December 4th 2024
Panelists discuss how pediatric lipid screening remains underutilized despite current recommendations and explore practical strategies to increase screening rates and identify cardiovascular risk factors early in childhood.
SimulatED™: Diagnosing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease in the Modern Era
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Shaping the Management of COPD with Biologic Therapy
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Elevating Care for PAH: Applying Recommended Management Approaches to Maximize Outcomes
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Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Exploring the Role of Novel Agents for the Management of IgA Nephropathy
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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‘REEL’ Time Patient Counseling™: Navigating the Complex Journey of Diagnosing and Managing Fabry Disease
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Current Limitations With Traditional Antihypertensive Drugs
December 4th 2024Panelists discuss how traditional antihypertensive medications face challenges including adverse reactions, complex dosing regimens, and variable efficacy across different patient populations, which can limit their therapeutic success.
Unmet Needs in HTN: Patient Adherence, Comorbid Conditions, and Prevalence
December 4th 2024Panelists discuss how poor medication adherence and comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) contribute to uncontrolled hypertension despite the availability of numerous treatment options, highlighting key challenges in achieving effective blood pressure management.
Panelists discuss how clinically -diagnosed (or functional) Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS), involving a bi-allelic genetic defect, differs in diagnostic approach from classical FCS, emphasizing the challenges of diagnosing without genetic confirmation.
Panelists discuss how genetic mutations, such as mutations in the LPL gene, play a critical role in the pathophysiology of Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS) by impairing triglyceride metabolism and increasing the risk of severe hypertriglyceridemia.
PPAR Agonists for Treatment of PBC
December 4th 2024The panel of experts explore the use of FDA-approved peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists in the management of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), discussing their scientific basis, how they differ from fibrates, and their role in combination with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) or as monotherapy for UDCA-intolerant patients.
Comparing the Latest Stool- Based and Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
December 3rd 2024Vivek Kaul, MD, discusses the sensitivity and accuracy of the stool DNA test, providing relevant data, while also describing the role of blood-based tests in colorectal cancer screening and how they complement or differ from stool-based tests.