
AFP: American Family Physician Podcast
Twice a month, faculty and residents of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Family Medicine Residency discuss key clinical points from each issue of American Family Physician (AFP). AFP publishes clinical reviews that help keep physicians current with advances in diagnosis and treatment. Contributing editor: Dr. Steven Brown.
Latest episodes

Mar 18, 2024 • 31min
Episode 201 -- March 2024 -- Part 1 AFP: American Family Physician
The podcast covers topics such as thiazide diuretics, pancreatic cancer, DermTech pigmented lesion assay, chronic low back pain, hearing aids, and blood pressure cuff size, providing insights on effectiveness, diagnostic accuracy, management strategies, and the impact of cuff size on blood pressure readings.

Mar 1, 2024 • 21min
Episode 200 -- February 2024 -- Part 2 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics discussed include urinary tract infections in adults, brexpiprazole for depression, chronic conditions in hospitalized patients, postpartum hypertension, inequities in kidney transplant, and exercise for depression in older adults

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Feb 16, 2024 • 20min
Episode 199 -- February 2024 -- Part 1 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics covered in this podcast include abnormal uterine bleeding, eating disorders, osteopathic schools, family medicine residencies, chronic insomnia, and plaque psoriasis. Recommendations for managing abnormal uterine bleeding and contraceptive options, encouraging primary care in medical students, effective treatment of chronic insomnia, and exploring Pass-y 90 scores and treatment effectiveness in psoriasis patients are discussed.

Feb 1, 2024 • 24min
Episode 198 -- January 2024 -- Part 2 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics discussed include hip and knee injections, carpal tunnel syndrome, contraception using Opill, acute coronary syndrome, oral isotretinoin for acne, and screening for syphilis.

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Jan 17, 2024 • 21min
Episode 197 -- January 2024 -- Part 1 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics discussed in the podcast include: sarcoidosis, compression therapy in venous ulcers, FilmArray GI panel, medications for alcohol use disorder, removing erroneous penicillin allergy labels, and tadalafil for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Jan 4, 2024 • 19min
Episode 196 -- December 2023 -- Part 2 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics covered in this podcast include preventing cardiovascular disease in women, evaluating dementia, using corticosteroids for pneumonia, magnesium for leg cramps, sports-related overuse injuries in children, and terbinafine for onychomycosis.

Dec 15, 2023 • 22min
Episode 195 -- December 2023 -- Part 1 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics discussed in this podcast include preconception counseling, research in family medicine, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, psoriasis recognition and management, transgender care, and overuse of antireflux medicines in infants.

Dec 1, 2023 • 24min
Episode 194 – November 2023 – Part 2 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics discussed in this podcast include syncope, testosterone therapy and adverse effects, baricitinib for alopecia areata, intestinal parasites, antiarrhythmics in atrial fibrillation, and AFP Clinical Answers.

Nov 15, 2023 • 22min
Episode 193 -- November 2023 -- Part 1 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics discussed include dog and cat bites, inappropriate medication use in older adults, pleural effusions, poststroke depression, and pro/con editorials about bone turnover markers in osteoporosis therapy.

Oct 30, 2023 • 23min
Episode 192 -- October 2023 -- Part 2 AFP: American Family Physician
Topics include ill returning travelers, preventive services, thiazide diuretics, over-the-counter medications in pregnancy, RSV vaccination, mild chronic hypertension in pregnancy, childhood obesity, and Halloween ICD-10 codes.