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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


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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


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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



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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



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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



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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



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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. Pina, 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



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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


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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



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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



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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



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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



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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



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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



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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


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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


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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


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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



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