Pri-Med Podcasts

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/Podcast/alzheimer-disease-detection-pt1 Overview: Despite the growing prevalence and devastating effects of Alzheimer disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) often goes unrecognized in the primary care setting. This brief podcast highlights the need for primary care provider...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-277 Overview: Join us to discuss a summary of the newly published guidelines for pneumococcal vaccines and to review the most recently approved vaccines. We’ll begin by describing the challenges from the previous guidelines and how these new guidelin...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-276 Overview: The concerns over the use of NSAIDs have been well documented. The medications can raise blood pressure and have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke when used long term. These known risks, supported by the FDA’s...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-275 Overview: The multitude of benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and baby are well documented. However, we’ve seen mixed evidence for the relationship between breastfeeding and certain childhood lung conditions, with some studies suggesting a...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-274 Overview: Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be a frustrating problem for both patients and clinicians. Antibiotics are often used, but a prevailing concern is that the overuse of antibiotics may lead to more resistant bacteria. This p...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-273 Overview: The evidence continues to grow and evolve on the potential harms of e-cigarette use and on their efficacy and safety as a harm reduction strategy. One aspect of e-cigarette use that has not received much attention is the effect of secon...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-272 Overview: Clinicians need to accurately assess the degree of heart failure at the bedside to make appropriate management decisions. However, the common bedside practice of estimating right atrial pressure by measuring jugular venous pressure (JVP...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-271 Overview: Given the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United States, it is key for primary care providers to counsel patients on the importance of exercise for CVD prevention. This brief podcast explores data that will help clinic...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-270 Overview: You know GLP-1 RAs are an important class of agents for weight loss, but do you know which drug within this class is right for your patient? This brief podcast walks you through the recent evidence from the STEP 8 randomized clinical tr...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-269 Overview: Join us as we discuss the trajectories of prescription drug misuse from adolescence through adulthood. This session explores the findings from a longitudinal cohort study demonstrating the need for screening patients from adolescence th...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-268 Overview: This episode will help bring awareness to the importance of educating patients about post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the primary care setting. This talk will also discuss how to reduce the stigma surrounding this prevention method....

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-267 Overview: The clinical literature is filled with new and evolving evidence on the use of e-cigarettes and potential harms. The question of their use as a harm reduction strategy is a hotly debated topic—pitting traditional combustible tobacco wit...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-266 Overview: ‘Tis the season for pediatric fevers! Join us to review a recent meta-analysis looking at 18 studies with patients younger than 2 years old who received acetaminophen or ibuprofen for fever or pain to determine if one medication should...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-265 Overview: Most cases of COVID-19 will resolve without interventions, but some patients are at high risk for complications. Several treatment options for high-risk patients are now available to help prevent the need for hospitalization. Join us to...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-264 Overview: Get answers to your questions on COVID-19 infection in children. Listen to this podcast to review outcomes and potential risk factors associated with acute COVID-19 infection in this population. Finally, learn the status of immunization...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-264   Overview: Get answers to your questions on COVID-19 infection in children. Listen to this podcast to review outcomes and potential risk factors associated with acute COVID-19 infection in this population. Finally, learn the status of immunizati...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-263   Overview: The FDA’s recent emergency use authorization (EUA) for oral agents to treat COVID-19 means that primary care providers (PCPs) will be on the frontline of treating patients with COVID-19. Therefore, PCPs must understand who is eligible...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-262   Overview: Join us as we discuss menopausal transition and the unique qualities and symptoms that are bothersome to women at an early age.   Episode resource links: Coslov, N., Richardson, M. K., & Woods, N. F. (2021). Symptom experience during...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-261   Overview: Stroke is a major health problem, and the risk of stroke is five-times higher in individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF) than those without. AF can be asymptomatic or subclinical. In 18% of AF patients, the condition is only detecte...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-260   Overview: We will review the current USPSTF recommendations regarding aspirin use to reduce the risk of CVD and colorectal cancer. Additionally, we will discuss as well as the findings of the ASPREE (ASPirin in reducing events in the elderly) r...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-259   Overview: Per CDC data, approximately 2.5 million Americans present each year to emergency departments with head injuries, and 15% of all high school students report experiencing at least one concussion. Current guidelines recommend physical an...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-258   Overview: Chronic pain affects 20% of people in the United States, and chronic low back pain is the most common cause of chronic pain. Although some treatments can reduce the severity of the pain, the persistence of chronic low back pain is a s...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-257   Overview: Gout is a common condition seen in primary care, and the incidence and prevalence continue to rise. Despite previous recommendations from the American College of Rheumatology, urate-lowering therapy is still underused. Listen to this...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-256   Overview: Live at Pri-Med East! In this episode, each podcaster will discuss the most impactful paper and podcast of the year.   Episode resource links: Ngan, H.Y, et al (2021), Diabet Med, 38: e14525. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14525 J Clin G...

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-255   Overview: Asthma is one of the most prevalent conditions, affecting almost 340 million individuals across the globe and approximately 25 million Americans, or 7.8% of the US population. Treatment is complex and goals of therapy are elusive for...