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Episode 593: Tony Romo-sozumab: Winning touchdown in osteoporosis or interception for the loss?
In episode 593, Mike and James invite Samantha Moe back to talk about a newer agent for osteoporosis. So, if you want to know all the evidence for romosozumab, tune in and all will be revealed about t
Episode 592: Pharm for Fibro: Can antidepressants ease the pain?
In episode 592, Mike and James invite Jennifer Young back to the podcast to review the evidence around the use of antidepressants in the challenging pain condition of fibromyalgia. We find there is an
Episode 591: Testosterone supplementation for cis-gender men
In episode 591, Mike and James invite Samantha Moe back to the podcast to review the evidence for using testosterone in older men. We talk about the impact testosterone supplementation has on sexual f
Episode 590: PREMIUM – 3 publications with possibly surprising results
In episode 590, Mike and James talk in a PREMIUM way about a new trial that looked at the question, does depression screening provide any benefit in primary care? We also go over a case-finding public
Episode 589: Vitamin D and Fracture Prevention: Not what it’s cracked up to be?
In episode 589, Mike and James invite Jennifer Young back to the podcast again to talk about a topic that Mike absolutely loves Vitamin D for everyone. Tune in to hear about all the latest, and the
Episode 588: Strategies for initiating insulin in type 2 diabetes
In episode 588, Mike and James invite mlie Braschi back to the podcast to discuss another tricky area insulin in type 2 diabetes and how to use it. Do we need to give it once a day, twice a day or
Episode 587: Mission Slimpossible – Oral GLP-1 agonists for weight loss
In episode 587, Mike and James invite Adrienne Lindblad back to the podcast to go over all the evidence we have for the oral GLP-1 weight loss medications. You know you are going to get lots of questi
Episode 586: It’s time to challenge penicillin allergy labels
In episode 586, Mike and James invite mlie Braschi back to the podcast to talk about the tricky issue of how to deal with a potential penicillin allergy. Believe it or not there are a couple of RCTs
Episode 584: Remind me, do medications that target brain amyloid improve my dementia?
In episode 584, Mike and James invite Tina Korownyk back to the podcast to talk about the evidence for amyloid-targeting monoclonal antibodies in mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimers dementia. Unf
Episode 583: Reducing the risk associated with risk calculators – PART II
In episode 583, Mike and James continue to go over the issues associated with using CVD risk calculators. We talk about some of the limitations, how to think about the results and explain the risks an