Medscape Morning Report

• Is One SGLT2 (Or GLP-1) Just Like Another for Cardiac Benefit?   A new consensus document from ACC acknowledges the 'twofer' benefits of some antidiabetic drugs.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 31, 2018
• 'Oh, My Aching Knees'? Screen for Prediabetes   Here's what you can prescribe to patients with prediabetes and exercise-limiting arthritis to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 20, 2018
• Metformin and B12 Deficiency: A Bigger Problem Than We Thought   New evidence suggests that preventing vitamin B12 deficiency could reduce peripheral neuropathy in patients on metformin.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 18, 2018
• Is Preventing Fatal Peanut Anaphylaxis Finally Possible?   Promising new research offers hope to the many kids, teens, and adults who are peanut-allergic.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 13, 2018
• Can 'Normal' T4 Levels Increase AF Risk?   To minimize AF risk, should T4 levels be monitored in patients being treated for hypothyroidism?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 11, 2018
• Don't Stay Silent on Firearm Violence   Clinicians have a responsibility to reduce gun injuries and death in their communities.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 06, 2018
• The Latest Medicare Changes to Enhance Your Bottom Line   Clinicians should become familiar with these beneficial new rules.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 04, 2018
• Baloxavir--The New, Single Oral-Dose Antiviral for Influenza   It's the first new antiviral drug for influenza in almost two decades, but how does it differ from the antivirals we have now?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 29, 2018
• Do No Harm: When Not Listening Leads to the Wrong Diagnosis   This study of patient perspectives in diagnostic error should give clinicians pause.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 27, 2018
• Rapid Deterioration in Type 2 Diabetes: Rethink the Diagnosis   Differences in response to treatment and other characteristics help determine which of your type 2 patients actually have type 1 diabetes.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 20, 2018
• Managing Gout as a Systemic Disease   A study suggests that to reduce morbidity and mortality from hyperuricemia, it must be managed as a chronic disease.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 15, 2018
• Suicide in Older Adults: The Risk Factor We Are Missing   It's critically important to ask older patients this one question.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 13, 2018
• Rapid Weight Loss: Motivating Patients to Change Lifestyle   A 2-month rapid weight loss period puts patients in a frame of mind to avoid diabetes through lifestyle change.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 08, 2018
• A History of Sexual Assault and Harassment? Why We Must Ask   The physical and mental sequelae of these past events can be affecting a patient's health.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 06, 2018
• Stopping Meds: Which Older Patients Are Amenable?   Certain patients are typically willing, others unwilling, to stop some of their daily pills.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 01, 2018
• Who Should Be Getting the HPV Vaccine Now?   A recent expanded age indication gives PCPs another chance to prevent HPV-related cancer.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 30, 2018
• Don't Give Up on Fish Oil for CVD Prevention Just Yet   A high dose of at least one pure omega-3 is associated with reduced MACE.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 25, 2018
• Prediabetes: Forget Lifestyle and Just Prescribe Drugs?   New data suggest that an aggressive pharmacotherapy approach can stop progression to diabetes, but are patients--and clinicians--on board with it?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 23, 2018
• Are Oral Bisphosphonate 'Drug Holidays' Safe?   How should patients be monitored when taking a prolonged break from oral bisphosphonates?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 18, 2018
• Don't Tell Patients to Ditch the Low-Fat Dairy Just Yet   PURE data suggest that whole-fat dairy intake lowers mortality, but official recommendations haven't changed.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 16, 2018