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Here you'll find the latest news and featured highlights from Clinician Resources.
Alcohol Awareness Month
Medication Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
Dr. Colleen Keough discusses pharmaceutical treatment options for patients with a substance abuse disorder, particularly alcohol and opioid use disorders. She focuses on practice recommendations for general internists, and includes resources for screening tools and overdose prevention.
CME credit available
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
Clinicopathologic Conference: A (M)omentous Finding
Dr. Neha Venkatesh shares the case of a 45-year-old man with a history of sarcoidosis, essential hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented with a one-month history of fevers, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, and new-onset ascites.
CME credit available
Endometriosis Awareness Month
Endometriosis: Strategies to Facilitate Early Diagnosis, Manage Pain, and Improve Fertility Outcomes
Dr. Megan Billow discusses the complex disease process of endometriosis, the negative impact it can have on a patient's quality of life, and the current guidelines of surgical and non-surgical strategies to manage symptoms.
CME credit available
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Adapting Primary Care Visits to Youth and Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Jordan Kemere and Dr. Robert Lehardy discuss the critical need to investigate common causes of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), as well as to identify and address health disparities affecting youth and adults with IDD. By examining these issues, they aim to improve healthcare practices and ensure equitable access to quality care for individuals with IDD.
CME credit available
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
Countertransference and Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
Dr. Kelly Aylsworth discusses the concept of countertransference and strategies to reduce the effects of adverse countertransference when caring for patients with Opioid Use Disorders
CME credit available
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
Countertransference and Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
Dr. Kelly Aylsworth discusses the concept of countertransference and strategies to reduce the effects of adverse countertransference when caring for patients with Opioid Use Disorders
CME credit available
World Kidney Month
Improving Kidney Health in 2023: New Tools, New Treatment, New Hope
Dr. Adeera Levin discusses recent substantial advances in the detection and treatment of kidney disease. These advances have the potential to improve quality of life and life expectancy for patients with chronic kidney disease.
CME credit available
National Cancer Prevention Month
Greenberg Lecture: Cancer Prevention and Control
Dr. Michael Pignone discusses inequities in reported cancer outcomes, as well as in accessing cancer screening and prevention services. He describes strategies for addressing these healthcare inequities.
CME credit available
American Heart Month
Troponin and B Type Natriuretic Peptide: Is It Time to Classify Them as Risk Enhancers?
Dr. Vijay Nambi discusses the concept of residual risk in the context of cardiovascular disease, and describes the possible role of troponin and B type natriuretic peptide as risk-enhancing factors.
World Leprosy Day
Hansen's Disease
Dr. Eva Clark discusses a typical presentation of a locally acquired case of Hansen's disease in Texas. Hansen's disease (leprosy) diagnoses are often delayed or missed in the United States due to poor healthcare provider awareness of the disease.