Episodes

  • Episode 590: PREMIUM – 3 publications with possibly surprising results

    Episode 590: PREMIUM – 3 publications with possibly surprising results
    Nov 11 2024
    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 publication on screening for asthma/COPD. At the end we look at, does implementing guideline care improve outcomes for CKD? The […]
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    27 mins
  • Episode 589: Vitamin D and Fracture Prevention: Not what it’s cracked up to be?

    Episode 589: Vitamin D and Fracture Prevention: Not what it’s cracked up to be?
    Oct 28 2024
    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 older, evidence. Do you agree we should remove the question mark from the podcast title? Show notes […]
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    27 mins
  • Episode 588: Strategies for initiating insulin in type 2 diabetes

    Episode 588: Strategies for initiating insulin in type 2 diabetes
    Oct 15 2024
    In episode 588, Mike and James invite Émélie 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 maybe no times a day? Tune in to hear about all the evidence. […]
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    26 mins
  • Episode 587: Mission Slimpossible – Oral GLP-1 agonists for weight loss

    Episode 587: Mission Slimpossible – Oral GLP-1 agonists for weight loss
    Oct 1 2024
    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 questions about these medications so tune in to find out all the numbers around the benefit and potential […]
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    24 mins
  • Episode 586: It’s time to challenge penicillin allergy labels

    Episode 586: It’s time to challenge penicillin allergy labels
    Sep 17 2024
    In episode 586, Mike and James invite Émélie 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 looking at this issue. These two trials compared oral challenge alone to skin testing followed (if negative) […]
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    29 mins