PrimaryCareNOW: A Pri-Med Virtual Conference.

This session covers a variety of recent publications that contradict many of the current eating trends and fads in western diets. Debunking the hype and assumption that the internet and many advertisements tell our patients is the focus. The session ends with a simple 5 step process to help all patients who want to lose weight.

In the eighth episode of Pri-Med’s weekly web series on COVID-19, faculty will continue their discussion on treatment by describing immunomodulatory therapies and additional antivirals under investigation for COVID-19. They will also review the various types of vaccines currently in development for COVID-19. Specific therapies to be discussed in this episode will include: • Antivirals: baloxavir marboxil, favipiravir, nitazoxanide, oseltamivir, ribavirin, umifenovir • Glucocorticoids • Anakinra • Tocilizumab • Interferon beta-1b • Vaccine mRNA-1273 Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the recording on 05/21/2020 and they are subject to change as new information is published.

Pri-Med and Learn More Breathe BetterSM, a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, are partnering to provide primary care clinicians with information on the updates to the national guidelines for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of asthma. Understanding the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines is a two-part podcast series informing clinicians about the updated asthma guidance, highlighting important changes to the recommendations, and discussing how these changes can improve diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with asthma.

Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is a common secondary infection. More than 95% of immunocompetent individuals aged > 50 years are seropositive for the varicella zoster virus and are at risk of developing shingles. This Virtual Expert Roundtable will address the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and complications of shingles, in addition to the strategies to prevent it.