This week Kate, Henry and Mark discuss updated guideline recommendations for treatment of VTE, weight loss drugs, and the increased risk of cardiovascular events following COVID-19 infection. John has the week off.

This week, Kate, Mark, Henry and John pick their 4 favorite POEMs from the first 99 episodes. We'll dig into aspirin, beer before wine or vice versa, chronotherapy for hypertension, and asthma diagnosis. And thanks for being our audience for 100 episodes! Keep listening, and spread the word to friends and colleagues.

Join family physicians Kate Rowland, Mark Ebell and John Hickner this week as they discuss the best NSAID for acute low back pain, a study on masks in schools to reduce COVID incidence, antipsychotics, and the benefits of fluoride varnish and supplements in kids. 

A diverse set of POEMs from Kate, John, Henry and Mark: CDC COVID mitigation and vaccination updates, non-opioid post-op pain management, a guideline for managing persons with IBS, and the challenges of communicating risk with words

This week our skeptics discuss the best topical acne treatments, hypoglycemia in nursing home residents, the best antiplatelet therapy after minor stroke or TIA, and whether lockdowns reduced COVID-19 mortality.

This week Kate, Henry, Mark and John are all over the map, with 4 new studies on the safety of Janus Kinase inhibitors, midodrine for recurrent vasovagal syncope, empagliflozin for heart failure (not DM) and peppermint oil for irritable bowel syndrome. 

This week Kate, Mark, Henry and John talk about measuring temps in kids, implantable monitors to diagnose afib, procalcitonin in primary care, and HPV based cervical cancer screening

This week family physicians Kate, John, Henry and Mark discuss best practices for vaccine uptake, fluvoxamine for outpatients with COVID, Paxlovid for outpatients with COVID, and the benefits and harms of lowering BP in older persons.

This week, family physicians Kate, John, Henry and Mark will discuss whether mortality really increases over the holidays, the best way to prep patients for ear wax removal, whether high dose amoxicillin is effective for kids with lower respiratory infection, and how effective vaccines are against omicron. Plus a special Christmas quiz!

This week on Primary Care Update we talk about group PT visits for urinary incontinence in women older than 60, managing uncomplicated forearm fractures in children, a COVID testing strategy for keeping kids in school, and a quadpill for treating hypertension