Immune Dysregulation
Inflammation, recurrent infections, fevers and rashes, and poor growth may all be ways that immune dysregulation presents in primary care patients. Edward Behrens, MD, Chief…
Course Category: Primary Care Perspectives Podcast
Ankyloglossia
Google searches for tongue tie, or ankyloglossia, have doubled in the past five years and the number of infants having frenotomies is also increasing. Helping…
Artificial Intelligence Use in Pediatrics
How is artificial intelligence (AI) already being used in pediatrics and how will we use it in the future? In this episode, Bimal Desai, MD,…
Eating Disorders and Diet Culture
Diet culture seems pervasive in our society and impacts our children and adolescents. In this episode, Nicole Cifra, MD, MPH, MHPEd, Assistant Professor of Clinical…
Clinician Well-Being: The Buzz Around Burnout
With their diverse work experience and unique skill sets, advanced practice providers (APPs) are able to contribute to not only the wellbeing of patients but…
Magnesium: Pros and Cons of Supplementation
As the fourth most abundant mineral in the body, magnesium is essential for regulating many bodily functions. But as a supplement — especially over the…
Counseling for Pre-Diabetes
Unlike diabetes, the first line of treatment for prediabetes isn’t medication — but rather lifestyle modifications. Rachana D. Shah, MD, MsTR, Medical Director of the…
Lipid Screening
“To fast or not to fast?” When it comes to cholesterol screening, that is the question. Rachel Shustak, MD, and Jordy Martino, MSN, CRNP, an…
Vaccine Hesitancy
If there’s one lesson the COVID pandemic taught us, it is that public health lives on a local level — and in order to learn…
Nirsevimab (Beyfortus)
For the first time, a preventative medicine is available to protect infants and high-risk toddlers from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, attending…