Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Podcast

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Translating today's clinical research and news into tomorrow's practice.
Each episode of this podcast series, hosted by Frank J. Domino, MD, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Medical School, will feature interviews with family physicians about practice-changing clinical research and cover patient-focused best practices in Family Medicine.

Translating today’s clinical research and news into tomorrow’s practice.
Each episode of this podcast series, hosted by Frank J. Domino, MD, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Medical School, will feature interviews with family physicians about practice-changing clinical research and cover patient-focused best practices in Family Medicine.


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Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Oxygen for patients with STEMI: Who benefits? – Frankly Speaking EP 15

Oxygen is frequently  given to patients routinely during the initial treatment of a myocardial infarction, but there is a lack of data to support or refute this. A recent...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Back Pain is Here to Stay! – Frankly Speaking EP 14

What are your evidence-based strategies for managing acute, subacute and chronic low back pain?  A review of the current American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline can renew your...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine When Can We Start Preventing Recurrence of Acute Gout? – Frankly Speaking EP13

Most patients who suffer an acute gout attack should be started on urate lowering therapy. It is known that starting urate lowering therapy can itself precipitate a gout attack...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Constipation: Going With the Flow – Frankly Speaking EP12

In this week’s podcast episode, we will review recent literature on ineffectiveness of laxatives and learn about indications for newer agents. 

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Physical Activity Following a Concussion – Frankly Speaking EP11

In this podcast episode, we will discuss current guidelines for a concussion evaluation or work-up as well as return to activity following a concussion. We will also put into...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Treating Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly – Frankly Speaking EP10

In this podcast episode, we will talk about how systolic hypertension effects outcomes, put into context a recent JACC systematic review paper on the topic and JNC 8 and...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Recommendations for Screening Adults – Frankly Speaking EP9

In this week’s podcast episode, we will identify the known health risks of OSA and outcomes of OSA treatment, discuss the new USPSTF screening recommendations on OSA and consider...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Non-Fasting Lipids for Cardiovascular Risk Evaluation – Frankly Speaking EP8

In this podcast episode, we will consider the rationale for using non-fasting labs to screen for ASCVD as well as review the controversies around their use and talk about...

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine Helping Kidney Stones Pass: Use of Alpha Antagonists – Frankly Speaking EP7

In this podcast episode, we will talk about the benefits of alpha antagonists on passing larger kidney stones as well as discuss the need for stone collection and analysis...