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Once you've decided that an opioid analgesic is indicated, what can you do to ensure that your patient uses the medication safely?

Video: Toward Safe Use of Opioids

When counting sheep fails as first line therapy, what measures can you recommend to help your patient get some sleep?

Video: When Ovine Computation Fails to Induce Sleep

Dr Margaret Fisher- who helped write the (Red) book on immunizations for youngsters- succinctly summarizes the latest guidelines here.

Video: Adolescent Immunizations: Are You (And Your Patient) Up to Date?

Marc B. Garnic, MD, addresses these questions in this short video. Dr Garnic, who spoke on this topic at the 2011 American College of Physicians meeting in San Diego

Video: What’s the Role of PSA Testing Now?

Psychiatrist Sidney Zisook, MD-a guest speaker at the recent American College of Physicians meeting in San Diego

Video: Rx for Depressed Patients-What Factors to Consider?

Two of the numerous geriatrics offerings at this year’s ACP convention were part of a series entitled “Modifying Your Office Practice for the Tsunami of Older Adults.” This eminently apropos title was actually something of a theme for the convention as a whole. This year, only 3 clinical categories boasted more offerings than geriatrics. Clearly, primary care physicians are beginning to feel the impact of the baby boomers’ coming of age.

Preparing for the “Tsunami of Older Adults”

Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, the Boston University professor of medicine and well-known “apostle of vitamin D,” attracted a standing-room-only crowd Friday for a presentation on his favorite topic. It was a performance that had the audience at rapt attention for a full hour-not just because of the celebrity of the speaker, but because of the extraordinarily clever and engaging nature of his presentation.

Vitamin D Deficiency: Hypothesis or Hype?

Early in his keynote address, James Orbinski, MD, Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto and one of the world’s leading scholars and scientists in global health, complimented the United States on the recent passage of its health care bill, a “seminal achievement” that he said brought the US “just a hair’s breadth away” from achieving universal health care.

What Physicians Can Do to Reduce Inequity in Global Health

Probiotics and prebiotics are now widely used by patients – and even present in many common foods.

Gut Flora: Their Role in Health and Disease

How will your practice manage the coming “tsunami” of older patients as the baby boomers enter their golden years?