Primary Care

Preventive Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

Would you pursue a colonoscopy for a patient in their 20s with constipation and rectal bleeding if they had a first-degree relative who died young from a "carcinoid tumor"?

How do you risk-stratify this otherwise low-risk young patient given the lack of specific guidelines for this rare cancer? Additionally, at what point...

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How do you counsel non-diabetic patients who wish to start metformin to reduce the risk of developing dementia?

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How do you counsel patients with metabolic syndrome who decline statin therapy and have low coronary calcium scores regarding their long term CVD risk?

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How do you counsel patients who express concerns about receiving multiple vaccinations at once versus spacing them out over time?

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How do you decide whether average-risk patients should undergo annual or biennial breast cancer screening?

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What is your preferred screening tool for colon cancer in an average-risk patient?

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How do you approach the use of metformin in the management of prediabetes for patients who are neither obese nor have a family history of diabetes?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of clinical lipidology, 2022 Sep 11

Assessment and management of statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS): A clinical perspective from the National Lipid Association.

Lancet (London, England), 2015 Mar 12

A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER): a randomised controlled trial.

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