Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Internal Medicine: 2010 ISSUES IN NEUROLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 24 December 21, 2010 Diagnostic work–up of the syncope patient – John Rogers, MD Uncommon headache syndromes – Douglas Gelb, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LAW AND ORDER FOR THE INTERNIST Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 23 December 7, 2010 Managing the challenges of malpractice – George J. Heymach, MD, PhD Challenges of eccentric/disruptive behavior in colleagues – Dr. Heymach Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Current Clinical Topics In Medicine, Presented By Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society GASTROENTEROLOGY UPDATE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 22 November 21, 2010 Clinical Trials on Raising HDL – Bernard Gersh / Philip Barter Diverticular disease – Charles P. Heise, MD Dyspepsia – Robert C. Lowe, MD Clostridium difficile colitis – Eugene F. Foley, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TOPICS IN ONCOLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 21 November 7, 2010 Oncology update – Thomas J. George, MD Health issues in breast cancer survivors – Michelle Melisko, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LUNG DISEASE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 20 October 21, 2010 Nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases – Kevin P. Fennelly, MD Interstitial lung diseases – Paul J. Wolters, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TOPICS IN MENTAL HEALTH Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 19 October 7, 2010 Somatization – Glenn J. Treisman, MD, PhD Assessment of depression and anxiety – Richard A. Hamilton, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THROMBOEMBOLISM Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 18 September 21, 2010 Clotting and anticoagulants – Steven Fein, MD, MPH Pulmonary embolism – David B. Pearse, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. FROM AWARENESS TO PREVENTION Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 17 September 7, 2010 Ophthalmology for the internist – Zachary Segal, MD Preventing microvascular complications of diabetes – Jyotika Fernandes, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ISSUES IN CARDIORENAL MEDICINE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 16 August 21, 2010 Screening for chronic kidney disease – Steven C. Borkan, MD Cardiorenal syndrome – J. Thomas Heywood, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TOPICS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 15 August 7, 2010 Acute and chronic pancreatitis – Thomas Savides, MD Celiac disease – Dawn Sears, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. EXPERT ADVICE: VITAMIN D/DERMATOLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 14 July 21, 2010 Vitamin D: help or hype? – Craig A. Jaffe, MD General dermatology – Charles E. Crutchfield III, MD Fungal infection of the nail – Toby Maurer, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. UPDATE ON ASTHMA Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 13 July 7, 2010 Definition; Prevalence; Diagnosis; Pathophysiology; Assessment of asthma severity; Stepwise approach for control of asthma; Inhaled corticosteroids; Long–acting á2–agonists; Key points in managing asthma – Michael J. Waxman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Current Clinical Topics In Medicine, Sponsored By The Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society CURRENT CONCEPTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 12 June 21, 2010 Proper use of antibiotics in the outpatient setting – Bruce Farber, MD Skin and soft tissue infections – David Coleman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ISSUES IN VASCULAR DISEASE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 11 June 7, 2010 Peripheral artery disease: what the primary care physician needs to know – Curtiss Stinis, MD Update on management of diabetes – Michael Whitaker Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MALE ISSUES IN UROLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 10 May 21, 2010 PSA screening: indications and controversies – Jeffrey S. Montgomery, MD Medical management of BPH – John T. Wei, MD Evaluation and diagnosis of erectile dysfunction – John M. Hollingsworth Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the University of Michigan Medical School's Update in Urologic Health CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES IN RHEUMATOLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 09 May 7, 2010 Rheumatology pearls for baby boomers – Scott Glickstein, MD Care for the elderly patient with hip and knee pain – Simon C. Mears, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PERSPECTIVES ON PAIN MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 08 April 21, 2010 Chronic pain: dealing with flare–ups – Miles J. Belgrade, MD Managing chronic opiate use – Barak Gaster, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ISSUES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 07 April 7, 2010 Aspirin and cardiovascular disease, breast cancer screening, and human papillomavirus vaccine – Patricia Wathen, MD Gynecology for the primary care physician – Clara Paik, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TOPICS IN UROLOGY Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 06 March 21, 2010 Successful strategies to support your overactive bladder patients – Richard Roberts, MD Asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections in older adults – Preeti N. Malani, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TOPICS IN LIVER DISEASE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 05 March 7, 2010 Caring for the patient with cirrhosis – Richard H. Moseley, MD Chronic hepatitis B: a clinical update – Steven Han, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. UPDATE ON CARDIAC RISK FACTORS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 04 February 21, 2010 JNC 8: new and improved – Jan Basile, MD Lipids: the skinny on fats, diabetes and risk for cardiovascular disease – Robert J. Tanenberg, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OSTEOPOROSIS Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 03 February 7, 2010 Osteoporosis: diagnosis and management – Michael T. McDermott, MD Using hormones to prevent osteoporosis – Howard A. Shaw, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. COMMON PAIN DISORDERS IN PRIMARY CARE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 02 January 21, 2010 Low back pain in primary care – Michael J. Battistone, MD A practical approach to patients with headache – Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, MS Ed Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OBESITY MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE Audio-Digest Internal Medicine Volume 57, Issue 01 January 7, 2010 Ten myths about obesity – Robert B. Baron, MD Bariatric surgery – David S. Tichansky, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.