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Misunderstandings and misperceptions about migraine persist, leading to misdiagnosis and less-than-optimal management. In this video, migraine experts seek to update the primary care provider on the current understanding of the disease, and the role of gepants, ditans, triptans, calcitonin gene-related peptide antibodies, and other therapies.

In this randomized trial from Poland, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands, the study population of approximately 85,000 individuals were randomly assigned to colonoscopy screening or usual care. The risk of colorectal cancer at 10 years was 18% lower in the screening cohort.

This broad review of recent studies in women’s health topics aims to help the primary care physician in discussing and guiding therapy for women in topics from cardiovascular disease to pelvic pain. The review covers such questions as: How does migraine with aura affect CVD risk in women? How do you respond to patient questions about fracture risk and bisphosphonates? Are antidepressants safe for women who are considering pregnancy? Is gabapentin effective for chronic pelvic pain?

The obesity epidemic affects millions of patients around the world, but a new treatment option may be a game-changer for the treatment landscape. Lead author of the STEP 8 clinical trial, Dr. Domenica Rubino, shares insights from trial and how these key clinical findings could change obesity management.

In a cohort study of more than 2 million patients, influenza vaccination was associated with a 22% to 24% lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. But more than half of that effect seems to be that healthier people are more likely to be vaccinated for flu.

In this retrospective cross-sectional study of patients hospitalized for suspected infection, temporal temperature measurement was associated with a lower odds of detecting fever compared with oral measurement in Black patients but not white patients. “Health care systems routinely use fever cutoffs to trigger notification pathways such as sepsis alerts to systematize timely triage and antibiotic administration. Although the absolute difference between oral and temporal temperatures was small, the findings suggest that this discrepancy combined with commonly used fever cutoffs may lead to fever going undetected in many Black patient.” Sivasubramanium V. Bhavani, MD