Expert Interviews

Practical Takeaways from FMX 2025: What Every Family Physician Should Know
October 15, 2025

FMX 2025 highlights for primary care include expert insights on vaccine confidence, chronic cough management, and vascular disease prevention.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Management: From Detection to Referral and Ongoing Surveillance
October 15, 2025

Highlights include size-based surveillance protocols, referral timing, cardiovascular risk reduction, and coordination with vascular surgery.

"Shared Decision-Making" for COVID-19 Vaccination Signals "Optional" to Too Many, Says Kelly Moore, MD, MPH
October 14, 2025

Shared decision-making for COVID-19 vaccines will widen disparities, said Moore, as those already skeptical or with limited access will likely opt out.

Vukiet Tran, MD, on Evidence-Based Treatment of Upper Airway Cough Syndrome
October 14, 2025

Step-by-step treatment protocol for upper airway cough syndrome including nasal steroids, antihistamines, and proper administration technique.

AAA Screening in Primary Care: Criteria, Implementation, and Patient Communication
October 13, 2025

Emergency medicine physician Kabiul Haque, MD, discusses USPSTF screening guidelines for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Kabiul Haque, MD, on Effective Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Primary Care
October 13, 2025

Kabiul Haque, MD, a family medicine physician, shares his four-pillar approach to preventing PAD progression.

Vaccines, Policy, and the Erosion of Trust: A Conversation with Chuck Vega, MD
October 10, 2025

Vega considers the impact of recent changes in immunization policy on trust not just among patients but among clinicians as well. It all threatens good patient care, he said.

The Frist Clinic's John Anderson, MD, on Making CGM Metrics Work With Type 2 Diabetes Patients
October 09, 2025

Time in range, glucose variability, and postprandial spikes: Anderson highlights how CGM insights translate quickly into targeted treatment decisions.

John Anderson, MD on How to Integrate CGM in Primary Care: "Just Do It"
October 08, 2025

The Frist Clinic clinician said that technical difficulty is not impeding CGM uptake in primary care. "The real limitation is they just haven't done it before."

Differential Diagnosis: Distinguishing UACS from Asthma and GERD
October 08, 2025

A family medicine physician details how to differentiate upper airway cough syndrome from asthma and GERD using clinical history and associated symptoms.