Clinical Guidelines for Primary Care

• The Truth About Vaping   The idea that vaping is harmless is going up in smoke. What would you tell your own kids or grandkids about e-cigarette use?
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 11, 2023
• What Not to Prescribe to Older Adults and What to Use Instead   What's in? What's out? In the latest list of potentially inappropriate drugs, the Beers guidance emphasizes clinical judgment.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 08, 2023
• Fatty Liver: A Primary Care Approach   Neil Skolnik reviews the latest guidelines for a condition that PCPs see a lot of but may be failing to notice.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 09, 2023
• Chronic Coronary Disease: The Latest Recommendations   Dr Neil Skolnik reviews the latest guidelines for managing patients with stable coronary artery disease in primary care.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 12, 2023
• Breast Density Reporting: What It Means for Clinicians   The FDA now requires breast density reporting on all mammogram results sent to offices and patients.
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 14, 2023
• Medicine & Music: A Harmonious Journey With Dr Jeremy Faust   Dr Neil Skolnik talks with physician-musician Dr Jeremy Faust about how he balances a love of music and a busy emergency medicine career.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 05, 2023
• Menopausal Symptoms: What Works? What Doesn't?   Dr Neil Skolnik reviews the hormonal and nonhormonal options for relief of the vasomotor symptoms of menopause.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 20, 2023
• HFpEF: New Guidelines Are Pertinent for Primary Care   New effective treatments for this common condition are briefly reviewed by Dr Neil Skolnik.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 19, 2023
• Osteoporosis and Osteopenia: Latest Treatment Recs   The American College of Physicians' guidelines for osteoporosis treatment are given a quick review by Dr Neil Skolnik.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 24, 2023
• Treating Depression in Primary Care: The Latest Guidelines   Dr Neil Skolnik summarizes new guidelines for treating patients with depression.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 21, 2023
• Can Amazon Deliver With 24/7 Primary Care?   Dr Neil Skolnik reflects on what traditional in-person primary care offers that differs from the care subscribers probably will experience with the retailer's new service.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 28, 2023
• The New Blood Pressure Target in Primary Care   Dr Neil Skolnik discusses the rationale for the new lower blood pressure target for adults with hypertension.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 02, 2023
• COPD: New, Simplified Treatment Guidelines   Dr Neil Skolnik reviews the new GOLD guidelines for management of COPD.
  Medscape Family Medicine, January 06, 2023
• New Indications for Bariatric Surgery: My Reservations   It's great having updated recommendations for bariatric surgery, but they fail to take new effective weight loss drugs into account, says Dr Neil Skolnik.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 08, 2022
• New Recommendations for Hyperglycemia Management   Much has changed in this consensus report on the use of glucose-lowering drugs in diabetes and it's relevant to primary care.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 14, 2022
• Treating the Person: The Mind-Body-Heart Connection   The evidence underscores how psychological health contributes not only in a negative way to cardiovascular disease but also in a positive way to better cardiovascular health and reduced cardiovascular risk.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 19, 2022
• New Nonstatin Cholesterol Lowering Drugs: How to Use Them   Dr Skolnik gives a quick summary of guidance on incorporating new agents that provide alternatives to statin monotherapy.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 27, 2022
• Art Makes These Artists Better Doctors   Dr Neil Skolnik talks with a surgeon and a cardiologist about how their art informs their practice and shares some of their stunning work.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 20, 2022
• Annual Heart Failure Testing in Diabetes: New Rec   All patients with diabetes are at risk and should be followed annually with one of these biomarkers.
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 15, 2022
• How to Prescribe PrEP in Primary Care   Get familiar with which of your patients should be offered one of the three agents now available for PrEP.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 19, 2022