Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes discuss the POEM titled ' Lipid lowering is beneficial for secondary prevention but not primary prevention in patients 75 years and older '

Episode 555: Lipid lowering is beneficial for secondary prevention but not primary prevention in patients 75 years and older

Each week, Dr. Mark Ebell, POEMs Editor, joins Dr. Michael Wilkes, NPR correspondent and Vice-Dean of the UC-Davis Medical School, for a five minute discussion about an important recent medical study reviewed by the POEMs editors. POEMs provide synopsised reviews of studies that could affect a clinician's practice, and the discussion in this podcast provides additional depth and insight into the issue covered by the POEMs synopsis.  More about POEMs and it's companion point-of-care search tool, Essential Evidence Plus, at www.essentialevidenceplus.com.

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Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes discuss the POEM titled ' Monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer disease: A lack of clinically meaningful benefits, plus significant harms '

Episode 695: Monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer disease: A lack of clinically meaningful benefits, plus significant harms

Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes discuss the POEM titled ' Patient reminders combined with clinician audit and feedback increases human papillomavirus vaccine uptake '

Episode 694: Patient reminders combined with clinician audit and feedback increases human papillomavirus vaccine uptake

Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes discuss the POEM titled ' Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for pharmacotherapy of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease '

Episode 693: Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for pharmacotherapy of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes discuss the POEM titled ' Scottish screening: 0 cases of invasive cervical cancer in women who received at least 1 dose of bivalent HPV vaccine at 12 or 13 years of age '

Episode 692: Scottish screening: 0 cases of invasive cervical cancer in women who received at least 1 dose of bivalent HPV vaccine at 12 or 13 years of age

Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes discuss the POEM titled ' High-dose recombinant flu vaccine: NNT = 3000 to prevent one more infection, no impact on hospitalization '

Episode 555: Lipid lowering is beneficial for secondary prevention but not primary prevention in patients 75 years and older

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