Episode 253 | May 2026 | Part 1 American Family Physician

Interventions for smokeless tobacco (1:20), ear pain (3:10), testosterone replacement therapy (6:10), cognitive behavior therapy (11:00), respiratory syncytial virus vaccines (13:40), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatments (15:30).

PCSK9 inhibitors (1:50), treatment of opiate use disorder (4:20), healthy dietary advice (6:20), the top 20 research studies of 2025 (11:40), atopic dermatitis prevention (15:10), and ambient temperature increase impact on pregnancy outcomes (17:10).  Please fill out our listener survey!

Telemedicine medical abortion (2:00), Crohn's disease (3:20), herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia (6:40), ultra-processed foods (11:40), high-dose flu vaccine (13:30), and microhematuria (15:20). Please fill out our listener survey!

Evaluation of the painful eye (1:30), corticosteroids in sepsis (4:50), tradipitant for motion sickness (7:00), risk-based mammography (11:00), menopause and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (13:30), and climate-smart health care (15:30).

The World Cup (1:30), amenorrhea (6:00), wrist acupuncture for postoperative nausea (9:40), pharmacotherapy for cannabis use disorder (13:10), knee pain (16:10), and eczema (21:10).

Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (1:30), desmopressin for nocturnal enuresis (5:00), universal lipid screening in children (6:30), recurrent urinary tract infection in women (8:40), oral decongestant effect on blood pressure (12:50), Limipulse for Alzheimer disease (14:30), and a special message from our graduating hosts (17:00).

Type 2 diabetes insulin management (1:30), preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention (7:00), blood pressure and obstructive sleep apnea (9:00), metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (11:40), overscreening metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (15:20), appendicitis (17:40), and AFP clinical answers (20:20).

Postoperative management after metabolic surgery (1:30), e-cigarette use (6:30), type II diabetes management (8:10), HIV infection (10:40), preventing falls in older adults (14:20), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for renal colic (18:10).

Severe hypertension (1:30), treatment for provoked venous thromboembolism (4:20), pivmecillinam (5:50), skin and soft tissue infections (8:50), behavioral symptoms in austism spectrum disorder (12:30), and fungal community-acquired pneumonia (14:20).

Heat related illness (2:00), graduate medical education funding and primary care (5:40), foreign body ingestion in children (7:40), fall prevention (11:40), chronic constipation (13:20), and oral corticosteroids in children (15:20).