#464 Recap Extravaganza: Dental Pain, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Diabetes & CGMs, Hyperparathyroidism, Neck Pain, Endometriosis, Rhinitis, and more!

#464 Recap Extravaganza: Dental Pain, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Diabetes & CGMs, Hyperparathyroidism, Neck Pain, Endometriosis, Rhinitis, and more!

Author: The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast December 23, 2024 Duration: 1:06:18
Join us as Paul and Watto reflect on the past year, discussing some favorite insights gained covering a range of topics, including dental pain management, cardiac amyloidosis, the impact of continuous glucose monitoring on diabetes care, the complexities of diagnosing primary hyperparathyroidism, hepatitis B screening and vaccination, GLP-1 agonists, travel medicine, endometriosis, rhinitis, and recurrent UTIs.  Plus, we feature listener voicemails sharing their favorite episodes and why they love the Curbsiders!

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Show Segments

  • 00:00 Introduction and Year-End Reflections
  • 02:59 Picks of the Year
  • 05:53 Dental Pain and Oral Care Insights
  • 10:25 Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • 14:33 Listener mail- diabetes
  • 16:33 Neck Pain
  • 19:08 Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Diabetes
  • 23:57 Hyperparathyroidism
  • 30:48  Hepatitis B 
  • 34:01 Listener mail- obesity
  • 36:14 Travel Medicine: Malaria, Diarrhea, and Vaccination
  • 40:38 Endometriosis
  • 46:08 Rhinitis and Environmental Allergies
  • 49.24  Recurrent UTIs
  • 55:08 Reflections on Nine Years of Curbsiders

Credits

  • Written, Produced, and hosted by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Cover Art: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP   
  • Reviewer: Molly Heublein MD
  • Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Technical Production: PodPaste

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