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Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
https://reachmd.com/programs/lipid-luminations/dietary-fats-and-cardiovascular-disease/4805/You can't follow your patients to the supermarket or sit down with them at the dinner table. What advice can you give them about healthy dietary oils and fats and the relative risks of unhealthy fats in the short time you have to educate patients in your office? Host Dr. Alan Brown asks these questiHealthcare Reform and Physician Assistants
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/healthcare-reform-and-physician-assistants/4774/The debate over healthcare reform is on the minds of all medical professsionals these days. What could be different for PAs if new legislation is enacted? How is the American Academy of Physician Assistants assuring that PAs are an essential part of the debate? How can you get involved to make sureWarning Shot: How to Deliver Difficult News
https://reachmd.com/programs/perspectives-in-palliative-medicine/warning-shot-how-to-deliver-difficult-news/4713/Delivering difficult news to a patient often requires a delicate and individualized approach. Dr. Gail Cooney reviews with host Dr. Porter Storey some of the most important do's and don'ts of communicating with your patients. She discusses what she learned on the other side of the desk, as the patieEvaluating Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment for Tendonitis
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-sports-medicine/evaluating-platelet-rich-plasma-treatment-for-tendonitis/4616/The common standard of treatment for tendonitis usually involves cortisone shots, medication, physical therapy and sometimes surgery. Platelet rich plasma, utilized for years to heal bone injuries, is now being examined across the United States as a possible treatment for soft tissue injuries such aThe Beef on Red Meat: Unhealthy on Many Levels
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-nutrition-and-nutrition-science/the-beef-on-red-meat-unhealthy-on-many-levels/4614/Certain foods and beverages seem to go in and out of style as new research emerges to support or refute their health benefits. Yet when it comes to eating red meat, despite the long-standing advice from nutrition experts, our taste buds never seem to tire of the all-American burger or the juicy tendA Quick Blood Test to Evaluate the Severity of Head Trauma
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-sports-medicine/a-quick-blood-test-to-evaluate-the-severity-of-head-trauma/4611/Brain injuries have come to the forefront since actress Natasha Richardson died following a skiing accident. Concussions are one of the most common injuries seen in emergency rooms across the country, but hundreds of thousands of people hit their heads every year and are never seen by a doctor. Dr.Posthumous Reproductive Rights
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/posthumous-reproductive-rights/4558/When a mother was granted legal permission to collect her 21 year old deceased son's sperm in April 2009, questions were raised about posthumous reproductive rights. Although the mother declared that her son always wanted to have children, does this meet the criteria of informed consent, or is it anCancer and End-of-Life Issues in the Emergency Department
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-cancer/cancer-and-end-of-life-issues-in-the-emergency-department/4341/More than 500,000 Americans die from cancer every year, and many of those people spend their final hours in the emergency department. More and more patients and their families turn to ED doctors to help make difficult decisions when it comes to end-of-life issues. Dr. Arthur Derse, director of medicKeys to Reversing Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
https://reachmd.com/programs/lipid-luminations/keys-to-reversing-pediatric-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease/4296/Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasingly common among our young obese patients, a population for which cardiovascular disease and diabetes is a significant concern. Can measured levels of liver fat serve to help us gauge future risk for metabolic consequences in children? Host Dr. LTreatments for Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/treatments-for-pancreatic-and-colorectal-cancers/4255/How have treatments for colorectal and pancreatic cancers advanced in recent years, and are novel treatments reducing the mortality rate of patients with these cancers? Dr. J. Randolph Hecht, director of the GI Oncology Program at the UCLA Health System and clinical professor of medicine in the hema