Four healthily skeptical primary care physicians discuss the latest in primary care medicine. Join Essential Evidence Editor Mark Ebell MD, Rush University's Ka...
Episode 170: yoga for incontinence, muscle relaxants for pain, maternal cannabis use, and GLP-1 v. surgery
This month Kate, Mark, Gary and Henry discuss yoga for treating urinary incontinence in older women, benefits and harms of muscle relaxants for adults with chronic pain, maternal prenatal cannabis use and developmental delays, and bariatric surgery vs. glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists in obese adults with T2DM.
Links:
Yoga for incontinence: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39186785/
Muscle relaxants for painful conditions: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39298168/
Maternal cannabis use and developmental delays: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39422907/
Bariatric surgery vs. GLP-1s: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39235379
--------
29:24
Episode 169: migraine, plantar fasciitis, beta-blocker duration and prostate cancer
This week Mark, Kate, Gary and Henry talk about the comparative effectiveness of migraine medications, strategies for adults with plantar fascia pain, whether to continue beta-blocker use after acute MI, and the outcomes of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor use prior to prostate cancer diagnosis.
Links
Migraine: https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2024-080107
Plantar fasciitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38904119/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16801514/
Beta-blockers post MI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39213187/
Prostate cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39190306/
--------
28:37
Episode 168: RSV med, colonoscopy by PCP, hair loss drug, and AI for ECGs
This week listen in as Kate, Mark, Gary and Henry discuss antiviral treatment for infant RSV, colonoscopy competence by specialty, oral minoxidil for hair loss in men, and artificial intelligence performance on interpreting electrocardiograms .
RSV medication:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2313551#ap2 and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39321361/
Colonoscopy by specialty
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38588561/
https://aapce.wildapricot.org/
Minoxidil:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38598226/
AI for ECGs:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39096711
--------
24:25
Episode 167: laughter, HP eradication, antibiotics for delirium, and MRIs of the knee
Join Kate, Gary, Henry and Mark as they discuss a new therapy for dry eye syndrome, antibiotics for suspected UTI in adults with delirium, a new ACG guideline for treating H pylori, and the prevalence of knee pathology in asymptomatic adults. See below for links to the articles and other stuff:
Dry eye treatment
BMJ: https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2024-080474
Patient instructions: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2024/09/11/bmj-2024-080474.DC1/liji080474.ww2.pdf
Antibiotics for UTI in delirium: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38895992/
ACG guideline for H. Pylori: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28071659/
MRI of asymptomatic knees: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32060622/
Elections and CVD: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9021908/
--------
27:49
Episode 166: vaping cessation, BP meds and dementia, SGLT-2's, and AI for melanoma
Join Gary, Kate, Mark and Henry as they discuss text messages for adolescent vaping cessation, stopping BP meds in nursing home residents with dementia, the benefits of SGLT-2 inhibitors, and mobile phone app–based artificial intelligence for diagnosing melanoma.
Click here for transcript, notes and links for this episode.
Four healthily skeptical primary care physicians discuss the latest in primary care medicine. Join Essential Evidence Editor Mark Ebell MD, Rush University's Kate Rowland MD, MSU Professor of Medicine Gary Ferenchick MD, and POEMs co-founder Henry Barry MD, MS for this fast-paced weekly update on evidence-based primary care.
Portugal