Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Family Practice: 2007 OVERACTIVE BLADDER/FOOT PROBLEMS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 48 December 28, 2007 Overactive bladder – Charles W. Nager, MD Limp in, dance out: foot problems – Richard M. Green, DPM Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 50th Annual Postgraduate Symposium Family Medicine Update, Sponsored By The San Diego Academy Of Family Physicians ENDOCRINOLOGY UPDATE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 47 December 21, 2007 Thyroid disorders – William A. Norcross, MD More about the thyroid – Robert J. Rushakoff, MD Problems involving the pituitary, adrenal, and parathyroid glands – Dr. Rushakoff Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. DIABETES MELLITUS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 46 December 14, 2007 Caring for diabetic patients – Marc Sandberg, MD Evaluation of drugs for treating diabetes and prediabetes – Michael A. Bush, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. WELLNESS/PROBLEM PATIENT Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 45 December 7, 2007 Wellness update – E. Lee Rice, DO The problem patient – Margaret E. McCahill, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 50th Annual Postgraduate Symposium Family Medicine Update, Sponsored By The San Diego Academy Of Family Physicians ENT PROBLEMS/BACK PAIN Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 44 November 28, 2007 Common problems in otorhinolaryngology – Paul A. Kedeshian, MD Back pain – Jeffrey C. Wang, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 34th Annual Family Practice Refresher Course, Sponsored By The David Geffen School Of Medicine At The University Of California, Los Angeles OB AND STD UPDATE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 43 November 21, 2007 Update in preconception counseling – Vanessa A. Diaz, MD Update in STD treatment – Kelly Ragucci, PharmD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From An Intensive Review Of Family Medicine, Presented June 18-23, 2007, By The Medical University Of South Carolina DERMATOLOGIC DILEMMAS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 42 November 14, 2007 Frequently misdiagnosed problems referred to the dermatologist – John R.T. Reeves, MD Common skin disorders – Julie Letsinger, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFECTIOUS DISEASE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 41 November 7, 2007 Vaccine–preventable diseases – David A. Pegues Serious bacterial organisms – Dr. Pegues Infectious disease in older patients – Dean C. Norman Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 34th Annual Family Practice Refresher Course, Sponsored By The David Geffen School Of Medicine At The University Of California, Los Angeles HAZARDS AND EMERGENCIES Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 40 October 28, 2007 Occupational and environmental hazards – Paul D. Blanc, MD Medical emergencies: Cardiac problems and toxicities; Endocrine disorders and trauma – Michelle Lin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Annual Family Medicine Board Review Course, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine ASSAULTS ON THE AIRWAY Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 39 October 21, 2007 Colds, influenza, coughs, and "bad sinuses" – William J. Hueston, MD Obstructive sleep apnea – William M. Simpson, Jr Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From An Intensive Review Of Family Medicine, Sponsored By The Medical University Of South Carolina, Charleston GASTROINTESTINAL DILEMMAS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 38 October 14, 2007 Irritable bowel syndrome – Marvin Derezin, MD Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) – Marcelo F. Vela, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LIVER CONSULT Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 37 October 7, 2007 Drug–induced hepatotoxicity – Willis C. Maddrey, MD The failing liver – David R. Nelson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HIV AND AIDS: WHAT DO WE KNOW? Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 36 September 28, 2007 HIV update: Epidemiology and transmission; Screening, diagnosis, and treatment;Metabolic complications of antiretroviral drugs; Opportunistic infections – Mark H. Katz, MD Additional thoughts on HIV – Jeffrey T. Kirchner, DO Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEDIATRIC CONCERNS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 35 September 21, 2007 Eye problems in children – Claudia Wang, MD Dental and urologic disorders – Dr. Wang Urinary tract infections – Robert Ettenger, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 34th Annual Family Practice Refresher Course, Sponsored By The David Geffen School Of Medicine At The University Of California, Los Angeles FOOD FOR THOUGHT Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 34 September 14, 2007 Evidence–based nutrition – Amy B. Locke, MD Fad diets – Andrea Garber, PhD, RD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MATTERS OF THE MIND Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 33 September 7, 2007 Evaluation of patient with dementia – Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment – Dr. Cummings Additional thoughts on dementia – Robert M. Howse, Jr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE: CASE PRESENTATIONS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 32 August 28, 2007 Case presentation I: metabolic syndrome – Clyde W. Yancy, MD (moderator); Michael B. Fowler, MD; Barry H. Greenberg, MD; Sharon A. Hunt, MD; JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD Case presentation II: the complicated patient – Barry H. Greenberg, MD (moderator); Kathleen A. Dracup, RN, DNSc; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Mandeep R. Mehra, MD; Ileana L. Piña, MD Case presentation III: heart failure in women – John Chin, MD (moderator); Barry M. Massie, MD; Ileana L. Piña, MD; John Teerlink, MD; Mark A. Winchester, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Heart Failure 2007: A Focus On Guideline-Driven Care For Heart Failure, Presented By The Heart Failure Society Of America, And Held February 10, 2007, In San Francisco, CA HOT TOPICS IN PEDIATRICS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 31 August 21, 2007 Weight management in children and adolescents – Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD Depressed adolescents – Jennifer L. Welsh, MD Neonatal sepsis – Theodore R. Thompson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Family Medicine Update 2007, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis PATIENTS IN PAIN Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 30 August 14, 2007 Back pain – Elliot B. Sterenfeld, MD Fibromyalgia – Steven N. Berney, MD Hip and pelvic pain due to trauma – William R. Vollmar, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Points of Care – Clinical points: fibromyalgia typically seen in middle-aged women; symptoms frequently begin after physical or emotional trauma; patients usually tense and demanding, present with voluminous medical records, and typically tell physician, "you are my last hope" (characteristically praising physician, then box him/her into corner to demand pain relief); often associated with depression (but not all fibromyalgia patients depressed) Laboratory studies ... to rule out inflammation ... RA and SLE ... multiple myeloma, particularly in elderly;...laboratory results typically normal in fibromyalgia patients Treatment: no approved treatment and no cure; recommended approaches—vigorous physical activity (eg, aerobic exercise, physical therapy, water therapy); analgesics ...; NSAIDs; trigger point injections; psychotropic agents; sleeping aids From The 31st Semi-Annual Family Practice Review, Sponsored By Temple University School Of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, And Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA TRAVEL MEDICINE/NUTRITION Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 29 August 7, 2007 Medical problems in returning travelers – Patricia F. Walker, MD Nutritional support of seriously ill patients – David J. Dries, MD, MSE Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 21st Annual Family Medicine Today, Sponsored By The Healthpartners Institute For Medical Education, Minneapolis, MN THE TROUBLED SKIN Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 28 July 28, 2007 Rosacea – Cynthia Vehe, MD Acne vulgaris – Dr. Vehe Contact, stasis, and atopic dermatitis – Jennifer T. Clarke, MD Common skin infections – Robert J. Pariser, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MOOD DISORDERS: HIGHS AND LOWS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 27 July 21, 2007 Bipolar disorders – Roger J. Cadieux, MD, Hershey, PA Depression – David A. Baron, MD, Philadelphia Questions and answers – Drs. Baron and Cadieux Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 31st Semi-Annual Family Practice Review, Sponsored By The Temple University School Of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA CURRENT ISSUES IN PEDIATRICS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 26 July 14, 2007 Attention–deficit/hyperactivity disorder – David W. Goodman, MD Diabetes in children – Iraj Rezvani, MD Hypertension in children – Bonita Falkner, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 31st Semi-Annual Family Practice Review, Presented March 25-30, 2007, By Temple University School Of Medicine And Lancaster General Hospital CONCERNS OF THE ELDERLY Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 25 July 7, 2007 Venous insufficiency – Jennifer A. Heller, MD Screening octogenarians for breast cancer – Danelle Cayea, MD, MS Medical management of elderly surgical patients – K. Eric DeJonge, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 34th Annual Current Concepts In Geriatrics, Sponsored By The Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 24 June 28, 2007 Clostridium difficile infections – Benjamin Krevsky, MD, MPH Peptic ulcers and Helicobacter pylori – Robert S. Fisher, MD Colon cancer – Dr. Krevsky Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 31st Semi-Annual Family Practice Review, Sponsored By The Temple University School Of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA INFECTIOUS DISEASE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 23 June 21, 2007 Community–acquired pneumonia – John T. Sinnott, MD Newer drugs for treating skin infections – Ellis S. Caplan, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 27th Annual Infectious Disease And Antibiotic Therapy Conference, Sponsored By The Orlando Regional Healthcare System PAIN MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 22 June 14, 2007 Goals and objective of palliative care; Barriers to pain management; Physical dependence vs addiction; Evaluation of analgesic medications; Opioid pharmacology; Case studies; Opiate side effects; Questions and answers – Gina Mohr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Points of Care– (Pain Management) Ongoing assessment: Continue assessment; increase analgesics until pain relieved; when side effects unacceptable (eg, myoclonus, hallucinations), convert to another opioid; be prepared for sudden changes in pain; driving–safe if patient on stable dose of opioid, without sedation; unsafe if dose being titrated; clearance concerns–in patients with dehydration, renal failure, or liver failure, increase dosing interval or decrease dose size; if patient anuric, stop routine dosing and give prn dose only From "Family Medicine: Pearls, Perils, and Practice Guidelines," by The Loma Linda Univ Sch of Med, CA DOCTOR, MY HEAD HURTS! Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 21 June 7, 2007 Migraines – David Roby, MD Additional thoughts on headaches – Neil H. Raskin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 20 May 28, 2007 Prevention and diagnosis – Louis Kuritzky, MD Pharmacologic management – Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS Questions and answers – Drs. Kuritzky and Martinez Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From A Satellite Symposium Sponsored By The Academy For Healthcare Education, Inc, Held In Conjunction With The 2006 Scientific Assembly Of The American Academy Of Family Physicians In Washington, DC GERIATRIC CONCERNS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 19 May 21, 2007 Preventive cardiology in the frail elderly – Roy Ziegelstein, MD Diabetes in long–term–care patients – Samuel C. Durso, MD Depression in the very old – Robert P. Roca, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The "34th Annual Current Concepts In Geriatrics," Sponsored By The Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 18 May 14, 2007 Resistant hypertension – Richard J. Solomon, MD Hypertension in children and adolescents – Lauren M. Simon, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TALKING TO TEENS ABOUT SEX Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 17 May 7, 2007 Substance abuse: street drugs, club drugs, and Burning Man – Karl A. Sporer, MD Talking with teens about sexual behavior – Erica B. Monasterio, MN, FNP Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Annual Review In Family Medicine, Presented February 4-6, 2007, By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine PERILS IN THE PROSTATE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 16 April 28, 2007 Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) – Christopher J. Kane, MD Prostate cancer – Dr. Kane Questions and answers – Dr. Kane Additional thoughts on prostate cancer and BPH – Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. IMMUNIZATIONS/BIRTH CONTROL Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 15 April 21, 2007 Immunizations through the life cycle – Katherine R. Schlaerth, MD Contraception update – Michelle Opsahl, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From "Family Medicine: Pearls, Perils, & Practice Guidelines," Sponsored By The Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA THE TROUBLED HEART Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 14 April 14, 2007 Heart failure – Jan N. Basile, MD Cardiac disease in women – Nanette K. Wenger, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 2006 Primary Update: Improving Patient Care, Sponsored By The Interstate Postgraduate Association Of North America OH, MY ACHING JOINTS! Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 13 April 7, 2007 Rheumatoid arthritis – Howard R. Sawyer, MD Additional thoughts on rheumatoid arthritis – Christine H. Jones, MD Gout – Steven N. Berney, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OSTEOPOROSIS AND OTHER BONE PROBLEMS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 12 March 28, 2007 Current issues in osteoporosis – Douglas C. Bauer, MD All that is thin is not osteoporosis – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OFFICE EMERGENCIES: MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL LANDMINES Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 11 March 21, 2007 What is an office emergency?; Standard of care and guideline issues; Office plans and equipment for emergencies; Managing allergic bee stings; Cases involving subarachnoid hemorrhage and pneumonia; Training office personnel to focus on “buzz words”; Issues involving head injuries; Advice on charting and documentation; Treating acute asthma attacks; Referrals and follow–up – Brad L. Blake, JD & Lloyd A. Darlow, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Academy Of Family Physicians' 2006 Scientific Assembly, Washington, DC CONSEQUENCES OF TOO LITTLE AND TOO MUCH FOOD Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 10 March 14, 2007 Eating disorders; Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa – Shirah Vollmer, MD Morbid obesity – Richard E. Pratley, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THE DYING PATIENT Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 09 March 7, 2007 End–of–life care – Mary Elizabeth Roth, MD Hospice and predictors of poor prognosis and mortality – John W. Finn, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Academy Of Family Physicians' 2006 Scientific Assembly, Washington, DC NEUROLOGIC QUANDARIES Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 08 February 28, 2007 Migraine prevention – Frederick R. Taylor, MD Brain tumors – Walter A. Hall, MD, MBA Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 32nd Annual Family Medicine Review Update 2006, Sponsored By The University Of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis ANXIOUS AND SAD PATIENTS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 07 February 21, 2007 Anxiety disorders – Shirah Vollmer, MD Depression – A. Evan Eyler, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. BUGS AND DRUGS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 06 February 14, 2007 Antibiotic update – Paul D. Holtom, MD Infections in the elderly – Dean C. Norman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SKIN DISORDERS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 05 February 7, 2007 Atopic dermatitis – Leslie Storey, MD Warts and molluscum contagiosum – Cyndi Vehe, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. WHEEZING, SNEEZING, AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 04 January 28, 2007 Asthma in children and adolescents – Thomas G. Irons, MD Allergic rhinitis – Harold H. Hedges, III, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Academy Of Family Physicians' 2006 Scientific Assembly, Washington, DC HEPATITIS B AND C AND ELEVATED LIVER TRANSAMINASE LEVELS Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 03 January 21, 2007 New treatments for chronic hepatitis B and C; Risk factors for hepatitis C infection; Questions and answers; Hepatitis B; Questions and answers – Paul J. Pockros, MD Mildly elevated liver transaminase levels – Martin Black, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFLUENZA/CHILD ABUSE Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 02 January 14, 2007 Pandemic influenza – Jonathan L. Temte, MD, PhD Child abuse: consequences and prevention – Cathy Baldwin–Johnson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Academy Of Family Physicians' Scientific Assembly 2006, Washington, DC PEARLS/STROKE RECOVERY Audio-Digest Family Practice Volume 55, Issue 01 January 7, 2007 Evidence–based pearls – Frank J. Domino, MD Family physician's stroke recovery story – Thomas T. Gilbert, MD, and Margaret R. "Peggy" Gilbert Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Academy Of Family Physicians’ 2006 Scientific Assembly, Washington, DC