This activity is based on the Young Woman in What's Your Diagnosis?: Vibrant Good Health in the journal CONSULTANT. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of primary care medicine. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 0.5 Credits    Oct 09, 2009

This activity is based on the What’s The 'Take Home'?® case,'Severe Symptomatic Anemia in a 30-Year-Old Man,' in the journal CONSULTANT. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of primary care medicine. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 0.5 Credits    Oct 09, 2009

The audio conference is a case-based discussion on achieving quality care in diabetes patients in contemporary practice. Solutions to overcoming performance gaps and treatment barriers are discussed by a diabetes expert.

CME, 1.5 Credits    Oct 01, 2009

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated choroidal neovascularization (CNV), retinitis pigmentosa, and other diseases of the retina are topics of great interest within the ophthalmology community. Despite great strides in the treatment of neovascular AMD, the disease still ranks as the leading cause of blindness in the elderly population. This issue of The Ophthalmology Report: Advances in Retinal Science & Therapeutics, based on selected presentations made at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), held May 3 to May 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, summarizes new insights into the development of retinal disease from various imaging and functional studies, discusses the relationship between retinal structure and function, and reviews clinical trials of gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis. In addition, this issue summarizes the outcomes of recent studies presented at ARVO on administering ranibizumab to different subpopulations of patients with neovascular AMD and compares monthly versus as-needed scheduling of maintenance ranibizumab therapy.

CME, 1 Credits    Aug 24, 2009

This activity is based on the What's Your Diagnosis?: An Aged Man With One Big Chest Lesion and a Scattering of Smaller Ones in the journal CONSULTANT. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of primary care medicine. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 0.5 Credits    Aug 11, 2009

This activity is based on the What's The 'Take Home'® case, 'Profound Weakness in a Young Woman,' in the journal CONSULTANT. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of primary care medicine. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 0.5 Credits    Aug 11, 2009

A 67-year-old Hispanic woman is seen for routine physical examination. Has mild hypertension but no other known medical problems. Feels well. No weight loss. No reported difficulty with eating, speaking, or swallowing. Denies any discomfiture in the mouth. States that nothing has changed in her mouth “ever since I lost my baby teeth.” Does not smoke cigarettes nor drink alcohol.

Publication CME, 0.5 Credits    Jan 16, 2009

The patient has a small-fiber sensory neuropathy that is managed with lamotrigine. She is a physical therapy student who has frequent patient contact. She drinks alcohol occasionally but denies smoking and illicit drug use; she says she is not sexually active.

Publication CME, 0.5 Credits    Jan 16, 2009

This activity is based on the What’s The Diagnosis?® case, “Massive Penile and Scrotal Edema In an Old Man,” in the journal CONSULTANT. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of primary care medicine. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

Publication CME, 0.5 Credits    Dec 16, 2008

A 77-year-old woman is brought for evaluation by her family. The patient had previously been alert and active; however, for the past week, she has been difficult to arouse and, when awake, has been delusional and has behaved abnormally. In addition, for the past 2 weeks, she has complained of abdominal discomfort related to constipation.

Publication CME, 0.5 Credits    Dec 01, 2008