Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Internal Medicine: 2007 ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY/ELEVATED CREATININE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 24 December 21, 2007 Update in allergy and immunology: myths and facts – Katherine Gundling, MD What to do about elevated creatinine levels – Christina Wyatt, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. DIABETES UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 23 December 7, 2007 Management of type 2 diabetes; Approach to drug therapy; Thiazolidinedione agents (TZDs); Incretins; Combination oral therapy; Insulin therapy – David S.H. Bell, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Orlando Regional Healthcare’s 2007 Internal Medicine Conference: The Year In Review CARDIOLOGY UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 22 November 21, 2007 Atrial fibrillation: priorities in clinical management – Jonathan L. Halperin, MD Congestive heart failure – Jill Kalman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Mount Sinai School Of Medicine's 3rd Annual Challenges In Internal Medicine RECENT ADVANCES IN INTERNAL MEDICINE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 21 November 7, 2007 Ambulatory medicine: year in review – Jeffrey Kohlwes, MD, MPH Preventing HPV infection and CVD in women – Judith M. Walsh, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine’s 35th Annual Advances In Internal Medicine SLEEP DISORDERS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 20 October 21, 2007 Differential diagnosis of insomnia; Sleep hygiene; Hypnotics and other sedatives; Leg movements at night; Sleep apnea; Cardiovascular risk; Surgical therapy – David M. Claman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine’s 35th Annual Advances In Internal Medicine THYROID/VITAMIN D Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 19 October 7, 2007 Parathyroid disease – Leonard J. Deftos, MD The ABCs of vitamin D – Ronald Tamler, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. DERMATOLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 18 September 21, 2007 Dermatology pearls: diagnosis and management – Michelle Pelle, MD Melanoma: unusual presentations – Terence C. O’Grady, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of California, San Diego, School Of Medicine’s Topics And Advances In Internal Medicine LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION: PROGRESS AND HOPE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 17 September 7, 2007 Obstacles to treatment; New biologic etiology model; Clues for depression in primary care; Vascular depression; Screening for depression; Treatment; Questions and answers – David Naimark, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Scripps Clinic's 23rd Annual Primary Care Medicine: A Practical Approach GASTROENTEROLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 16 August 21, 2007 Update on irritable bowel disease – Richard A. Weisiger, MD, PhD A practical guide to managing GERD – John Inadomi, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine's 34th Annual Advances In Internal Medicine SHINGLES PREVENTION/ELDERLY VACCINATION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 15 August 7, 2007 Managing and preventing herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia – Michael N. Oxman, MD Vaccines in the elderly – Robin McKenzie, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. UPDATE IN RHEUMATOLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 14 July 21, 2007 Advances in rheumatology – Catherine E. Harmon, MD Gout and pseudogout – Catherine E. Harmon, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Mayo Clinic College Of Medicine’s Clinical Reviews 2007: A Primary Care And Internal Medicine Update MANAGING THE MENOPAUSE AFTER THE WHI Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 13 July 7, 2007 Impact of WHI; Nonmedicinal therapies; Choice of hormonal therapy regimen; Treatment of hot flushes; CAD and hormonal therapy; Premature menopause; Cigarette smoking and hormonal therapy; Micronized progesterone – Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ADVANCES IN HYPERTENSION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 12 June 21, 2007 Specific agents; Event reduction; Treatment in JNC–7; CAFE study findings; Importance of early BP control; Compelling indications – Jan N. Basile, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ADVANCES IN NEPHROLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 11 June 7, 2007 Nephrology: year in review – Warren L. Kupin, MD ACE–inhibitor and ARB therapy in chronic kidney disease – Warren L. Kupin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PRIMARY CARE APPROACH TO COMMON UROLOGIC PROBLEMS: UTIS AND INCONTINENCE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 10 May 21, 2007 Urinary tract infections – Khalil G. Ghanem, MD, Baltimore, MD Primary care approach to urinary incontinence – Murray S. Feldstein, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PREVENTION OF COGNITIVE DECLINE/ESSENTIAL ARTICLES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 09 May 7, 2007 Prevention of cognitive decline – Henry J. Williams, MD Ten articles that can change your practice – Douglas S. Paauw, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From American College Of Physicians' Washington Chapter Scientific Meeting Audio-Digest Internal Medicine HYPERLIPIDEMIA/POLYPHARMACY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 08 April 21, 2007 Advances in treatment choices for hyperlipidemia – Ronald B. Goldberg, MD Polypharmacy: when less is more – Paul D. Snyder, Jr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HIV/AIDS FOR THE GENERAL INTERNIST Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 07 April 7, 2007 Update on HIV medicine in primary care: the macro level – Meg D. Newman, MD Update on HIV medicine in primary care: the micro level – Steven Deeks, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine's 34th Annual Advances In Internal Medicine POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 06 March 21, 2007 Symptoms, prevalence, and risk; Neurobiologic model; Learning and memory; Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis; Resilience – Steven M. Southwick, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Cleveland Clinic's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symposium HYPOGONADISM AND TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT/BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 05 March 7, 2007 Hypogonadism and testosterone replacement in older men – Thomas M. Mulligan, MD BPH: Effective and appropriate evaluation – Christopher J. Kane, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LIFE AFTER CANCER/CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 04 February 21, 2007 Life after cancer: role of primary care physician – Judith A. Luce, MD Cultural and linguistic competency: what it is and how to achieve it – Leah S. Karliner, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. AMBULATORY MEDICINE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 03 February 7, 2007 Ambulatory medicine: year in review – Jeffrey Kohlwes, MD, MPH Women and mammography: an update – Judith M. Walsh, MD,MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine OSTEOPOROSIS IN OLDER WOMEN: PRACTICAL APPROACHES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 02 January 21, 2007 Old bones: what's new? – Michele F. Bellantoni, MD Panel discussion – Colleen Christmas, MD, Dr. Bellantoni Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine's Current Topics In Geriatrics NEW DIRECTIONS IN DIABETES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 54, Issue 01 January 7, 2007 Toward earlier recognition and treatment of diabetes – George E. Dailey, III, MD What to expect from the new drugs for diabetes – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.