Primary Care Today
Primary Care Today features conversations with clinical experts representing a wide range of medical specialties to highlight the latest trends in primary care practice, from clinical pearls to updated guidelines, health informatics, and practice management. This series is hosted by Dr. Brian McDonough, a nationally recognized clinical expert, teacher, and public speaker in primary care.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Episodes
- 382
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
A Crisis in Slow Motion: Why the Rise of Sedentary Lifestyles Matters
Sedentary behaviors are rapidly on the rise as technological advances streamline public capabilities to work and conduct regular tasks at the click of a …
A Crisis in Slow Motion: Why the Rise of Sedentary Lifestyles Matters
Sedentary behaviors are rapidly on the rise as technological advances streamline public capabilities to work and conduct regular tasks at the click of a …
When it's More than Just Heartburn: Preventing Respiratory Complications of Reflux Disease
Respiratory complications of GERD are surprisingly common, particularly in patients experiencing silent, asymptomatic reflux for long periods of time. Ye…
When it's More than Just Heartburn: Preventing Respiratory Complications of Reflux Disease
Respiratory complications of GERD are surprisingly common, particularly in patients experiencing silent, asymptomatic reflux for long periods of time. Ye…
Care Navigation with Patient Advocates: Benefits to General Practice
Primary care practices are environments with deeply emotional caregiving relationships, but communicative barriers between clinicians and patients make s…
Care Navigation with Patient Advocates: Benefits to General Practice
Primary care practices are environments with deeply emotional caregiving relationships, but communicative barriers between clinicians and patients make s…
Controversies in Tobacco Harm Reduction: Is Smoking Cessation the Only Answer?
On the subject of smoking, health risks differ from one form of smoking product to another. Yet these differences aren't always well understood by health…
Controversies in Tobacco Harm Reduction: Is Smoking Cessation the Only Answer?
On the subject of smoking, health risks differ from one form of smoking product to another. Yet these differences aren't always well understood by health…
Managing Obesity & Pre-Diabetes when Lifestyle Modifications Fail
Guest: Tina K. Thethi, MD, MPH
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Tina Thethi, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the section of Endocrinology and Meta…
Managing Obesity & Pre-Diabetes when Lifestyle Modifications Fail
Guest: Tina K. Thethi, MD, MPH
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Tina Thethi, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the section of Endocrinology and Meta…
Helping Patients Overcome Travel Anxieties in Uncertain Times
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr Ken Yeager, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Ohio State University School of Medicine. Dr. Yeager examines how physic…
Helping Patients Overcome Travel Anxieties in Uncertain Times
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr Ken Yeager, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Ohio State University School of Medicine. Dr. Yeager examines how physic…
Coping with Mass Violence and Terrorism: How Clinicians Can Intervene
Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss clinical approaches to endemic fears and anxieties spread by acts of mass violence and terrorism, both abroad and …
Coping with Mass Violence and Terrorism: How Clinicians Can Intervene
Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss clinical approaches to endemic fears and anxieties spread by acts of mass violence and terrorism, both abroad and …
Mastering the Pre-Participation Physical Exam (PPE): A Sports Medicine Approach
Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss updated considerations and approaches to the pre-participation physical exam is Dr. Mark Mirabelli, Assistant Prof…
Mastering the Pre-Participation Physical Exam (PPE): A Sports Medicine Approach
Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss updated considerations and approaches to the pre-participation physical exam is Dr. Mark Mirabelli, Assistant Prof…
Best Approaches to Shoulder Injuries: From Orthopedics to Primary Care
Shoulder pain is one of the most common presentations in primary care, but the most proper workups to determine causes and develop effective treatment pl…
Best Approaches to Shoulder Injuries: From Orthopedics to Primary Care
Shoulder pain is one of the most common presentations in primary care, but the most proper workups to determine causes and develop effective treatment pl…
Overhead Sports Injuries in Young Athletes: Prevention and Management Strategies
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Edmonds, co-director of 360 Sports Medicine and one of two fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons at Rady Children’…
Overhead Sports Injuries in Young Athletes: Prevention and Management Strategies
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Edmonds, co-director of 360 Sports Medicine and one of two fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons at Rady Children’…