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Digoxin, thrombectomy, maternal occupation during pregnancy, and exercise
This week's topics include digoxin for heart failure, thrombectomy for strokes in medium sized vessels, maternal occupation during pregnancy and ASD in offspring, and exercise and 24 hr ambulatory blood pressure.
Nonprofit hospital work, GLP-1 use, weight loss drugs, and transcranial stimulation
This week's topics include outcomes after consultant work in nonprofit hospitals, use of GLP-1s in AUD, a model for predicting benefit from weight loss medicines, and transcranial stimulation for ASD.
Polypill, bloodstream infections, Paxlovid, and treating acute sinusitis
This week's topics include a polypill for HTN following stroke, clinical impact of rapid tests for gram negative bloodstream infections, is there any remaining role for Paxlovid, and treating acute sinusitis.
PPIs, kidney function equations, DVT, and timing of exercise
This week's topics include deprescribing PPIs, kidney function equations, stenting for DVT, and timing of exercise according to chronotrope type.
Levothyroxine, drug coupons, low cholesterol and heart disease, and hypertension
This week's topics include deprescribing levothyroxine, drug manufacturer coupon use, how low should cholesterol be targeted in those with heart disease, and hypertension in low-income patients.
Sleep in adolescents, GLP1s, predicting Alzheimer's, and cancer screenings
This week's topics include sleep in adolescents, GLP1s in different people, predicting Alzheimer's onset, and screening for colorectal cancer and potential harms.
Statin therapy, shoulder MRIs, planetary health diet, and food prescriptions
This week's topics include patient views of statin therapy, MRI of shoulders, a planetary health diet, and food prescriptions in people with diabetes.
Removing fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer, and using the EHR to deprescribe risky medicines
This week's topics include an oral PCSK9 inhibitor, knee braces, removing fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer, and using the EHR to deprescribe risky medicines in older adults.
Heart transplant after circulatory death, LLM to ease specialist care transition, treating gout to reduce risk of CVD, and PCOS and arrhythmia
This week's topics include heart transplant after circulatory death, LLM to ease specialist care transition, treating gout to reduce risk of CVD, and PCOS and arrhythmia.
Vaccination in children, CNS medicines in older adults, FDA and mifepristone, and skilled nursing facilities trends
This week's topics include rates of vaccination in U.S. children, use of CNS active medicines in older adults, FDA regulation of mifepristone, and trends in skilled nursing facilities nationally.
Screen time and anxiety, global pain levels, d-dimer and DVT, and tertiary patients
This week we look at infant screen time and anxiety, global pain levels, d-dimer and DVT, and tertiary patents on FDA approved drugs.
Lung cancer screenings, saturated fats, and antiviral use
This week's topics include using how long someone smokes to determine screening, use of an antiviral in people with Alzheimer's, outcomes of lung cancer screening, and the real story about saturated fats in our diets.
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