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Oral GLP-1 agonists could be game changers for obesity
I hope that future developments bring the class to an even wider demographic and perhaps reduce some of the global inequities in managing type 2...
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Thoughts on primary care in 2023
Many things have been added to the plate of primary care professionals. Patients need doctors now more than ever to give excellent, compassionate...
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MD rushes in after lightning strikes four people at White House
It was like two different parts of my brain were active at the exact same time. One said “You just ran from there, idiot. Why are you running back...
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Tirzepatide: Therapeutic titan or costly cure?
Positioning tirzepatide as the first injectable of choice after oral treatment escalation with metformin and an SGLT2 inhibitor may remain an...
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Beta cells from stem cells: Nearing a cure for type 1 diabetes?
The patients were producing insulin, they had positive C-peptide levels, and it showed that these beta cells work when given to human beings.
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New DEA CME mandate affects 2 million prescribers
One should not underestimate the sweeping scope of this new federal requirement.
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The most important question in medicine
“What else could this be?”
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In defense of artificial sweeteners
If more trials on artificial sweeteners are planned, they should be performed on people doing human things – which does not include ingesting 60...
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Does ‘skeletal age’ describe fracture impact on mortality?
Mortality risk may be related to patients not fully understanding the consequence of a fragility fracture.
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DDW 2023: Common GI conditions in primary care
Gastroenterologist Vivek Kaul reviews important new studies relevant to primary care.
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Ruptured aneurysm turns MD couple into doctor-patient
We were at the top of our stairs. I didn’t have a blade or any other equipment, just the tracheostomy tube with the dilator. I pushed hard, and...