Kenneth Bender, PharmD, MA

Antiobesity medications are the next step after lifestyle interventions prove inadequate; here are the American Gastroenterological Association recommendations, at-a-glance.

How are you managing your patients with resistant or refractory hypertension? How do your strategies align with current guidelines? Try these 9 questions and find out.

Hypertension that is resistant or refractory to treatment increases the risk of comorbidity and cardiovascular risk. Click through this at-a-glance review of key issues.

Do you know the ACIP-preferred influenza vaccine for adults aged ≥65 yrs? The cut-off age for HPV vaccination? The time between the 2-dose mpox series? More, here.

This summary of updates to the ACIP 2024 Adult Vaccination recommendations includes 4 new vaccines and new formulations for COVID-19 and influenza shots.

This quick quiz tests what you know about updates to the 2024 ADA standards of care, which include guidance on antiobesity drugs and managing comorbid chronic disease.

These 7 questions are based on the most recent update to the guidelines by the Women's Preventive Services Initiative, including supporting resources.

Get a quick overview of recommendations for preventive health services and screenings focused on the unique needs of women across the lifespan.

Based on the updated 2023 AHA/ACC recommendations, the 9-question quiz tests what you know about the most current approaches to CCD treatment.

The 10 take-home points from the ACC/AHA cover diet, exercise, cardiac rehab, use of new treatments, reliance on statins, guidance on beta-blockers, plus more.

Test your COPD IQ with these 8 questions on spirometry in COPD diagnosis, COPD exacerbations and treatment response, when to add ICS, and other topics for PCPs.

Updates in the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease report include using spirometry values in diagnosis and optimizing inhaled pharmacotherapy.

A 10-second check of your GI IQ.

When does management of Crohn disease warrant assessment of C-reactive protein and fecal calprotectin and when is endoscopy indicated? Test your IBD IQ.

The American College of Gastroenterology's new guidelines focus on improved prognosis through early detection, improved accuracy in monitoring,

Review the ACC/AHA guidelines on prevention of ASCVD through lifestyle and risk factor assessment and management in our at-a-glance slide show.

According to the US CDC, the most important modifiable risk factor for antibiotic resistance is (fill in this blank). Find out here and fill in 5 more blanks.

In this at-a-glance Guideline Topline, we summarize the CDC's 2023 guidance on outpatient antimicrobial stewardship for busy primary care clinicians.

This guideline topline summary of recommendations for treating hypertension in adults is adapted from the American Academy of Family Physicians clinical guideline.

See highlights of CDC 2023 immunization updates for: pneumococcal disease; measles, mumps, and rubella; hepatitis B; polio; and monkeypox.

Updates to CDC recommendations on influenza and COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine formulations will impact your choices during flu season this year.

CDC immunization recommendations for influenza, COVID-19, and RSV from the updated 2023 schedules are summarized in this Guideline Topline.

Guidelines on primary ASCVD prevention from the USPSTF and the AHA/ACC/Multisociety differ on why and when to initiate a statin. Try the 5-question quiz.

In a recent comparison of guideline recommendations for initiating statin therapy in primary prevention, researchers found significant differences in the numbers who would benefit.

Try this 7-question quiz on the 2023 guidelines from The Endocrine Society that focus on advances in diabetes treatment that help minimize risk of hypoglycemia.

The Endocrine Society's first update on management of hypoglycemia since 2009 emphasizes the value of new technology and therapeutics in minimizing risk.

The updated American College of Physicians osteoporosis treatment guideline is summarized in this topline review for primary care clinicians.

When combined, fluvoxamine and inhaled budesonide appear more likely than either agent alone to reduce risk of early COVID-19 becoming severe, say TOGETHER investigators.

Updated VA/DoD chronic pain management guidelines include recommendations for dual use of buprenorphine and increased mental health assessment before prescribing opioids.

New pain management guidelines suggest use of buprenorphine as a potentially "safer" opioid analgesic for chronic pain when there are no reasonable alternatives.