Medscape Podcast

Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy highlights some of this weeks most important medical news, including vitamin D use in asthma, high-intensity statins, and the link between gallstones and heart disease.

Dr Mandrola interviews the principal investigator of a new study showing that long-term low systolic blood pressure and LDL cholesterol dramatically reduces the risk for CV events.

Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy provides a quick rundown of this weeks news on long-term effects of gastric bypass surgery, safety of LABAs, and a new black box warning from the FDA.

Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy provides a quick rundown of this weeks news on recognition of angina, use of the DASH diet to reduce serum uric acid, and fracture-promoting drug use after a fragility fracture.

Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy provides a quick rundown of this weeks news on intensification of therapy for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk in premenopausal women, and overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer.

Dr Kenny Lin discusses the cautious advice many family physicians are giving to their patients.

Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy provides a quick rundown of this weeks news on statins to augment SSRIs, statins in CKD, warfarin and INR stability, and exercise as prevention.

Patients using CAM therapies might not always share with their healthcare provider which therapies they are using.

Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy provides a 5-minute rundown of this week’s key medical news.

Whats the optimal drug combination for managing type 2 diabetes? It depends on the patient…