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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 28d

💡 “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👇🏾

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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

www.medscape.com/index/list_1...

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

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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...

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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

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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

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

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

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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 👇🏾

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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.

Practical Guide to Glucocorticoid Induced Hyperglycaemia and Diabetes - Diabetes Therapy

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 1

Yes! - link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Glucocorticoids, also known as steroids, are a class of anti-inflammatory drugs utilised widely in clinical practice for a variety of conditions. They are associated with a range of side effects inclu...

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 1

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MediConf

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚦Join me Thurs eve for "A potpourri of primary care topics - part 2"
💡I'm covering:
🎯Interpretation of the FBC in primary care (neutropenias, lymphopenias, thrombocytopenias etc)
🎯UTI in children
🎯 Management of blurred vision in primary care
🎯 "Red eye" picture quiz
Registration link in comments 👇🏾

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jun 27

medscape-uk.co/Hacks

Primary Care Hacks: Homepage

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

Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · Jun 27

❤️ My latest @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack has been a longstanding passion project!

🔥Prescribing Pearls for Primary Care🔥

🎯Tips on using mirtazapine, rosuvastatin low-dose doxycycline once-weekly rosuvastatin & others!

PDF link in comments below👇🏾

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PCWHS @pcwhs.bsky.social · Jun 16

Are you an HCP curious about weight loss injections and the implications for women's health? This is one of the topics we'll be addressing at our annual conference with the esteemed @drkevinfernando.bsky.social.

Explore the full agenda here: www.pcwhs.co.uk/events/5/pcw...