Dr. Journal Club

Join us for this super speedy summary of the Nordic Maintenance Care study looking at the effectiveness and cost of a symptom-driven versus a maintenance approach to chiropractic care.

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Eklund A, Jensen I, Lohela-Karlsson M, Hagberg J, Leboeuf-Yde C, Kongsted A, Bodin L, Axén I. The Nordic Maintenance Care program: Effectiveness of chiropractic maintenance care versus symptom-guided treatment for recurrent and persistent low back pain-A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2018 Sep 12;13(9):e0203029. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203029. PMID: 30208070; PMCID: PMC6135505.

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Join us on the pod, where we discuss a recent CNN article suggesting long-standing negative side effects with semaglutide. We discuss this, a high-quality network meta-analysis on this and other weight loss drugs for diabetics, and what being an evidence-based provider means.

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Critical Evaluation of the Medical Literature Bootcamp

The CNN article

The BMJ Study

The commentary on staying curious as a clinician. 

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Josh and Adam discuss the new NEJM study on the use of Testosterone in men at high risk for cardiovascular events. 

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Lincoff AM, Bhasin S, Flevaris P, Mitchell LM, Basaria S, Boden WE, Cunningham GR, Granger CB, Khera M, Thompson IM Jr, Wang Q, Wolski K, Davey D, Kalahasti V, Khan N, Miller MG, Snabes MC, Chan A, Dubcenco E, Li X, Yi T, Huang B, Pencina KM, Travison TG, Nissen SE; TRAVERSE Study Investigators. Cardiovascular Safety of Testosterone-Replacement Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jul 13;389(2):107-117. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2215025. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37326322.

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Join us for this super speedy review of a recent study on the benefits and harms of treatments for chronic nonspecific low back pain without radiculopathy. 

We review the below study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36400393/

Feise RJ, Mathieson S, Kessler RS, Witenko C, Zaina F, Brown BT. Benefits and harms of treatments for chronic nonspecific low back pain without radiculopathy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Spine J. 2023 May;23(5):629-641. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.11.003. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 36400393.

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Take our Evidence-Based Medicine Bootcamp: https://drjournalclub.com/critical-evaluation-bootcamp/

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Join us as we dissect a study on the association between laxative use and dementia. 

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More info: 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36870957/

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Feng J, Zheng N, Fan X, Li S, Jiang Y, Yi X, Yang H. Association of laxatives use with incident dementia and modifying effect of genetic susceptibility: a population-based cohort study with propensity score matching. BMC Geriatr. 2023 Mar 4;23(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03854-w. PMID: 36870957; PMCID: PMC9985868.

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Join us for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Riaz Qureshi. We talk about his latest commentary paper on Chat GPT and Systematic Reviews and have a broader conversation about how AI and Machine Learning is changing medicine and evidence synthesis in general.

Qureshi, R., Shaughnessy, D., Gill, K.A.R. et al. Are ChatGPT and large language models “the answer” to bringing us closer to systematic review automation?. Syst Rev 12, 72 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02243-z

Cacciamani, G.E., Chu, T.N., Sanford, D.I. et al. PRISMA AI reporting guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses on AI in healthcare. Nat Med 29, 14–15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02139-w

International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews

https://picoportal.org/

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Join us as we meet with Ryan Wexler, a  National University of Natural Medicine naturopathic medicine student who is about to start his post-doctoral research at the Cleveland Clinic. 

We talk about:

• How we all got our 'fire in the belly' for research
• It's up to you to provide an evidence base
• Setting yourself up for a research career as a medical student
• Bubbling up versus trickling down
• Cold calls (dozens of them)
• Take on extra work
• The 'iron curtain' of research

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Check out some of Ryan and Adam's work:

Wexler RS, Fox DJ, Edmond H, Lemau J, ZuZero D, Bollen M, Montenegro D, Parikshak A, Thompson AR, Carlson NL, Carlson HL, Wentz AE, Bradley R, Hanes DA, Zwickey H, Pickworth CK. Protocol for mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement (MORE) in the management of lumbosacral radiculopathy/radiculitis symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 Jul 3;28:100962. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100962. PMID: 35812821; PMCID: PMC9260614.

Sadowski A, Dunlap C, Lacombe A, Hanes D. Alterations in Heart Rate Variability Associated With Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2020 Dec 18;12(1):e00275. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000275. PMID: 33346998; PMCID: PMC7752679.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-wexler24 
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ryan-Wexler-2 

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Josh and Adam talk about a recent paper on implementing evidence. We discuss:

• How do you apply research to clinic? 
• Why do we even care about mechanism of action studies? 
• Is there such a thing as a definitive study? 
• Evidence is organic. 

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This is a research review. It is not meant to diagnose or treat disease. For all things medical contact your healthcare professional. This video is meant for educational purposes only. It reviews a new research paper you can find here.

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Join us for a wonderful conversation with philosopher of science Dr. Maya Goldenberg, PhD (www.mayagoldenberg.ca). We discuss her book Vaccine Hesitancy and how this topic applies to covid, childhood vaccinations, and more. 

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