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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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For patients over 70 with elevated ASCVD risk but no prior cardiovascular events, do you ever recommend continuing or initiating low-dose aspirin?

Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication

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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 integrate HIV (+) serostatus into a patient's ASCVD if they would not otherwise qualify for a statin either for primary or secondary prophylaxis?

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How do you discuss the role (if there is any) of frequently weighing yourself at home for patients who desire weight loss?

Is there a role, or do you find it largely drives the fixation of health being based on the number on the scale?

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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 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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Is there any role for administering another course of recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix) in a previously vaccinated patient with RA, who is in clinical remission on JAK inhibitor but has had a breakthrough shingles infection?

The last SHINGRIX was about 4 years ago and both doses were given.

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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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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.

AIDS (London, England), 2025 May 23

Risks for sudden cardiac and undetermined cause of death among people with HIV in the REPRIEVE primary cardiovascular prevention trial.

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