Moving Beyond the Joint: The Interplay between Gout and Kidney Disease
September 6th 2024Nehad Soloman, MD, FACR; Andrew Sharobeem, DO, FACR, and Sunil Patel, MD, explore the nephrologist's vital role in gout diagnosis, treatment options for gout patients with chronic kidney disease, and strategies for managing refractory gout and its associated challenges.
Moving Beyond the Joint: Unraveling Gout's Systemic and Renal Implications
August 13th 2024Key opinion leaders analyze EULAR 2024 updates on gout, chronic inflammation's systemic impact, and gout-chronic kidney disease (CKD) connections, while examining urate-lowering therapies for gout management, particularly in patients with CKD.
Beyond the Surface: Monitoring your Patients with Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis
June 25th 2024Expert dermatologists have a comprehensive discussion on exciting developments in the treatment of plaque psoriasis, focusing on treatment approaches, patient monitoring strategies, and recent long term clinical trial data on oral agent deucravacitinib.
A Patient-Centric Medcast on the Journey Through Moderate Plaque Psoriasis
March 8th 2024Advanced practice providers in dermatology discuss exciting developments in the treatment landscape of plaque psoriasis. Listen to their insights into the often-challenging journey patients go on. The arrival of novel oral systemic treatment options offers opportunities to alleviate the burden of this chronic disease.
Practical Tips for Managing Actinic Keratosis with Photodynamic Therapy in the Clinic
November 28th 2023In this episode of MEDcast, expert dermatologists delve into the practical aspects of using photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treatment of actinic keratosis. Specialists are sharing their protocols, advances in PDT delivery, tips for training clinical staff and communicating with patients.
Mitigating Cardiovascular Risk in Obesity
October 23rd 2023Dhiren Patel, PharmD, and Bob Busch, MD, interview Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, an obesity medicine specialist, to examine the cardiovascular (CV) impact of obesity and delve into the potential benefits of newer weight loss medications in mitigating CV risk and heart failure.
Challenges With Step Therapy Protocols in Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis
September 12th 2023In this MEDcast episode, Drs Soloman, Sharobeem, Boone and Feldman discuss the use of step therapy in rheumatoid arthritis, how step therapy was intended to be used, how it is actually used, and challenges and solutions to its use.