Internal Medicine Alert - March 15, 2015

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Release date: March 2015

Valid through: March 2018

Target Audience

This CME activity is intended for the internist/family physician.

Subjects

Visceral adiposity
CoQ10
Plantar fasciitis

Objectives

Describe new findings in differential diagnosis and treatment of various diseases
Describe the advantages, disadvantages and controversies surrounding the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
Identify cost-effective treatment regimens
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of new disease screening procedures.

Credit Available

Physicians

Maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
2.0 AOA Category 2-B credits
1.0 AAFP Credits

Sponsor

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation Statement

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Physicians

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2.0 AOA Category 2-B credits.

Internal Medicine Alert has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.0 Prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins January 15, 2015. Term of approval is for one year from this date with the option of yearly renewal.

Faculty Listing

Editors

Medical Editor: Stephen Brunton, MD

AHC Media executive editor: Leslie Coplin

Managing editor: Leslie Hamlin

Authors

Seema Gupta

Harold Karpman

Joseph Scherger

Louis Kuritzky

Ken Grauer

Financial Disclosure

Internal Medicine Alert’s editor, Stephen Brunton, MD, is a retained consultant for Abbott, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Lilly, Meda Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and Teva; he serves on the speakers bureau of AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Teva. Peer reviewer Gerald Roberts, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and managing editor Leslie Hamlin report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Dr. Gupta reports no financial relationships relevant to this field of study

Dr. Karpman reports no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Dr. Scherger reports no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Dr. Kuritzky reports no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Dr. Grauer is the sole proprietor of KG-EKG Press, and publisher of an ECG pocket brain book