Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Internal Medicine: 2006 NEUROLOGY FOR INTERNISTS: TIAS/EPILEPSY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 24 December 21, 2006 Transient ischemic attacks: approaches to diagnosis and treatment – S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD Epilepsy update – Joseph R. Drazkowski, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. NEW OPTIONS FOR HEPATITIS C/FRESH FINDINGS IN GERIATRICS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 23 December 7, 2006 Update on hepatitis C – Eugene R. Schiff, MD Recent developments in geriatrics – C. Bree Johnston, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SUSPECTED HEART FAILURE: EVALUATING THE PATIENT Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 22 November 21, 2006 Case presentation I – Sandra D. Dunbar, RN, DSN; Michelle L. Edwards, RN, MSN, ANCP; Gary S. Francis, MD; Barry H. Greenberg, MD; Frank W. Smart, MD Case presentation II – Dr. Greenberg, JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD; Mandeep R. Mehra, MD; Douglas L. Mann, MD; Ileana L. Pina, MD, Integrating device therapy in management of heart failure patients – John R. Teerlink Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Heart Failure Society Of America’s Primary Care Heart Failure Symposium MIGRAINE HEADACHES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 21 November 7, 2006 Diet and migraine: triggers and prevention – Stephen Peroutka, MD, PhD Complicated migraine and migraine variants – Curtis P. Schreiber, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 19th Annual Practicing Physician’s Approach To The Difficult Headache Patient, Sponsored By Chicago Medical School At Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science, North Chicago, Il PAIN MANAGEMENT AND END-OF-LIFE CARE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 20 October 21, 2006 Palliative care – Steven Z. Pantilat, MD Rational use of opioids in pain management – Christine A. Miaskowski, RN, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Points of Care – (End-of-Life Care) Listen: Ask open-ended question and allow patient 2 min to respond (on average, physicians interrupt after 18 sec). What to ask–"How have things been going for you at home?"; "What's on your mind?"; "What's worrying you the most right now?" "What do you hope for?" Dr. Pantilat from the 34th Annual Advances in Internal Medicine, 6/19-23/06; Dr. Miaskowski from Pain Management and End-of-Life Care, 6/4-5/06; both sponsored by Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, School of Med STEM CELL RESEARCH AND THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 19 October 7, 2006 What to expect from stem cell research – Lawrence S. Goldstein, PhD Internal medicine pearls – Daniel M. Lichtstein, MD Rational use of opioids in pain management – Christine A. Miaskowski, RN, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PREVENTING MEDICAL ERRORS PART 2 Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 18 September 21, 2006 Example of lack of communication; Another case of miscommunication; Communication after hospitalization; Do not point fingers;Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO);Role of financial incentives – Gloria Coronel–Couto, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PREVENTING MEDICAL ERRORS PART 1 Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 17 September 7, 2006 Introduction; Causes of problem; Patient safety includes providing proper therapy; How to avoid medication errors; Where to report medical errors; Levels of communication in medicine – Gloria Coronel–Couto, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Internal Medicine Update 2006, University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine DIABETES/NEUTROPENIA Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 16 August 21, 2006 Kidney abnormalities and the stages of diabetes – Roland C. Blantz, MD Dealing with neutropenia – Edward D. Ball, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Topics And Advances In Internal Medicine, University Of California, San Diego, School Of Medicine MALICIOUS MICROBES: GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 15 August 7, 2006 Upper respiratory tract infections: Sinusitis; Pharyngitis – George C. Mejicano, MD, MS Emerging viral illnesses: West Nile virus; Avian influenza – R. Jeffery Kohlwes, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. DISEASES MISTAKEN FOR PARKINSON'S Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 14 July 21, 2006 Misdiagnosis of Parkinson's disease; Most reliable predictor of Parkinson’s disease; Pitfalls in diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease; Questions and answers – Stephen G. Reich, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine's Current Topics In Geriatrics MANAGING ASTHMA IN PATIENTS WITH COMORBIDITIES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 13 July 7, 2006 A practical approach to problems in asthma management – Allan T. Luskin, MD Samter's triad: asthma with nasal polyposis and aspirin sensitivity – K. Christopher McMains, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 12 June 21, 2006 New guidelines for managing heart failure – Barry H. Greenberg, MD Update on screening for CAD – Daniel M. Blanchard, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Topics And Advances In Internal Medicine, University Of California, San Diego, School Of Medicine TOPICS IN GERIATRICS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 11 June 7, 2006 Caring for a patient with Alzheimer's disease – Thomas E. Finucane, MD Venous thromboembolic disease – David B. Pearse, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ADVANCES IN INTERNAL MEDICINE/UPDATE ON PROSTATE CANCER Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 10 May 21, 2006 Significant advances in internal medicine – Laurence B. Gardner, MD Update on prostate cancer – H. Ballentine Carter, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine's WHAT'S NEW IN NEPHROLOGY? Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 09 May 7, 2006 SLE nephritis: therapy easier and more effective – Warren Kupin, MD Multiple myeloma – Warren Kupin, MD Dopamine and acute renal failure – Warren Kupin, MD Expanding the search for kidney donors – Warren Kupin, MD An advance in managing dialysis – Warren Kupin, MD Questions and answers – Warren Kupin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Internal Medicine Update 2006 University of Miami Miller School of Medicine CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN WOMEN Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 08 April 21, 2006 What's different about women: lessons for clinicians and patients – Maureen H. Lowery, MD Advice on day–to–day diagnosis and therapy – James J. Ferguson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Internal Medicine Update 2006 University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine HIV/AIDS UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 07 April 7, 2006 Global epidemiology and prevention – Harold W. Jaffe, MD National epidemiology and prevention – Susan Buchbinder, MD Deciphering HIV pathogenesis – Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Medical Management of AIDS, presented December 2005 by the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine LFTS/IBS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 06 March 21, 2006 Abnormal liver function tests – G. Anton Decker, MD New approaches to irritable bowel syndrome – Richard A. Weisiger, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TRAVEL MEDICINE UPDATE/RHEUMATOLOGY CONSULTATION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 05 March 7, 2006 Travel medicine update – Steven S. Krotzer, MD Curbside consultations with a rheumatologist – Philip Seo, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ADVANCES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH: OSTEOPOROSIS/STD MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 04 February 21, 2006 New era in osteoporosis management – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Contemporary management of genital tract infections – Michael S. Policar, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HYPERTENSION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 03 February 7, 2006 Modern management of Hypertension – Eliseo J. Perez–Stable, MD Race, ethnicity, and health disparities: implications for primary care practice – Eliseo J. Perez–Stable, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Primary Care Medicine: Principles and Practice University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine GERIATRIC CONCERNS:DEMENTIA/FALLS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 02 January 21, 2006 An approach to dementia with a focus on Alzheimer's disease – Michael J. Mintzer, MD A down–to–earth approach to falls – Miguel Paniagua, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Internal Medicine Update COPD GUIDELINES/SMOKING CESSATION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 53, Issue 01 January 7, 2006 Management of COPD: guidelines for primary care – Andrew L. Reis, MD What doctors can do for patients who continue to smoke – David M. Burns, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Topics and Advances in Internal Medicine University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine