<p>This week primary care physicians Gary, Henry, Kate and Mark discuss the safety of CBD, a new guideline for managing adults with hypertension, whether COVID-19 vaccines are still effective, and a living guideline from the BMJ to help us choose the best diabetes drugs. </p><p><strong>Links to stuff</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Essential Evidence Plus</a></p><p><a href="⁠https://iafp.com/events/view/2025am" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> Illinois Academy of Family Physicians meeting Dec 6 in Naperville, IL (Kate, Gary and Mark)</a>   </p><p><a href="www.ndafp.org/cme/big-sky-conference/⁠ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians Big Sky Conference Jan 19 in Big Sky, Montana (Gary and Kate) </a></p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40622698/⁠ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Safety of CBD</a></p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40811516/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">ACC/AHA Hypertension guideline</a></p><p><a href="https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements/prevent-calculator" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">PREVENT-CVD risk calculator</a></p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41061231/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines</a></p><p><a href="BMJ 2025;390:e082071" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">BMJ living guideline for diabetes</a></p><p><a href="https://matchit.magicevidence.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">BMJ MATCH-IT interactive tool for selecting drugs</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>