and limitations of ECMO during the COVID-19 pandemic and the selection criteria for patients to be considered for ECMO.
05/16/2022
In this episode, Margie Balfour, MD, PhD, speaks about the new 3-digit code for people experiencing a mental health crisis. Starting July 16, 2022, people can call or text 9-8-8 to be connected to a mental health professional.
05/16/2022
Researchers examined the use of systemic therapy in adults with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
05/16/2022
Researchers examined demographic differences in the mortality rate for uterine cancer within the United States.
05/16/2022
In this video, Monica Richey, MSN, NP, speaks about when a primary care provider should refer a patient to a rheumatologist, including how to expedite the process.
05/16/2022
A new treatment option for the management of blood sugar in individuals with type 2 diabetes is approved under FDA priority review designation.
05/16/2022
In Part 2 of this podcast, Steering Commitment Member Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, answers pressing questions about rapid acting antidepressants (RADs), Zuranolone or other GABA urgent modulators in the treatment of PTSD, and rates of bipolar diagnoses under different treatment regimens.
05/13/2022
In this Q&A, Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, discusses interventions to address the health care disparities that exist along the care continuum for certain patient populations who are at-risk for HIV infection.
05/13/2022
Could frequent use of popular social media platforms increase teens' risk for subsequent ADHD symptoms? Take our poll and find out!
05/13/2022
In this video, Garth Graham, MD, MPH, provides the take-home messages from his keynote session "Misinformation on the Internet" at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2022 Virtual Series on May 11, including how information and technology can help to drive community health outcomes and how health care providers and leaders can come together to tackle issues around misinformation on the Internet.
05/13/2022
A 19-year-old man on active military duty presented with a nonhealing ulcer on his dorsal right hand accompanied by enlarging nodules in a linear distribution on his right arm and forearm.
05/13/2022
He discusses the changes that need to be made in the research community to encompass a larger representative cohort, how current events will shape the future of neurology, and how the American Neurological Association has responded.
05/13/2022
In this podcast, Timothy A. Lash, MBA, talks about the trends of drug pricing and how the price of drugs may contribute to medication nonadherence in the Medicare population.
05/13/2022
In this episode, John W. Harrington, MD, speaks about a former nurse who was found guilty of the accidental injection death of a 75-year-old patient. Dr Harrington speaks about why the criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult convictions are controversial and how the precedent could complicate efforts to recruit and retain health care professionals.
05/13/2022
In this video, Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, discusses the under-utilization of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the integral role primary care providers play in screening and identifying persons who would benefit from PrEP, which are topics he presented during his session "Preventing HIV: Strategies for Primary Care Clinicians" at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2022 Virtual Series from May 11 to May 12.
05/13/2022
In this podcast, Steering Commitment Member Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, answers pressing questions about the addictive potential of GABA agonist interventions, how exercise can help patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), and best practices for clinicians wishing to “prescribe” exercise to their patients.
05/13/2022
In this video, James J. Matera, DO, speaks about the take-home messages from his session "A Primary Care Approach to CKD Management" at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2022 Virtual Series on May 12, including defining chronic kidney disease and collaborating with a nephrologist.
05/13/2022
Four professional societies issued an update to their joint guidelines on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and addressed the progression of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with other interstitial lung diseases.
05/13/2022
Derek Chu, MD, PhD, from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, discussed the clinical significance of his new study, which indicates that peanut oral immunotherapy is associated with significantly increased risks of allergic and anaphylactic reactions compared with placebo or avoidance.
05/13/2022
Sizheng Steven Zhao, MBChB(Hons), MRCP, from the University of Liverpool, answers our questions about his study that evaluated the association between smoking and disease severity in axial spondyloarthritis.