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Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Guide to Causes and Solutions
In this straightforward talk, Tami Serene Rowen, MD, MS, FACOG clarifies how to distinguish abnormal from normal menses; breaks down the many reasons, both structural and hormonal, for the problem; and provides specifics on medical management – from doses to side effects – as well as surgical options and her favored techniques.
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A Guide to GERD: Managing Symptoms and Complications of a Common Condition
With gastroesophageal reflux disease affecting 40% of the U.S. population every month, primary care providers need a straightforward plan for initiating therapy, as well as an up-to-date understanding of causes and treatment complications.
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A Handy Guide to Keep in Reach: Sports Injuries of the Upper Extremity
Orthopedic surgeon Nikki Schroeder, MD, chief of UCSF’s hand, elbow and upper extremity service, shows providers how to pinpoint the problem when patients present with elbow, wrist or hand pain.
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Living Donor Renal Transplant
In this narrated surgical video, Chris Friese, MD, performs a right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
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Assessing First Seizures: Steps for Primary Care Providers
Neurologist Manu Hegde, MD, PhD, breaks seizures into basic classes and puts the numerous epilepsy syndromes into three useful categories. He discusses how to take better histories; what to check for during physical exams; and what to know about antiseizure drugs, including specific side effects.
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All About Acne (and Other Pustular Problems): Better Management of Skin Conditions
Dermatologist Timothy Berger, MD, dispels acne myths; clarifies which meds are appropriate for which patients; describes possible underlying issues, such as metabolic syndrome and PCOS; and discusses other serious skin issues, from abscesses to staph infections.
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Hurting Hips: How to Identify and Manage Common Conditions
Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Stephanie Wong, MD, takes you on a “tour of the hip” in this straightforward guide to acute and chronic hip injuries frequently seen in clinic.
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Lung Cancer Screening: Who, How and When to Refer
†horacic radiologist Brett M. Elicker, MD, and thoracic surgeon Johannes Kratz, MD, present about current lung cancer screening guidelines: who, how, and when to refer.
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Pass the Smell Test: How to Assess Olfactory Loss Linked to COVID and Other Conditions
Otolaryngologist Patricia A. Loftus, MD, discusses what’s known about smell loss in COVID patients as well as its general prevalence in our aging population.
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Current Menopause Care: Understanding and Explaining a Patient’s Options
Gynecologist Mindy Goldman, MD, offers keys to individualizing care in menopause and beyond by looking at factors ranging from family history to having undergone hysterectomy.
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Will It Pass? Will It Recur? Get Current on Kidney Stone Management
Urologist Justin Ahn, MD, answers crucial questions on preventing and managing kidney stone disease – a condition affecting 10% of the U.S population, with young patients increasingly at risk.
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Fresh Insight on Cataracts: An Update on Evaluation and Management
Optometrist Emily Eng, OD, MS, FAAO, starts with a refresher on eye anatomy and the factors that make lenses get cloudy, then describes what patients want to know about cataract surgery (the most performed procedure in all of medicine), including pre- and post-op care.
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Tried-and-True Versus New Treatments
Justin Ahn, MD, covers evaluation essentials for patients with signs of BPH; what to know about various medical therapies, including side effects; and the bounty of today’s surgical options.
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UCSF Osher Center Overview: Integrative Medicine’s Value for Providers and Patients
Sanford C. Newmark, MD, medical director of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explains what integrative medicine is (hint: it’s neither “alternative medicine” nor homeopathy) and how referred patients can benefit from its proven techniques.
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Handling Hypothyroidism: Management Basics and Pearls
Get more comfortable assessing patients for this common disorder, determining whether treatment is appropriate and initiating levothyroxine therapy. Endocrinologist Chienying Liu, MD, illuminates such issues as when to treat subclinical hypothyroidism.
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Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: New Insights on a Common, Potentially Life-Altering Condition
Age-related spinal changes can be relatively benign – but they also can result in spinal cord dysfunction.
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Knee and Hip Replacements: Tips and Tools to Optimize Your Referrals
Noting the prevalence of osteoarthritis and a general lack of consistency in which patients are referred, orthopedic surgeon Claudio Diaz Ledezma, MD, lays out efficient evaluation strategies for primary care providers.
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A Handy Guide: How to Identify and Manage Common Upper Extremity Conditions
When patients present with pain, weakness or numbness in fingers, wrists or elbows, providers need efficient paths to diagnosis and initiating care.
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A Novel Approach to Aching Knees: How Specialists Are Using Artery Embolization for Osteoarthritis
Many providers have grown weary of offering the same old treatments – physical therapy, steroid injections – to their patients with knee OA, an increasingly prevalent condition that accounts for more than 80% of OA-related chronic pain and disability in the U.S.
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IBS Diarrhea in Primary Care: Shorter Routes to Diagnosis and Symptom Assuagement
Diarrhea related to irritable bowel syndrome is common, yet because it's a functional – not anatomical – disorder, providers frequently run more tests than necessary while patients worry and wait in discomfort.
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Radiofrequency Ablation: A New Option for Benign Thyroid Nodules
Learn about a minimally invasive way to address an exceedingly common condition in this short presentation by interventional radiologist Alexander Lam, MD.
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Catching More (and Better) Z's: An Expert on Common Sleep Concerns
In this talk for both clinicians and patients, sleep medicine specialist Kin M. Yuen, MD, MS, DABSM, answers the questions on everyone's yawning lips, including “How much sleep do I need?” and “What constitutes chronic insomnia?”
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Novel Metabolic Imaging Method Detects Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
UCSF investigators have shown that adding an emerging metabolic imaging technique to MR–transrectal ultrasound fusion prostate biopsies makes it possible to detect the extent and aggressiveness of prostate cancer more accurately than ever.
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UCSF Experts Featured at Premier Orthopaedic Surgery Conference
Orthopedic surgery experts from UCSF Health presented new clinical research findings, cutting-edge surgical techniques, and received distinguished awards recognition at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) annual meeting
