AFP: American Family Physician Podcast

Aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (1:50), anticoagulation for the treatment of venothromboembolism in patients with cancer (6:00), varicose veins (8:30), adolescent substance use (12:10), caregiver care (19:30), and “Where I Listen” (24:00).

The Musical Episode! Interview with Bill Dabbs, MD, family physician, musical creator for the AFP Podcast, and core faculty member at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville Family Medicine Residency. Topics include: teaching family medicine, creating music, our first tries at the theme song, the triple aim, and Dr. Zoster and Pox. Songs: The Physical Exam Song (00:30), On a Mission (original version) (02:20), Prevention Priorities (06:10), Get Your Flu Shot (07:30), Name That Drug (11:00), Medical Mnemonics (12:40), Shuffling Papers (14:10), Primary Care Dreams (15:30), Brazilian Song (18:20), Everybody Needs a Family Doctor (20:40), On a Mission (new version) (26:00).  

Pain in growing bones (1:30), chronic cough in children (8:00), lice and scabies (10:20), screening for intimate partner violence (14:40), colon cancer screening (16:20), deprescribing (17:50), Deprescribing Priorities game (19:00) and song (26:50).

Denosumab (1:30), cholesterol guidelines (4:10), drug-drug interactions (8:00), post-traumatic stress disorder (14:50), saline irrigation (17:10), and top research studies of 2018 (18:40).

Kidney stones (1:40), child passenger safety (5:20), heat-related illness (6:40), social determinants of health (10:00), and common breast problems (12:20).

Interview with Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS, family physician and Cabinet Secretary for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.  Dr. Walker previously worked as Deputy Chief Science Officer at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.  Topics discussed include engaging in public policy, leadership, social determinants of health, community engagement, mentorship, and flower arranging.

Critical congenital heart disease screening in newborns (1:30), abnormal uterine bleeding (3:10), statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (6:30), concussions (7:50), human papillomavirus virus vaccine (10:10), and an editorial on the high cost of insulin (12:40).

Coaching patients about successful blood pressure management (1:30), anticonvulsants for low back pain (4:10), Everybody Needs a Family Doctor (5:10), lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (9:10), Right Care for children (13:50), recurrent urinary tract infections (16:20), primary care of breast cancer survivors (17:30).

Hepatitis B (1:30), advance care planning (8:00), smectite for acute infectious diarrhea (12:00), uterine fibroids (14:00), gas, bloating, and belching (16:30), and AFP Clinical Answers lightning round (23:20).

Acute hand infections (1:20), cervical cancer screening (4:10), manipulative therapies (10:50), metformin for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (15:30), and type 2 diabetes therapies (17:40).