Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Internal Medicine: 2008 DEPRESSION: WHAT TO DO WHEN SSRIS DON'T WORK Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 24 December 21, 2008 Consequences of nonremission; Baseline clinical features; Patient characteristics; Relapse in following year; Overall conclusions; Remaining questions – Sidney Zisook, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Topics And Advances In Internal Medicine, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Diego, School Of Medicine URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 23 December 7, 2008 Epidemiology of urinary tract infections (UTIs); Risk factors for cystitis; Pathogen prevalence in UTIs; Treatment strategies; Pyelonephritis; Prevention of UTIs – Thomas M. Hooton, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine's 45th Annual Postgraduate Course, Advances In Medicine 2008 WHAT'S NEW IN INTERNAL MEDICINE? Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 22 November 21, 2008 Primary care: year in review – Jeffrey Kohlwes, MD Geriatrics: year in review – C. Bree Johnston, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 36th Annual Advances In Internal Medicine, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine WOMEN'S HEALTH UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 21 November 7, 2008 Hormone replacement therapy: who do you dare give it to? – Cynthia A. Stuenkel, MD Recent developments in women's health – Judith M.E. Walsh, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PREVENTING AND TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 20 October 21, 2008 Immunizations update – Lisa G. Winston, MD Atypical respiratory infections – Jonathan M. Zenilman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. RHEUMATOLOGY UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 19 October 7, 2008 Advances in biologic therapies in rheumatology – Jonathan Graf, MD The hot swollen joint – Catherine E. Harmon, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HEART FAILURE: A FAILED ORGAN OR A FAILED SYSTEM Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 18 September 21, 2008 Management of decompensated heart failure – Ileana L. Piña, MD Defining quality care in heart failure – Clyde W. Yancy, MD Coordination of care – Panel discussion: Dr. Yancy; W.H. Wilson Tang, MD, Cleveland; Nancy M. Albert, PhD, Cleveland; Mandeep R. Mehra, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From 7th Annual Primary Care Conference - What To Do And When: Managing Heart Failure In 2008, Presented By The Heart Failure Society Of America NEW TREATMENTS TO CONTROL CONSTIPATION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 17 September 7, 2008 Introduction and clinical case; Physiology and pathophysiology; Opioid–induced constipation (OIC); Laxatives and stool softeners; Treatment options for OIC; Questions and answers – Jay Thomas, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Topics And Advances In Internal Medicine, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Diego, School Of Medicine SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING: A DANGER TO HEALTH AND SAFETY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 16 August 21, 2008 Obesity hypoventilation syndrome – David Claman, MD Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease – Samuel T. Kuna, MD Should patients with sleep apnea drive? – Allan I. Pack, MB, ChB, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 14th Annual Symposium On Advances In Diagnosis And Treatment Of Sleep Apnea THE METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CENTRAL OBESITY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 15 August 7, 2008 Risks and treatments for metabolic syndrome and central obesity – George E. Dailey III, MD Fresh perspectives on risk factors for cardiovascular disease – Erminia M. Guarneri, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Scripps Clinic's Primary Care Medicine: A Practical Approach DIABETES: MANAGING INSULIN/HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 14 July 21, 2008 Rationale for insulin therapy – Michael J. Hogan, MD, MBA Intensive inpatient diabetes medicine – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Discussion – Drs. Hogan and Whitaker Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Reviews 2008: A Primary Care And Internal Medicine Update SINUS INFECTION/ "BLOCKBUSTER DRUGS" Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 13 July 7, 2008 A rational approach to sinus infection – Douglas X. Reh, MD Blockbuster drugs that don’t do much – Thomas E. Finucane, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. KIDNEY DISEASE: CURRENT CONCEPTS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 12 June 21, 2008 Nephrology update – Warren L. Kupin, MD The internist’s role in kidney transplantation – Warren L. Kupin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine’s Advances In Medicine TOPICS IN NEUROLOGY: TREMOR/PSEUDOSEIZURE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 11 June 7, 2008 Tremor: the ins and outs of back and forth – Stephen G. Reich, MD Pseudoseizure: diagnosis and treatment – Katherine H. Noe, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH IN WOMEN Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 10 May 21, 2008 Historic perceptions; Risk factors; Angina in women; Treatment ; Prevention guidelines; Management goals; Questions and answers – Maureen H. Lowery, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine's Advances In Medicine 2008 MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF STROKE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 09 May 7, 2008 Time–based therapy; Differential diagnosis of TIA; Carotid artery dissection; Cardiac issues; Antiplatelet drugs; Questions and answers – S. Andrew Josephson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine’s Primary Care Medicine: Principles And Practices PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 08 April 21, 2008 Guidelines for treatment; Clinical risk factors; Indications for therapy; Physical therapy; Calcium and vitamin D; Parathyroid hormone; Glucocorticoid–induced osteoporosis; Osteonecrosis of the jaw – Bruce R. Troen, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine’s Advances In Medicine A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS B AND C INFECTIONS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 07 April 7, 2008 Hepatitis B: diagnosis and management of chronic infection – Eugene R. Schiff, MD Hepatitis C: recent advances in effective management – Eugene R. Schiff, MD Questions and answers – Eugene R. Schiff, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ENDOCRINOLOGY UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 06 March 21, 2008 Subclinical thyroid disease: fact or fiction? – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Osteoporosis treatment failure: now what? – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Questions and answers – Michael D. Whitaker, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 10th Annual Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Update AIRWAY DISEASES: CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 05 March 7, 2008 What's new in ARDS and mechanical ventilation – Gilman B. Allen, MD Management of COPD – Theodore W. Marcy, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFECTIOUS DISEASE : MRSA/INFLUENZA Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 04 February 21, 2008 Community–acquired methicillin–resistant Staphylococcus aureus – Jose A. Vasquez, MD Influenza: old disease, new challenges – Jonathan A. McCullers, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Orlando Regional Healthcare's Internal Medicine Conference: The Year In Review CARDIOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 03 February 7, 2008 Hyperglycemia and diabetes; Hypertension and diabetes; Lipids and diabetes; Multifactorial approach; Diagnosing diabetes; Patient Compliance – Jan N. Basile, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association Of North America’s Primary Care Update FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTIONS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 02 January 21, 2008 Introduction; Genital herpes; Human papillomavirus; Vaginal trichomoniasis; Bacterial vaginosis; Vulvovaginal candidiasis; Chlamydia and gonorrhea; Pelvic inflammatory disease – Michael S. Policar, 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 ALCOHOLISM/LIVER FUNCTION TESTS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 55, Issue 01 January 7, 2008 Alcoholism in your practice: diagnosis and treatment – Shannon Robinson, MD Interpreting liver function tests – Paul Martin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.