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Mild asthma. For patients showing wheezing and shortness of breath on moderate exertion, it’s one of the most common diagnoses, even when breath sounds are clear and pulmonary function testing is normal. What makes mild asthma “mild”? The key guidelines base the stage of a patient’s asthma on how difficult it is to treat. Does that mean the frequency of symptom occurrence? How often a rescue inhaler needs to be used? The frequency and severity of pulmonary exacerbations? How should mild asthma be treated? What are the risks and benefits of short-acting beta agonists versus long-acting beta agonists versus inhaled corticosteroids? Which combinations might be appropriate for which patients?Join us in this issue of ePulmonology Review, as Dr. Fawzy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care discusses these and other issues important to providing the best care for patients with mild asthma.Post test for CME/CE credit: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/197/test Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pulmonary hypertension. The 2022 ESC/ERS revised guidelines have redefined it. New evidence from ongoing and completed clinical trials have led to updates in diagnostic thresholds and treatment algorithms. New agents — some approved, others advancing through the pipeline — promise improved efficacy and safety for a variety of patients. What does it all mean to practitioners in the clinic?Post test for CME/CE credit: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/195/test Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part 1 of this eHIV Review Special Edition (still available at eHIVreview.org), eHIV Review Program Director Justin Alves, Nurse Educator at Boston Medical Center, reviewed the recent evidence describing some of the barriers to care experienced by marginalized individuals at risk for or living with HIV. In this Part 2 issue, he again calls upon two front-line clinicians in the fight to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. — Nicky Mehtani, MD, from UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, and Vanessa Loukas, NP, from Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine —to share their clinical approaches.Post test for CME/CE credit: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/191/test Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marginalized individuals at risk for or living with HIV — the formerly incarcerated, immigrants, people with unstable housing, residents of rural communities, the rising number with substance use disorder — have long faced disparities in obtaining adequate health care. What do HCPs need to know to understand the unique needs of these underserved populations? How can they provide meaningful, helpful, and culturally sensitive care? What barriers continue to prevent their being brought into the HIV care continuum? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marginalized individuals at risk for or living with HIV — the formerly incarcerated, immigrants, people with unstable housing, residents of rural communities, the rising number with substance use disorder — have long faced disparities in obtaining adequate health care. What do HCPs need to know to understand the unique needs of these underserved populations? How can they provide meaningful, helpful, and culturally sensitive care? What barriers continue to prevent their being brought into the HIV care continuum? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A wealth of evidence confirms that adolescents and young adults (AYA) are indeed a priority population whose needs must be addressed for the US Ending the HIV Epidemic program to be successful. What do providers need to know about AYA to bring more of these patients into the HIV care continuum? What should they be doing? And what should they avoid doing?Join us as guest author Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos from the Duke University School of Nursing answers these and other questions, in this issue of eHIV Review.Post test for CME/CE credit: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/183/testCompanion newsletter: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/182 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NfL — neurofilament light, from the blood, not the CSF. Is it a reliable indicator of MS activity, a predictor of relapse-related disability, and a monitor of treatment efficacy? OCT — optical coherence tomography. Fast, safe, reliable, and repeatable, it can reveal the cellular layers inside the retina. But how well does what OCT shows correlate with outcomes of importance in MS? And most important, how can these new biomarkers help clinicians care for their patients with MS now? Join us, as guest author Dr. Emily Schorr from the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California San Diego, addresses some of these questions in this issue of eMultipleSclerosis Review.Post test for CME/CE credit: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/181/testCompanion newsletter: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/180 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A wealth of evidence confirms that adolescents and young adults (AYA) are indeed a priority population whose needs must be addressed for the US Ending the HIV Epidemic program to be successful. What do providers need to know about AYA to bring more of these patients into the HIV care continuum? What should they be doing? And what should they avoid doing?Join us as guest author Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos from the Duke University School of Nursing answers these and other questions, in this issue of eHIV Review.Take our post-test to claim CME credits (https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/179/test)Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. (https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/175) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has the place for BTK inhibitors in MS been determined? How well do extended interval or alternative B cell depletion dosing regimens work, and for which patients? Do the data support HSCT (hematopoietic stem cell transplant) over high-efficacy DMT — again, for which patients, and with what efficacy and safety?Join us, as guest host Dr. Cole Harrington from the Ohio State University explores these important topics in this issue of eMultipleSclerosis Review.Take our post-test to claim CME credits (https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/178/test)Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. (https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/176) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s the evidence supporting the existence of an MS prodromal phase — where the biology of the disease has begun but the symptoms typical of MS have not yet appeared? Are there biomarkers to help identify it? Imaging abnormalities? And how can diagnosing a prodrome benefit patients?Join us as we discuss these questions with Dr. Naila Makhani from Yale School of Medicine, in this video podcast issue of eMultipleSclerosis Review.Take our post-test to claim CME credits.Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clinicians prescribing the increasingly higher efficacy B-cell depletion or S1P modulators therapies — how aware are they of the newer concerns about safety? Which of their patients may be in greater danger of acquiring PML and/or opportunistic infections? The vaccinations commonly recommended for the general population (eg, COVID-19) — do individuals with MS respond differently, and what should clinicians do about it? What do the data say?Join us, as Dr. Le Hua and Dr. Areeba Siddiqui from the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health explore these questions in this issue of eMultipleSclerosis Review.Take our post-test to claim CME credits.Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do cisgender and transgender women, and particularly women of color, account for such a disproportionate percentage of HIV infections in the US? Why are so many so reluctant to accept PrEP? What can clinicians do to bridge this critical gap in essential HIV services?These are some of the questions Guest Author Dr. Kathleen McManus, from the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the University of Virginia, discusses in this issue of eHIV Review.Take our post-test to claim CME credits.Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Too many individuals with MS are not receiving access to the most effective care. Why? What’s behind these disparities? And what can individual clinicians do to help remove the barriers that prevent equitable care for all patients?Join us, as Dr. Dorlan Kimbrough, from the division of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis, and Neuroimmunology at the Duke University School of Medicine, discusses these topics, in this issue of eMultipleSclerosis Review. Take our post-test to claim CME credits.Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). Rilpivirine, in combination with cabotegravir, provides a long-acting injectable option for both treatment and PrEP. But what risk factors have been associated with virologic failure? Doravirine appears to provide a favorable impact on weight and lipid outcomes, but with a lower genetic barrier to resistance. Which patients is it right for and in which ones should it be avoided?Join us as we discuss Newer NNRTI Agents in Clinical Practice with Dr. Darcy Wooten from the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of California, San Diego, in this issue of eHIV Review.Take our post-test to claim CME credits.To read a companion newsletter click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How burdensome is spasticity for patients with MS? What’s the approach to treatment, and how effective is it? What do patients and clinicians need to know about cannabis-based therapies?  These are the key questions Program Director Dr. Michael Kornberg from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine discusses with guest MS spasticity experts in this second part of this eMultipleSclerosis Review Special Edition. Take our post-test to claim CME credits.To read a companion newsletter click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hepatitis B. It may not be curable yet, but as our knowledge continues to grow, so does our ability to benefit our patients today as we prepare them for tomorrow. That’s the focus of this Special HBV Edition of eViralHepatitis Review.The first part of this program presented an evidence-based expert commentary by eViralHepatitis Review Program Director Dr. Mark Sulkowski — Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. This second part is an interview providing more in-depth discussions between Dr. Sulkowski and three of medicine’s top CHB experts. Take our post-test to claim CME credits.To read a companion newsletter click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her Expert Commentary, Dr. Melanie Ward from West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute provided analysis of the newer data describing the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for developing MS and/or increasing the rate of disease progression and disability.Join us for this podcast as Dr. Ward explains how these findings can affect clinical practice to improve overall care of individuals with MS. Take our post-test to claim CME credits.Read this podcast's companion newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Paul Auwaerter discusses XBB and XBB.1.5 subvariants and the respiratory virus season. Topics: *Why XBB and XBB.1.5 subvariants are more transmissible than other subvariants, but less virulent *Effect of Paxlovid on hospitalization and mortality *Summary of the flu and RSV season *Deciding when to treat a COVID-19 patient Post-test for CME/CE credit: https://covid19.dkbmed.com/multispecialty/1-26-23-episode/eval  Access our resource center, download webinar slides, and claim credit at https://covid19.dkbmed.com/multispecialty Presenting faculty:  Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, FIDSA, Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Professor of Medicine, Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stigma. What is it, and where does it come from? How do LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly those with HIV, experience it? How does stigma affect their mental health? What effect does it have on their engagement in HIV care? What do health care providers need to change to minimize stigma in their practices? These are some of the questions advanced practice nurse Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth, discusses in this issue of eHIV Review. Take our post-test to claim CME credits.To read a companion newsletter click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.