Primary Viewpoints: A Patient Care Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Primary Viewpoints from Patient Care Online features informative conversations with health care experts, opinion leaders, and practicing physicians, about what impacts primary care medicine today.
This week on the Weekly Dose Podcast from Patient Care Online®, we break down five major clinical updates shaping primary care practice—from advances in Alzheimer diagnostics to new treatment options for menopause-related symptoms.
In this episode:
• First blood test for Alzheimer disease cleared for primary care
The Elecsys pTau181 assay offers a minimally invasive way to help rule out AD-related amyloid pathology, with a 97.9% negative predictive value in early-disease, low-prevalence settings.
• How elinzanetant improves sleep—independent of vasomotor symptom relief
A pooled analysis of more than 1,300 participants shows that over half of the therapy’s sleep benefit reflects direct effects on sleep pathways.
• Multidisciplinary lung cancer screening program delivers major gains
Screening rates more than doubled, disparities narrowed, and most cancers diagnosed were early stage—highlighting the power of coordinated population health infrastructure.
• Nationwide survey reveals the full scope of menopause symptoms
Fatigue, sleep disturbance, stress, brain fog, and weight gain were more prevalent than classic hot flushes, underscoring the need for holistic menopause care.
• FDA approves elinzanetant for moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms
The first dual NK-1/NK-3 receptor antagonist demonstrated rapid and sustained VMS reductions, plus improvements in sleep and quality of life.
Listen for fast, evidence-based insights to support your daily primary care practice.
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In this episode of "The Weekly Dose" from Patient Care Online, we review top clinical updates: quitting smoking later in life slows cognitive decline; structured LARC counseling in primary care improves reproductive outcomes; starting benzodiazepines or antipsychotics in hospice dementia patients raises mortality risk; the FDA cleared the first blood-based Alzheimer disease biomarker test for primary care; and new research suggests any alcohol consumption may increase dementia risk. The episode highlights practical implications for clinicians and encourages evidence-based care across cognitive health, reproductive medicine, hospice prescribing, diagnostics, and lifestyle risk factors.
In this episode of Primary Viewpoints, Patient Care editor Sydney Jennings speaks with Ada Stewart, MD, a board-certified family physician, about how primary care clinicians can support women in making informed decisions about cervical cancer screening. Dr Stewart breaks down the latest USPSTF guidelines, addresses patient hesitancy, discusses the role of HPV self-collection, and offers practical tips for improving screening rates—especially during Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.
Dementia cases are rising—but early detection can slow cognitive decline, improve quality of life, and reduce caregiver burden. In this special World Brain Day episode of Primary Viewpoints, geriatrician Anna Chodos, MD, joins us to discuss why routine cognitive screening should be standard in primary care settings.
Dr Chodos outlines actionable steps primary care teams can take to incorporate brief cognitive and functional assessments during routine visits, including tools that fit seamlessly into clinic workflows and the role of electronic health record reminders.
She also shares insights from more than a decade of dementia care, offering a practical "brain health plan" that physicians can implement immediately to support their older adult patients—starting with what they already do well.
Welcome to the Patient Care® Online Primary Viewpoints podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in primary care sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice.
In this episode, we spoke with Heather Yun, MD, who served as IDWeek 2023 chair for the Infectious Disease Society of America, at the scientific sessions in Boston earlier this month about infectious disease surveillance in the US, the role of primary care clinicians in the effort to rein in antimicrobial resistance, what she thinks may have been the COVID-19 pandemic’s most important lesson for frontline clinicians, and more.
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Welcome to the Patient Care Online® Primary Viewpoints podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in primary care sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice.
In this episode, we spoke with Anila Chadha, MD, about the correlation between chronic pain and obesity, including the long-term effects of pain conditions for patients with obesity, common types of pain conditions associated with obesity, and how primary care clinicians should go about addressing pain with patients with obesity. Dr Chadha is a family physician and obesity medicine physician at Dignity Health Medical Group in Bakersfield, California.
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Welcome to the Patient Care Online® Primary Viewpoints podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in primary care sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice.
In this episode, we spoke with William Schaffner, MD, a well-known infectious disease expert from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. He provides an update on the current 2022-2023 respiratory virus season and shared key messages to primary care clinicians as the season winds down.
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It is common for physicians to mask their emotional distress in front of colleagues and patients, making it crucial for clinicians to be on the lookout for signs of distress among their peers, according to Rebekah Bernard, MD, family physician and national speaker on physician wellness and practice management. On today’s episode of Primary Viewpoints, Dr Bernard shares common signs of emotional distress to be aware of, discusses how to start a dialogue about mental health with a colleague, and offers 3 suggestions for physicians on connecting with peers and caring for their own wellbeing.
Wide variation in response to current treatments for obesity suggest that the disease is really several diseases, with distinct phenotypes unlikely to respond the same way to the same intervention. Andres Acosta, MD, PhD, whose widely recognized research focuses on precision medicine in management of obesity, sat down with Patient Care Online and details how weight management interventions targeted by phenotype more closely reflect the pathophysiology of the disease.
"Well, we're a little bit concerned about what might happen over the next 3 to 4 months," said Sterling Ransone, Jr, MD, referring to the 2022-23 respiratory virus season now in its very early weeks. Ransone, who is board chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), discusses what the AAFP and its members are most concerned about as the country prepares for a third season of cocirculating influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus—a season that will be largely void of the mitigation measures Ransone believes are the reason he has not seen "a single case of influenza come through his office" in 2 years. He also offers an AAFP refresher on the annual push-back from patients that is so familiar to family medicine practitioners.
Lynn R. Webster, MD, joins us in this episode to discuss findings from a large observational trial he co-authored that reviewed a mobile health technology platform developed to enhance communication between clinicians and patients with chronic pain.
Clinician burnout has undoubtedly been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode of Primary Viewpoints, Ernest R. Gelb, DO, the 126th president of the American Osteopathic Association discusses how clinicians are faring currently during the COVID-19 pandemic and why humor can be beneficial for clinician wellness.
Dr Hiddo Heerspink joins Primary Viewpoints to discuss findings he recently presented at the American Diabetes Association 2022 Scientific Sessions from a pre-specified analysis of the SURPASS-4 clinical trial of tirzepatide that looked for the first time at the effects of the novel GLP-1 receptor agonist on kidney function in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Hiddo Heerspink, PhD, PharmD, is professor of clinical trials and personalized medicine and a clinical pharmacologist/trialist in the department of clinical pharmacy and pharmacology at the University Medical Center Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands; he is also Codirector of the Better Treatments Program at the George Institute for Global Health in Newtown, Australia.
Dr Henry Mahncke joins Primary Viewpoints to talk about the impact of cannabis on brain health.
Dr Mahncke is a research neuroscientist, who serves as CEO of Posit Science Corporation, the leading provider of plasticity-based brain training and assessments. Dr. Mahncke is also principal investigator on several government grants and has been involved in numerous research studies on the impact of cognitive training on older adults.
Njira Lugogo, MD, sat down with Patient Care Online to discuss findings from the prespecified exploratory analysis of the NAVIGATOR study that she presented at ATS 2022.
What role do the newly approved oral migraine preventive medications play in treatment of migraine in primary care settings? We talked to headache specialist Dr Peter McAllister for answers.
Samoon Ahmad, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, discusses his upcoming book titled Coping with COVID-19: The Mental, Medical, and Social Consequences of the Pandemic.
Obesity expert Ted Kyle joins us to discuss the prevalence of weight bias in health care, how media portrayal of patients with obesity exacerbates the issue, strategies primary care clinicians can use to check their own weight bias, and the advocacy work he is currently spearheading to change the narrative of weight stigma in health care.
Welcome to the Patient Care Online Primary Viewpoints podcast. Tune in to hear informative conversations with health care experts, opinion leaders, and practicing physicians, about what impacts primary care medicine today.
In this episode, we spoke with Sandra Christensen, MSN, ARNP, who is a medical weight management specialist and owner of Integrative Medical Weight Management in Seattle, Washington. She shared her perspective on the prevalence of weight bias in health care and gives practical strategies physicians and their staff can use to identify and correct their own biases.
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"Long COVID" is a term now familiar to clinicians throughout the world. In episode 9 of Primary Viewpoints, we talked with Ani Nalbandian, MD, lead author of the most comprehensive review-to-date, about what she and her colleagues have learned.
Thanks for listening to the Patient Care Online Primary Viewpoints podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more primary care news and expert-driven content, visit patientcareonline.com.
At the close of the first quarter of a new year, Patient Care Online has compiled a list of new FDA-approved drugs for conditions that are often seen in primary care. Listen to our quick podcast for details on an antihypoglycemic agent indicated for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes, a novel agent for the treatment of heart failure, and 4 more.
Dr Giovanni Ferreira, lead author of a recent meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal, discusses his findings on the safety and efficacy of antidepressants used for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis.
In episode 6 of Primary Viewpoints, physician mental health expert Michael Myers, MD, discusses the enormous impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on physician mental health.
In episode 5 of Primary Viewpoints, Jonathan Chow, MD, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses the results of a landmark study he led that showed the dramatic impact aspirin had on morbidity risk among patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19.
In episode 4 of Primary Viewpoints, Patrick Moriarty, MD, from the University of Kansas Medical Center, discusses the role of Lp(a) as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and the phase 3 trials of a potential treatment.
In our third episode Grace Halsey, senior editor of Patient Care Online, talks with Naomi Deirdre Fisher, MD, director of the Hypertension Service and Hypertension Specialty Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, about the challenges of hypertension management at the level of primary care.
In our second episode Grace Halsey, senior editor of Patient Care Online, talks with Seth Baum, MD, founder and chief medical officer at Excel Medical Clinical Trials, LLC, and a clinical affiliate professor of biomedical science in the department of integrative Medical Sciences at Florida Atlantic University’s Charles H. Smith College of Medicine about lipid management in preventive cardiology.
In our first episode Grace Halsey, senior editor of Patient Care Online, talks with Peter McAllister, MD, medical director at the New England Institute of Neurology and Headache and chief medical officer for the New England Institute for Clinical Research, both in Stamford, Connecticut about the impact of COVID-19 on migraine patients.