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Kevin Fernando
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Portfolio GP, GPwER Diabetes/CVRM & Medical Education, Content Advisor @Medscape Global & UK, Honorary Clinical Reader @dundeeuni
💡 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
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
💡 “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
September 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
💡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
September 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🔥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
August 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
August 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🙏🏾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
August 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
July 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
July 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🔥#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
July 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚦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 👇🏾
July 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
❤️ 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👇🏾

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live!

💡How to Identify & Treat Hypomagnesaemia in Primary Care

🎯 >1y Rx with all PPIs can lead to hypomagnesemia, do remember any OTC use

🔥Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & link in comments 👇🏾

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
May 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚦Latest @medscape.com Primary Care #hack is live!

🔥Paired #hacks covering the diagnosis & management of #HFrEF & #HFpEF in primary care

PDF download link in comments 👇🏾

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚦Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack

🔥Interpreting iron studies in primary care🔥

🎯 What are iron studies?
🎯 Top tips & pitfalls to avoid
🎯 Managing ⬆️ ferritin
🎯 Iron deficiency: once daily dosing help absorption

PDF download link in comments 👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
May 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🔥Our #CVRMUK paper is now published!

💡"Advancing Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Medicine: A Narrative Review of Insights and Innovations for the Future"

🎯This review advocates for an integrated #CKM framework

Open access link in comments 👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🔥My latest @medscape.com article is live

💡Key learning points from NICE NG243 Adrenal Insufficiency: Identification & Management guideline

🎯When to suspect adrenal insufficiency & physiological equivalent doses of glucocorticoids

Link in comments 👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
💡Preventing is better than treating 💡

🔥Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on "Identifying People at High Risk of #T2D " 🔥

Updated in light of recently published SIGN 172 Prevention & Remission of #T2D

PDF link in comments 👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
April 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
💡My latest Medscape Medical Mentor podcast is live!

🔥The interpretation & management of hypercalcaemia in primary care🔥

On Spotify, Apple Podcasts & @medscape.com website (link👇🏾)

Also see my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on calcium

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
April 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
💡The first step in healthcare is self-care
💡 We must educate before we medicate

🔥 Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on Lifestyle Changes for Managing #Hypertension 🔥

PDF download link in comments 👇🏾

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hot on heels of CVRMUK congress, @EimearDarcy
& I present our updated @medscape.com
Primary Care #Hack

🔥#T2D #CVRM checklist🔥

💡A holistic, person-centred approach to supporting our patients living with #T2D

PDF download in comments below👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
March 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🎯 CVRMUK London conference tomorrow!

I'm covering

💡A history lesson: the evolution of cardio-renal disease
💡The intersection of sleep & #CVRM
💡EASL-EASD-EASO #MASLD guidance

🔥 Our Autumn CVRMUK conference is on 26/11/25

Register 👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
March 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I'll be covering:

🎯 Managing health anxiety in primary care
🎯 Lifestyle interventions for managing hypertension
🎯 Managing penicillin allergy in primary care
🎯 Diagnosis & management of gout

Looking forward to it!
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🎯Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack

🔥 #DOAC dosing for stroke prevention in #NVAF & kidney impairment🔥

🚨 #DOACs are not "fire & forget" drugs
💡 Do not use #eGFR; #CrCl should be used for drug dosing

PDF download link in comments below 👇🏾

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
March 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💡 My latest Medical Mentor podcast is live!

🔥Interpretation & management of hypocalcaemia for PC 🔥

On Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Medscape website (link👇🏾)

+see my @medscape.com PC #Hack on hypercalcaemia and hypocalcaemia in PC (link👇🏾)

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
March 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🔥Practical approaches to #CGM in Primary Care: A UK-based consensus opinion🔥

Co-authored with esteemed colleagues & published Diabetes Therapy this week.

Open-access: pdf link in comments

🎯Includes "digital readiness" checklist

@goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @shashj.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM