ReachMD Briefs: Short Medical Videos

It can be easy to think of heat exhaustion and heatstroke as the same condition, but there’s a key difference between the two that we need to help our patients understand, especially during the warm summer months.

It’s an unfortunate reality that an increasing number of patients are refusing to get vaccinated—regardless of whether that’s the recommendation for themselves or their children. But luckily, there are ways you can talk to your patients about this, as Dr. Jennifer Caudle explains.

Not every IBD patient fits into IBD care guidelines, which is why Dr. Gary Lichtenstein and Dr. Marla Dubinsky discuss the best ways to use these guidelines in your practice at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas.

Dr. Maria Abreu and the Medical Director of Schubert-Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center Dr. Michael Rosen discuss one of the sessions at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress, entitled “Environmental Triggers and Stemming the Rising Tide of IBD.”

Joining Dr. Laurie Keefer at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas to discuss one of the conference’s highly anticipated sessions is Dr. Joel Rosh, a pediatric gastroenterologist from Atlantic Health System.

Recorded at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas, Dr. Athos Bousvaros and Dr. Andrew Grossman discuss IBD among pediatric patients and how optimizing various therapies is critically important to achieving disease remission.

To help ensure that you and your patients are on the same page, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation creates a Health Maintenance Checklist each year. Join Dr. Alan Moss as he breaks down this checklist at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas.

After the “Nutritional Therapy for IBD: From Theory to Your Practice” session at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas, dietician Kelly Issokson and Dr. James Lewis recap the key takeaways, how you can implement those takeaways into your practice, and the benefits of recruiting dieticians and other healthcare professionals to provide your IBD patients with nutritional therapy.

Sit in on the conversation between the chair and co-chair of the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress Dr. Brent Polk and Dr. Maria Abreau, as they discuss highlights from the second annual conference held in Las Vegas and why this meeting is so important for clinicians and scientists alike.

The number of IBD patients who find themselves with colorectal cancer has decreased over the past ten years due to better screening tools and medication. And to help continue that trend, Dr. Animesh Jain and Dr. David Hudesman discuss the unique risk factors and the importance of early screening at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas.

At the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas, Dr. Alesandro Fichera and Dr. Judy Cho discuss the session that they co-moderated about the management of complicated IBD and the breakthroughs for Crohn's disease management that could limit your patients’ need for surgery.

Jeanne Venella, Vice President of Clinical Operations at Stel Life, Inc., talks about the benefits and limitations of the electronic records system in healthcare from her perspective as a nurse.

Along with the management of psoriatic arthritis, many patients also struggle with multiple, underlying comorbidities, increasing the complexity of the disease. In a review of the associated comorbidities that can emerge from PsA, Dr. Alexis Ogdie brings another aspect to the forefront: the all-too-often underrecognized comorbidities and risk factors.

Beyond Skin Deep: Impacts of Psoriatic Arthritis is sponsored by Lilly. Content for this non-certified educational series is produced and controlled by ReachMD. This series is intended for health care professionals only.

Many psoriatic arthritis patients struggle in determining the proper physician they should seek for treatment and care management. Since dermatologists are usually consulted first due to skin manifestations, it’s crucial that they are able to recognize the symptoms of PsA and know when to refer the patient to another specialist. Dr. Adrienne Rencic, a dermatologist in Glen Mills, PA, emphasizes the power of communication to achieve good coordination of care.

Beyond Skin Deep: Impacts of Psoriatic Arthritis is sponsored by Lilly. Content for this a non-certified educational series is produced and controlled by ReachMD. This series is intended for health care professionals only.

If you’re thinking about opting out of Medicare, then you don’t want to miss private practice rheumatologist Dr. Ellen McKnight sharing her unique perspective and tips with Dr. Maddie Feldman at this year’s Congress of Clinical Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida.

Are you looking for a resource that will help educate, promote, and advocate your rheumatology practice and patients? Then join Dr. Maddie Feldman as she speaks with Andrea Zlatkus, President of the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers (NORM), on the meeting floor of the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida.

After attending Dr. Michelle Petri’s talk on nonrenal lupus at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida, Dr. James Lipstate shares this recognized leader’s exclusive insights with Dr. Maddie Feldman.

Catch up on the latest findings on fibromyalgia with Dr. James Lipstate, who shares the highlights from Dr. Jarred Younger’s lecture, Microglia, New Targets in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia,given at this year’s Congress of Clinical Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida.

Dr. Marissa Sansone from Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health shares her case study addressing IgG4-related diseases, such as fibroinflammatory disorders, with Dr. Maddie Feldman at this year’s Congress of Clinical Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting.

Coming to you from the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida, Dr. Maddie Feldman investigates a new test that has the potential to help predict which rheumatoid arthritis patients will respond to anti-TNF therapies.