Gary, Kate, Henry and Mark discuss 4 POEMs: polypills for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, yoga for migraines, the best 2nd drug for type 2 DM, and clinical outcomes with Paxlovid in the omicron wave.  Do check out Essential Evidence Plus if you want all of the POEMs each month and a great primary care reference.

Episode 116: Polypills, yoga for migraine, best 2nd drug for DM, and Paxlovid for omicron

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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This week, Kate, Gary, Henry and Mark discuss 4 new studies: a decision support tool for imaging wrist injuries, how many opioids should be dispensed after ACL reconstruction, an updated fecal DNA + FIT test for colon cancer screening, and rate vs. rhythm control and the risk of dementia/cognitive decline. And a quiz about...cicadas! Bzzzz.  



Episode 155: wrist imaging, opioids post-op, rate vs rhythm control, and updated Cologuard,

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 116: Polypills, yoga for migraine, best 2nd drug for DM, and Paxlovid for omicron

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