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Diet and brain structure, colorectal cancer screenings, cholesterol guidelines, and glaucoma screenings
This week's topics include brain architecture and diet, use of wastewater to screen for colorectal cancer, new cholesterol management guidelines, and screening for glaucoma in a primary care setting.
Sleep in adolescents, GLP1s, predicting Alzheimer's, and cancer screenings
This week's topics include sleep in adolescents, GLP1s in different people, predicting Alzheimer's onset, and screening for colorectal cancer and potential harms.
COVID-19 vax and preeclampsia, HIV injections, monkeypox, and HPV testing
This week's topics include COVID-19 vaccination and preeclampsia, HIV injection medicines, monkeypox treatment, and menstrual blood for HPV testing.
Accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the U.S., and cannabis use
This week's topics include benefits of accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the US and cannabis use and mental health disorders in adolescents.
Statin therapy, shoulder MRIs, planetary health diet, and food prescriptions
This week's topics include patient views of statin therapy, MRI of shoulders, a planetary health diet, and food prescriptions in people with diabetes.
Removing fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer, and using the EHR to deprescribe risky medicines
This week's topics include an oral PCSK9 inhibitor, knee braces, removing fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer, and using the EHR to deprescribe risky medicines in older adults.
Heart transplant after circulatory death, LLM to ease specialist care transition, treating gout to reduce risk of CVD, and PCOS and arrhythmia
This week's topics include heart transplant after circulatory death, LLM to ease specialist care transition, treating gout to reduce risk of CVD, and PCOS and arrhythmia.
Weight regain after medications for weight loss, benefits of exercising, heart failure and detecting measles
This week's topics include weight regain after medications for weight loss, benefits of a variety of exercises, connecting CKD with heart failure, and using wastewater to detect measles.
Vaccination in children, CNS medicines in older adults, FDA and mifepristone, and skilled nursing facilities trends
This week's topics include rates of vaccination in U.S. children, use of CNS active medicines in older adults, FDA regulation of mifepristone, and trends in skilled nursing facilities nationally.
Screen time and anxiety, global pain levels, d-dimer and DVT, and tertiary patients
This week we look at infant screen time and anxiety, global pain levels, d-dimer and DVT, and tertiary patents on FDA approved drugs.
Lung cancer screenings, saturated fats, and antiviral use
This week's topics include using how long someone smokes to determine screening, use of an antiviral in people with Alzheimer's, outcomes of lung cancer screening, and the real story about saturated fats in our diets.
COVID vaccinations, breast density, and complex pain syndrome
This week's topics include covid vaccination and pregnancy outcomes, tirzepatide benefits, bisphosphonates and complex pain syndrome, and breast density knowledge.
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