Attention California Physicians: Earn your state’s required CME specialty credits without the high cost of travel!

Treating Patients Age 65 and Older, , sponsored by AHC Media LLC, is a CME activity specifically geared to enable California physicians to meet their state’s specialty credits requirement regarding the Geriatric Medical Training Act.

However, even if you do not live in California, these important topics will be a useful addition to your continuing education arsenal. This activity is available in both hard copy and electronic formats and offers 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for $69.00. To order your hard copy edition, simply call customer service at 800 688-2421 and provide your name and address and one will be mailed right out to you.

To complete this activity online, simply click here to read accreditation information and get started today!
 

The Role of Diet in the Mitigation of Alzheimer's Dementia

Offers 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Risk factors, both genetic and environmental, have been identified for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Epidemiologic studies of dementia and cardiovascular disease show that both of these conditions are prevalent in elderly people and often co-exist. It is possible, then, that lifestyle modifications—such as specific dietary and exercise interventions that have been found to improve cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and inflammation (also common risk factors for AD)—may also be useful in mitigating the clinical expression of AD, especially when initiated in mid-life or earlier.

HPV Vaccine, with Nod from FDA, is First one Approved to Prevent Cervical Cancer

Offers 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

With approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in hand, providers are poised to offer the first vaccine specifically designed to prevent cervical cancer.

The FDA in June approved quadrivalent HPV vaccine (Gardasil, Merck & Co.; Whitehouse Station, NJ). The vaccine targets four types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs): types 6, 11, 16, and 18. HPV types 16 and 18 and others, known as "high-risk" HPV types, may cause abnormal Pap tests and cervical cancer in women, as well as a number of other cancers in the vulva, vagina, anus, or penis.

Internal Medicine

Finally an Optimal Strategy for Diagnosing Deep Vein Thrombosis

Offers 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

A medical research unit in the United Kingdom analyzed 18 different strategies for managing patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Using systematic review, meta-analysis and cost effectiveness analysis, they settled on an algorithm based on clinical risk. The initial screen for all patients is a latex D-dimer test. If the D-dimer test is negative and the patient is low or intermediate risk (Wells rule), DVT is ruled out. If the clinical risk is high, and the D-dimer test is negative, an above-the-knee ultrasound is ordered, and, if positive, the patient is treated. If the D-dimer test is positive, an ultrasound is ordered regardless of risk. If the ultrasound is negative and the patient is high risk, it is repeated before a treatment or discharge decision is made.

Leading Change in Kidney Disease 2006 - Clinical Update: New Dialysis Guidelines PD Management Challenges (Chicago, IL)

Offers 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ - FREE

Co-sponsored by Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services®, Secaucus, NJ and AHC Media LLC, formerly Thomson American Health Consultants, Atlanta, GA, this web-delivered update provides healthcare professionals with the most up-to-date education via cutting-edge technology. “Leading Change in Kidney Disease 2006” has been developed to assist nephrology specialists in their understanding of peritoneal dialysis (PD), from practice guidelines to catheter implementation and maintenance.

Featuring topic discussions on the N-KDOQI guidelines, reducing catheter dysfunction, and optimizing ultrafiltration in PD, this program offers a comprehensive overview of where the practice of PD is heading in the future. “Leading Change in Kidney Disease 2006” empowers nephrology physicians and nurses to make informed decisions about their dialysis patients that improve quality-of-life as well as overall renal outcomes.

Pain Management

Managing Neuropathic Pain in a Busy Practice

DINNER DIALOGUES^®

Earn up to 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ - FREE

This series of DINNER DIALOGUES, conducted by the National Initiative on Pain Control®, (NIPC®), will focus on the management of patients with neuropathic pain. Participants will learn how to diagnose neuropathic pain, address critical treatment decision points, and select first-time and complementary therapies during this interactive activity.

SATURDAY SEMINARS

September 30, 2006 – Omni Houston Hotel, Houston, TX
October 14, 2006 – Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, IL
November 11, 2006 – The Westin Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Earn up to 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ - FREE
Earn up to 4.5 contact hours of Pharmacy Credit - FREE

This informative, case-based CME/CE activity, conducted as a part of the National Initiative on Pain Control® (NIPC®), will cover all aspects of treating patients with neuropathic pain and patients on opioid therapy. Topics included range from patient assessment and the use of combination therapy to weighing risks and benefits and medico-legal documentation for appropriate opioid prescribing.

Visit www.freeCME.com to register for the DINNER DIALOGUES and the SATURDAY SEMINARS.

Also, be sure to visit PainKnowledge.org for the latest pain management information!

Management of the Sexually Active Adolescent in the ED: Vaginitis, STDs, PID, and Emergency Contraception

Offers 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ 
Offers 2.5 ACEP Category 1 credits
Offers 2.5 AAP credit hours

Acute care physicians play a very important role in preventing and managing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Frequently, the chief complaint is not straightforward, and optimal management may be challenging. The early identification and treatment of an STD may minimize complications unique to the adolescent population or prevent progression to a more serious disease. The authors provide a thorough review of STDs and related issues common to the adolescent population.

Primary Care

Atypical Presentations of Hyperthyroidism

Offers 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Acceptable for up to 2.25 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians

Hyperthyroidism is one of the most readily recognized entities in clinical medicine. It is a disorder with easily recognized symptoms and signs that make the diagnosis obvious. Almost all of these manifestations are expressions of increased adrenergic receptor response to normal and/or raised circulating catecholamines. In many patients, however, the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism is overlooked because the onset is insidious, and the symptoms and signs are minimal, atypical, or unusual.

Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction: New Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment

Offers 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ - Free

Increased clinical awareness of EDO has paralleled the rise in popularity of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in routine urologic practice. In contrast with anatomic evaluation by formal vasography—considered the mainstay of diagnosis for several decades—the convenient and less invasive TRUS has added both value and complexity to the evaluation and management of EDO.

Practical Summaries in Acute Care monthly newsletter provides reviews of the latest published articles affecting the emergency medicine/urgent care practitioner in an easy-to-read, abstract-and-commentary format. Articles on the top studies and findings are critiqued, evaluated, compared and summarized by experts and then peer reviewed. You’ll receive the latest information on topics such as, treating abdominal pain with narcotics, evaluating pulmonary embolism with CT, managing nephrolithiasis, tackling the MRSA epidemic, and much more.

Practical Summaries in Acute Care helps emergency medicine and urgent care practitioners to:

• reduce reading  and research time
• cover every aspect of a conversational topic
• formulate sound, evidence-based recommendations
• discern the facts behind the controversy

Click here or call 1-800-688-2421 to start your subscription today!