Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Family Practice: 2005 INFECTIOUS DISEASE: WHERE DO WE STAND? Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 48 December 28, 2005 Rational prescribing in the era of antibiotic resistance – George P. Kent, MD Update on pediatric immunizations – Jonathan L. Temte, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the American Academy of Family Physicians' 2005 Scientific Assembly, San Francisco NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 47 December 21, 2005 Neural and neuromuscular complaints – Terry Rascoe, MD Bell's palsy and cyclic vomiting syndrome; Upper back and neck pain and Seizures Migraines and other headaches – David E.J. Bazzo, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SERIOUS SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 46 December 14, 2005 The Taylor Hooton story – Donald M. Hooton, MS Performance–enhancing drugs and supplements – Suraj A. Achar, MD Methamphetamine: a growing epidemic – Cathy L. Baldwin–Johnson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Academy Of Family Physicians' 2005 Scientific Assembly, San Francisco MANAGEMENT OF THE BREAST LUMP AND PMS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 45 December 7, 2005 Work–up of the breast lump – Armando Giuliano, MD PMS: recognition and management – Andrea Rapkin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 32nd Annual Family Practice Refresher Course, Presented May 31 To June 4, 2005, By The David Geffen School Of Medicine At The University Of California, Los Angeles DIABETES MELLITUS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 44 November 28, 2005 Diabetes update – John Bantle, MD Newer developments in the care of diabetic patients – Daniel Einhorn, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ENDOCRINE DISORDERS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 43 November 21, 2005 Thyroid dysfunction in the elderly – Allan Marks, MD Hyperparathyroidism – Dr. Marks Genetic disorders with endocrine abnormalities – William Bryant, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ISSUES IN THE FAMILY Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 42 November 14, 2005 Anxiety in children – Barbara Howard, MD Working with difficult families – Barbara Howard, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. FOOT PROBLEMS AND LOW BACK PAIN Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 41 November 7, 2005 Office podiatry – Alan Singer, DPM Low back pain – David Fish, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the annual Family Practice Refresher Course, presented by the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles DERMATOLOGY UPDATE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 40 October 28, 2005 Common skin problems – Jennifer T. Clarke, MD Acne, atopic dermatitis, fungal infections, and warts Psoriasis, melanoma, and basal cell carcinoma Malignant melanoma – Robert J. Pariser, MD Skin manifestations of systemic disease and drugs – O. Fred Miller III, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Annual Spring Family Practice Review, Sponsored By The Temple University School Of Medicine, Philadelphia ADVANCES IN MEDICINE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 39 October 21, 2005 Tips and tricks in emergency and urgent care – Loren A. Crown, MD Deep venous thrombosis – Gregg E. Mitchell, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Annual Review Course For The Family Physician, Sponsored By The University Of Tennessee College Of Medicine, Memphis NEONATAL ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT OF FAILURE TO THRIVE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 38 October 14, 2005 The gray zone in neonatal ethics – Theodore R. Thompson, MD Failure to thrive – Joseph J. Sockalosky, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 31st Annual Family Medicine Review, Presented May 23-27, 2005, By The University Of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis CLINICAL UROLOGY Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 37 October 7, 2005 Prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia – Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH Urinary tract stones – Michel Pontari, MD Urologic imaging studies in pediatric patients – Michael Pergament, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INTERNAL BLEEDING: OUR EPIDEMIC OF MEDICAL MISTAKES Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 36 September 28, 2005 IOM report – Robert M. Wachter, MD Case discussion – Robert M. Wachter, MD "Swiss cheese model" of errors – Robert M. Wachter, MD Creating safer systems – Robert M. Wachter, MD Questions and answers – Robert M. Wachter, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine's 19th Annual Primary Care Medicine: Principles and Practice FITNESS AND EXERCISE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 35 September 21, 2005 Joggers' fatigue – William R. Vollmar, MD Prescribing exercise – Gabe Mirkin, MD The weekend warrior – Bryan K. Ganter, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PAINFUL JOINTS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 34 September 14, 2005 Advances in rheumatology – Kenneth H. Fye, MD Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and spondylitis Gout – Steven Berney, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PAIN CONTROL Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 33 September 7, 2005 Pain management in the elderly – Brandon Koretz, MD Cancer pain – Barbara A. Murphy, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Dr. Koretz presented at the annual Family Practice Refresher Course, sponsored by the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, 5/31/05; Dr. Murphy spoke at the annual Review Course for the Family Physician, 3/18/05, sponsored by the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis HEART FAILURE: DEALING WITH DIFFICULT CASES Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 32 August 28, 2005 Case presentation 1 – Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, New Orleans (moderator); John Chin, MD; Barry H. Greenberg, MD; Ilena L. PiŅa, MD; Patricia A. Uber, PharmD; Clyde W. Yancy, MD Case presentation 2 – Marc A. Silver, MD (moderator); Kathleen A. Dracup, RN, DNSc; Barry H. Greenberg, MD; John R. Teerlink, MD; Mark A. Winchester, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Heart Failure 2005: Update for the Primary Care Physician presented February 12, 2005, in Sacramento by the Heart Failure Society of America THE WOES OF GROWING OLD Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 31 August 21, 2005 Top 10 problems in the elderly – Charles H. Stern, MD Alzheimer's disease – Robert Burns, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ISSUES IN HEMATOLOGY Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 30 August 14, 2005 MICROCYTIC ANEMIAS – Richard S. Eisenstaedt, MD THROMBOCYTOPENIA – Dr. Eisenstaedt SICKLE CELL DISEASE – Patricia Adams-Graves, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT PROBLEMS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 29 August 7, 2005 Pharyngitis in children – Andrea C.S. McCoy, MD Otitis media and serous otitis media – Gil C. Grimes, MD Management of streptococcal pharyngitis – Dr. Grimes Rhinosinusitis – Ahmed M.S. Soliman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 53, Issue 28 July 28, 2005 Depression in the clinically ill – Roger J. Cadieux, MD Schizophrenia, atypical antipsychotics, and physical problems – J. Jewel Shim, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.