AFP: American Family Physician Podcast

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).

Vaccine adverse effects (1:30), vaccine conversations (5:10), beta blockers after myocardial infarction (8:10), thrombocytosis (10:40), drowning (14:10), and HPV vaccine (16:00).

Q-Pad system test (1:20), multiple myeloma (3:40), urogenital infections with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (7:40), croup (10:40), sustained-release naltrexone (13:50), and FluScoreVax (16:00).

Intranasal epinephrine (1:30), acute and chronic urticaria (5:30), bleeding risk (10:20), meningitis (13:20), colorectal cancer screening (17:40), and topical fluoride (19:30).

Bonus episode discussing advocacy, with a 2026 update. How can family physicians, students, and residents best advocate for our specialty, our patients, and our communities? Special guests American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) President Dr. Sarah Nosal; former state legislator, Representative Kelli Butler; former state legislator, Senator Heather Carter; and former Director of State Department of Health Services, Will Humble join the podcast for discussion around advocacy. Topics include the first steps for becoming an advocate, using your voice, five types of advocacy, engaging with your legislators, AAFP advocacy priorities, the role of professional associations, and the most important issues decided on a state level. The 2026 update includes new interviews with Dr. Nosal and Mr. Humble to understand the most critical issues for advocacy in 2026.

Long-term use of obesity management medications (1:30), cervical cancer screening (3:30), tinnitus (8:00), low back pain (10:30), impetigo (12:30), and computed tomography scans and lifetime cancer risk (15:50).

Menopause management (1:30), wheezing in children (4:00), prevention of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug–induced ulcers (8:20), infective endocarditis (11:00), acute migraine treatment (17:10), and colchicine for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (20:40).

Endometriosis-associated pain (1:30), HIV-associated complications (3:30), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for obesity in adolescents (7:40), discontinuing antihypertensives (12:40), vertebral compression fractures (14:40), and buprenorphine dosage for opioid use disorder (18:30).

Vonoprazan (3:30), newborn respiratory distress (6:40), immunization schedule recommendations (12:10), calcium supplementation during pregnancy (16:30), resistant hypertension (19:10), and DNA-based blood test for colorectal cancer (23:20).

Management of ankle sprains (1:20), axillary hyperhidrosis (5:10), dementia evaluation (7:40), frailty scoring (11:20), heart failure with preserved ejection fraction risk prediction (13:50), and AFP Clinical Answers (16:00).

Cancer screening in older adults (1:30), an app for obstructive sleep apnea (5:10), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory–induced ulcers and dyspepsia (7:20), hemorrhoids (10:00), late pregnancy bleeding (11:30), intensive glucose control in older patients (16:00), and all new holiday ICD-10 codes (19:30).