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'What Are These Bumps I See All Over?'
How would you approach a patient who comes to the primary care clinician with worries about bumps on her buttocks and knees?
Clinical Case, March 22, 2018
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Are Physicians--Let's Face It--Getting Clinically Lazy?
Drs Vega and Faustinella discuss evidence of deteriorating history and physical exam skills in clinicians, young and old.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 16, 2018
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Listen Carefully During the Medical Interview
In this month's Critical Issues in Primary Care, Dr Fabrizia Faustinella describes two cases where critical listening during the patient history revealed 'red flags' that had been previously missed.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 06, 2018
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'This Mole Looks Strange'
How would you approach a patient who presents to primary care with worries about a changing mole?
Clinical Case, January 31, 2018
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Heart Failure: Are Sodium and Fluid Restriction Necessary?
Drs Ileana Piña and Charles Vega discuss the latest information on management of heart failure patients in the primary care setting.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 16, 2018
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'I Can't Take This Rash Anymore!'
Dr Vega and Dr Ogunleye share their thoughts about how best to diagnose and manage dermatology-related symptoms in primary care.
Clinical Case, January 03, 2018
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The Latest in Hypertension Guidelines: What Is a PCP to Do?
Will the new BP guidelines bring more people under the hypertension umbrella?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 15, 2017
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Updates From ENDO 2017: Part 2
In part 2 of their discussion on ENDO 2017, Drs Vega and Anawalt discuss vitamin D use in kids, pyrethroids and puberty onset, and whether levothyroxine can be taken with milk.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 11, 2017
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Updates From ENDO 2017: Part 1
Join Drs Vega and Anawalt as they discuss hot topics from ENDO 2017, including a new drug class for hot flashes and management of subclinical hypothyroidism in older adults.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 23, 2017
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Best Practices in Asthma: MDI Missteps to Adherence
In their second interview, Drs Vega and Adams discuss how to mitigate common mistakes that patients make with asthma devices.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 01, 2017
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Best Practices in Asthma: Beta-Agonists to Spirometry
Drs Vega and Adams tackle challenging issues on asthma, including optimal spirometry use, eosinophil measurement, and beta-agonist overuse.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 25, 2017
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Managing Obesity in Primary Care: When It's Time for Gastric Bypass
In the third installment of this series on managing obesity in primary care, Drs Vega and Apovian discuss the surgical approach.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 21, 2017
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Obesity: When Diet Is a Treatment, Not Just a Diet
Dr Caroline Apovian reveals that the ideal nutritional plan for the obese patient with diabetes is not a diet but a treatment.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 06, 2017
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Obesity Is a Disease That Needs to Be Taken Seriously
More than one third of US adults are obese, but medications for obesity are used for only 2% of patients. It's time to make a change.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 19, 2017
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Better Together: Primary Care and Emergency Medicine
A primary care physician and an emergency medicine physician use a case-based approach to discuss the points where these two services intersect and overlap.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 07, 2016
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Update: The Latest Evidence on Reducing CV Risk and Mortality
Dr Michael Blaha discusses the importance of coronary artery calcium in the MESA risk score calculator and the role of preexisting physical fitness in reducing later cardiovascular mortality.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 07, 2016
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Chilling Out Hot Flashes: Managing Symptoms of Menopause
Do you know when to prescribe hormone therapy and how to counsel patients on bioidentical hormone therapy? Drs Vega and Altshuler discuss the hot topic of hot flashes.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 05, 2016
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Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Comparing Methods
Drs Charles Vega and Anna Altshuler compare the implant with other methods of long-acting reversible contraception.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 22, 2016
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We Really Shouldn't Be Scared of Those IUDs
Drs Altshuler and Vega discuss the benefits of IUDs and ways to increase accessibility and use in the United States.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 14, 2016
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Those Pesky Rashes and Lesions: Part 2
Put yourself to the test with Dr Charles Vega as Dr Graeme Lipper presents cases showcasing some common yet potentially confusing dermatologic conditions.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 23, 2015