Pri-Med's new weekly CME/CE web series, Primary Care Pulse, features live conversations about timely topics and concerns facing primary care clinicians.

Pri-Med's new weekly CME/CE web series, Primary Care Pulse, features live conversations about timely topics and concerns facing primary care clinicians.

Pri-Med's new weekly CME/CE web series, Primary Care Pulse, features live conversations about timely topics and concerns facing primary care clinicians.

Pri-Med's new weekly CME/CE web series, Primary Care Pulse, features live conversations about timely topics and concerns facing primary care clinicians.

Pri-Med's new weekly CME/CE web series, Primary Care Pulse, features live conversations about timely topics and concerns facing primary care clinicians.

Obesity is the most prevalent chronic disease of the modern era in the U.S. and around the world, affecting both the adult and pediatric population. Although many believe that helping patients to achieve a healthy weight is of minimal complexity, weight regulation and management is a challenging endeavor. In this talk, the faculty will explore the complexities of obesity and offer a range of strategies (behavioral, therapeutic, and surgical) to help you in the quest to address overweight and obesity in your practice.

Kidney and electrolyte problems affect nearly 15% of the U.S. adult population. Yet, many health care providers are intimidated by patients with these complex issues. Through the structure of five fictional patient cases, expert faculty will give HCPs the tools that they need to care for patients with acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease while utilizing current best practices. This session will also explore patient-centered treatments for some common electrolyte abnormalities.

With ever-changing information on the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), it is hard to keep the facts straight! Join Drs. Charles Vega and Ty Gluckman as they team up live to discuss how seropositivity levels can vary after vaccination and which patients would make good candidates for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). You’ll also hear the latest clinical trials data on the efficacy of mAbs.

Learn the latest on the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, including the latest guidelines regarding initial choice of agents, as well as duration and sequential use of drugs.

The vast majority of opioid overdoses are inadvertent. While not a substitute for emergency medical care, naloxone can reduce the risk of opioid overdose mortality. It is important for medical professionals, patients, and families to become familiar with naloxone use.

Are opioids effective in chronic pain management? Join neurologist and pain specialist, Dr. Charles Argoff, as he summarizes two recent trials published in JAMA examining the efficacy of opioids in pain management and discusses their clinical implications. This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://ce.opioidanalgesicrems.com/RpcCEUI/rems/pdf/resources/List_of_RPC_Companies.pdf for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the recording on 11/23/2020 and they are subject to change as new information is published.

In this episode of Coffee with Chopra, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra will interview family practitioner, Dr. Frank Domino. They will discuss the latest data on vitamin D supplementation, the importance of exercise and how to motivate patients to exercise, new and emerging diets and how these diets can impact patients with certain health issues including diabetes and NAFLD, and new data around proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and COVID-19. As Hippocrates said, “Let thy food be thy medicine.”