This week, Kate, Henry and Mark discuss how much statins lower mortality, the cost-effectiveness of the new crop of Alzheimer's drugs, and whether surgery is helpful for a range of orthopedic conditions. 

Episode 108: LDL and mortality, cost-effectiveness of Alzheimer drugs, and surgery for ortho problems

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.

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Quite a diversity of topics this week, as Gary, Henry, Kate and Mark talk about: CV risk with triptans, baseline urate levels and risk of acute flairs in adults with gout, primary care feasible tests for acute diverticulitis, and how APOE4 homozygosity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease.



Episode 154: triptans and CV risk, urate levels and flares, tests for acute diverticulitis, and APOE4

This week, Mark is taking a break so Kate, Henry and Gary will discuss gabapentinoids and the risk of severe COPD, rehab after an initial anterior shoulder dislocation, and cognitive enhancers for patients with Alzheimer’s dementia  



Episode 153: gabapentinoids and COPD, shoulder dislocations, and older Alzheimer's drugs

Join Kate, Gary, Mark and Henry (who went to the eclipse!) as they discuss SGLT2 inhibitors for older adults and frail adults with heart failure, the long term outcomes of bariatric surgery in adults with T2DM, the best duration of antibiotics for febrile UTI in kids, and real world outcomes of lung cancer screening.





Episode 152: SGLT2's for heart failure, bariatric surgery outcomes, UTI in kids, and lung screening outcomes.

Join us today as Gary, Kate, Mark and Henry discuss risks of SSRIs provoking mania in adolescents, real world effectiveness of HPV vaccination for preventing cervical cancer, whether tamiflu reduces hospitalization in adults with flu, and the effects of exercise on BP.



Episode 151: SSRIs and mania, oseltamivir, exercise and BP, and HPV vaccine preventing cancer.

This week, Gary, Kate, Henry and Mark discuss a newly approved medication for major depression in adults, initiation of abortive therapy using ubrogepant during migraine prodrome, the value of PCI for patients with stable angina, and a simple intervention to improve communication with hospitalized patients. And a quiz!



Episode 108: LDL and mortality, cost-effectiveness of Alzheimer drugs, and surgery for ortho problems

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