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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 9h

Medical Mentor - Index

Read full-text medical journal articles from Medscape's Medical Mentor.

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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 10h

Oooo worth a listen!
@drkevinfernando.bsky.social knows how to draw a crowd and guaranteed to delivered superb CPD content.
Let me present BlueSky Exhibit A: @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social Session on LFTs
(Bonus points if you can spot me!)
#BestPracticeShow #GPsky #PrimaryCare

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 10h

💡 The first step in healthcare is self-care

🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live!

🚨Improving cardiometabolic health in #T2D, focusing on the importance of 24-hour physical behaviours for people living with #T2D or the 5 𝗦's

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 7d

Great to see @drkevinfernando.bsky.social in real life talking us through the "potpourri" of diabetes @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social #bestpracticeshow check out his hacks and pearls ➡️ medscape-uk.co/Hacks

Dr Kevin Fernando at best practice show talking to a large audience about diabetes

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 7d

Day 1 @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social ✅

Highlights for me:
- packed out session by @drkevinfernando.bsky.social on abnormal LFTS. Who knew that clinical diploma module on hepatic med would be handy?
- Meeting some @nhsconfed.org Alumni
- Catching with ex PCCLEs & my BFF @pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Sep 12

Health Anxiety: Advice for Identification and Management

This underrecognized condition drives significant long-term morbidity and sickness absence in the community.

medscape-uk.co/Hack-psoriasis

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Sep 12

💡 “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, living in the future” Laozi Born 601BC

🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live

🚨Identifying & Managing Health Anxiety in Primary Care

On Apple Podcasts, Spotify and link👇🏾

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Sep 1

Psoriasis: Assessment and Management—Primary Care Hacks

Detailing how to assess and manage psoriasis in primary care; includes a comprehensive table of therapies and a checklist for annual reviews

medscape-uk.co

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Sep 1

💡Psoriasis Is More Than Just Skin Deep

🔥New @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack “Assessment and Management of Psoriasis in Primary Care"

🎯Common presentations inc. skin of colour
🎯Psoriatic arthritis
🎯Cardiometabolic risk & mental health
🎯Annual checklist & therapeutic options

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔥Metformin & #SGLT2i for almost all in draft NICE #t2d guidance!

⚠️But no drug is without harm, & we must balance the benefits against possible adverse effects

💡Have a look at my YouTube videos for people living with #T2D considering #sglt2is

www.youtube.com/@DrKevinFern...

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Aug 12

Medical Mentor - Index

Read full-text medical journal articles from Medscape's Medical Mentor.

Primary Care Hacks: Homepage

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Aug 12

My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live!

🔶What is Type 3c Diabetes?🔶

🎯T3c diabetes is diabetes associated with any disease, trauma or surgery of the exocrine pancreas, and it's often misdiagnosed as #T2D

Link in comments 👇🏾

Also on Spotify & Apple #podcasts

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Aug 5

medscape-uk.co/Hacks

Guidelines presents Primary Care Hacks, a series of clinical aide-mémoires across a range of topics

medscape-uk.co

www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Aug 5

🙏🏾Thanks for the lovely feedback on my @medscape.com
"what next after metformin" #hacks

💡Here are my companion #hacks for these resources covering:

🎯prescribing for #t2d & #CKD
🎯extraglycaemic indications of #sglt2is

👇🏾PDF links in comments

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 31

Diabetes, Type 2: What Next After Metformin? Part 2—Primary Care Hacks

This Primary Care Hack is intended to help guide your choice of medication for type 2 diabetes, This part covers SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 RAs, and GLP-1/GIP RAs

www.medscape.co.uk

www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 31

Diabetes, Type 2: What Next After Metformin? Part 1—Primary Care Hacks

This Primary Care Hack is intended to help guide your choice of medication for type 2 diabetes, This part covers metformin, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, and DPP-4 inhibitors

www.medscape.co.uk

Primary Care Hacks: Homepage

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 31

medscape-uk.co/Hacks

Guidelines presents Primary Care Hacks, a series of clinical aide-mémoires across a range of topics

medscape-uk.co

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 31

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease & old physician ends life with 1 drug for 20 diseases Sir William Osler

🔥Epic (!) update to my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hacks - "What next after metformin 1&2" 🔥

PDF link in comments

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 14

My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live!

🔶What is Lp(a), and when should we check it?🔶

🎯Lp(a) is an important but underappreciated independent risk factor for #ASCVD

Link in comments👇🏾

Also on @Spotify & @Apple #podcasts

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 14

What Is Lp(a), and When Should We Check It?

This genetically determined risk factor for major cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality is underappreciated in primary care.

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 14

My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live!

🔶What is Lp(a), and when should we check it?🔶

🎯Lp(a) is an important but underappreciated independent risk factor for #ASCVD

Link in comments👇🏾

Also on @Spotify & @Apple #podcasts

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 9

Will Mifepristone Prove a CATALYST for Change?

Treatment with mifepristone results in clinically meaningful improvements in HbA1c and cardiometabolic risk in patients with difficult-to-control T2D and hypercortisolism.

Semaglutide Has Found Its STRIDE

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 9

🔥#ADA2025 gamechanger!

🔶 Will Mifepristone Prove A #CATALYST For Change?

🎯 The #CATALYST trial is the next evolution in personalised #T2D care. We should consider screening for #hypercortisolism in those with difficult-to-control #T2D

Link in comments below 👇🏾

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Erik Greb @medscapeerik.bsky.social · Jul 3

The STRIDE trial illustrates the significant benefits that semaglutide has for patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. This therapy could improve quality and quantity of life in these patients, says @drkevinfernando.bsky.social. #diabetes www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The STRIDE trial has laid the foundation for a paradigm shift in how we use GLP-1 RAs for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease.