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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.
UTIs, cancer in young peopole, knee osteoarthritis, and vaccine uptake
This week's topics include deprescribing PPIs, kidney function equations, stenting for DVT, and timing of exercise according to chronotrope type.
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.
COVID-19 vax and preeclampsia, HIV injections, monkeypox, and HPV testing
This week's topics include COVID-19 vaccination and preeclampsia, HIV injection medicines, monkeypox treatment, and menstrual blood for HPV testing.
Accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the U.S., and cannabis use
This week's topics include benefits of accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the US and cannabis use and mental health disorders in adolescents.
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.
Weight regain after medications for weight loss, benefits of exercising, heart failure and detecting measles
This week's topics include weight regain after medications for weight loss, benefits of a variety of exercises, connecting CKD with heart failure, and using wastewater to detect measles.
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