Cancer screening in older patients, a new drug for heart failure, counseling women about breast cancer, glaucoma, low troponin levels, adnexal masses, and an interview with Tiffany Ho a fourth-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University. April 15, 2016 issue of AFP.
Recurrent UTIs, Zika virus, drowning, red eye, head injury, pilates for low back pain, oppositional defiant disorder, and non-pharmacologic treatments of anxiety
Alcohol use disorder, anal fissures, pre-exposure prophylaxis, endometrial cancer, and Dr. Mark Ebell with an Evidence Based Medicine Minute
Interview with family physician Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy, co-hosts of the award-nominated podcast Sawbones: "A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine." Sydnee is residency faculty at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia; Justin also co-hosts the comedy podcast "My Brother, My Brother, and Me."
Aortic stenosis, hyperthyroidism, chronic pelvic pain, POEMs, and Cochrane for Clinicians
Bleeding and bruising, high value prescribing, anemia in children, low back pain, vitamin D, and Dr. Mark Ebell with an Evidence-Based Medicine Minute
Organ transplant, cyclobenzaprine, foot fractures, quinine, electronic cigarettes, steroids for pneumonia, and responses to medical students' frequently asked questions about family medicine
Interview with J. Lloyd Michener, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University and co-founder of the "Practical Playbook," which builds collaboration between primary care and public health to improve health and reduce costs.
Prostatitis, bridging anticoagulation, diabetes screening, gun violence, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, STDs, and an interview with AFP Contributing Editor Dr. Jennifer Middleton
Bariatric surgery, lipid guidelines, pelvic pain, early peanut introduction, and hepatitis
Insomnia, Timothy grass allergy, Pap smear guidelines, anemia, solitary pulmonary nodules, and an interview with Jay Lee, the President of the California Academy of Family Physicians
Newborn respiratory distress, sitagliptin, oral appliance, over-the-counter oral contraceptives, leukocytosis, chewing gum, and gabapentin
Knee pain, pressure ulcers, CT angiogram, medical marijuana, the limping child, and our favorite ICD-10 codes
Dysuria, exercise for osteoarthritis, CBT, irritable bowel syndrome, and some of our favorite Tweets
Depression, fungal toenail, red eyelid, health literacy, transgender medicine, and an interview with Dr. Wanda Filer, President Elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians
Diabetes, polyarticular arthritis, tobacco, neuropathic pain, tinnitus, and an interview with Dr. Jay Siwek, Editor of American Family Physician