Best Science Medicine Podcast - PREMIUM podcast

Oct 27 2024 598 ep. 30 mins 79
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The Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast is a weekly presentation where practitioners can get evidence-based drug therapy content that is practical, entertaining and promotes healthy scepticism. In essence, we are the Medication Mythbusters. We present information that is useful and relevant to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and other health professionals, and that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day practice. The podcast is presented by Dr. James McCormack, Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia and Dr Michael Allan, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of Alberta. For more about us and to get the show notes for each episode, visit our website at www.bsmedicine.com or www.medicationmythbusters.com

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Episode 589: Vitamin D and Fracture Prevention: Not what it’s cracked up to be?

Oct 27 2024 27 mins  
In episode 589, Mike and James invite Jennifer Young back to the podcast again to talk about a topic that Mike absolutely loves – Vitamin D for everyone. Tune in to hear about all the latest, and the older, evidence. Do you agree we should remove the question mark from the podcast title? Show notes […]

Episode 588: Strategies for initiating insulin in type 2 diabetes

Oct 14 2024 25 mins  
In episode 588, Mike and James invite Émélie Braschi back to the podcast to discuss another tricky area – insulin in type 2 diabetes and how to use it. Do we need to give it once a day, twice a day or maybe no times a day? Tune in to hear about all the evidence. […]

Episode 587: Mission Slimpossible – Oral GLP-1 agonists for weight loss

Oct 01 2024 23 mins  
In episode 587, Mike and James invite Adrienne Lindblad back to the podcast to go over all the evidence we have for the oral GLP-1 weight loss medications. You know you are going to get lots of questions about these medications so tune in to find out all the numbers around the benefit and potential […]

Episode 586: It’s time to challenge penicillin allergy labels

Sep 17 2024 29 mins  
In episode 586, Mike and James invite Émélie Braschi back to the podcast to talk about the tricky issue of how to deal with a potential penicillin allergy. Believe it or not there are a couple of RCTs looking at this issue. These two trials compared oral challenge alone to skin testing followed (if negative) […]

Episode 585: PREMIUM – Beta-blockers after an MI and respiratory specialists for COPD

Sep 09 2024 34 mins  
In episode 585, Mike and James finally get back to being PREMIUM. We review the REDUCE-AMI trial which tried to answer the question – do you need to use a beta-blocker after an MI if there is preserved ejection fraction? We also review a COPD trial that shows integrating respiratory specialists in primary care improves […]

Episode 584: Remind me, do medications that target brain amyloid improve my dementia?

Sep 02 2024 32 mins  
In episode 584, Mike and James invite Tina Korownyk back to the podcast to talk about the evidence for amyloid-targeting monoclonal antibodies in mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s dementia. Unfortunately, the evidence shows these medications don’t seem to have a clinically important effect and do have some harms. Have a listen as we give you […]

Episode 583: Reducing the risk associated with risk calculators – PART II

Aug 26 2024 37 mins  
In episode 583, Mike and James continue to go over the issues associated with using CVD risk calculators. We talk about some of the limitations, how to think about the results and explain the risks and benefits to patients. Show notes PEER Simplified Cardiovascular Decision Aid Incorporation of Shared Decision-Making in International Cardiovascular Guidelines, 2012-2022 […]

Episode 582: Reducing the risk associated with risk calculators

Aug 17 2024 29 mins  
In episode 582, Mike and James go over the issues associated with using CVD risk calculators. We talk about where the numbers come from, what they mean, what their limitations are, how to think about them and how to use them. So have a listen as it may decrease your risk but it will definitely […]

Episode 581: Antibiotics or no antibiotics for acute diverticulitis, that is the question!

Aug 08 2024 28 mins  
In episode 581, Mike and James invite Mike Kolber back to the podcast for the umpteenth time – this time we talk about a topic we haven’t discussed before – acute diverticulitis. Historically, if a person has diverticulitis they were given antibiotics BUT do they really do anything? We look at all the evidence and […]

Episode 580: (A)dressing the Christmas Tree? Therapies for pityriasis rosea

Jul 26 2024 24 mins  
In episode 580, Mike and James invite Jennifer Young to talk about the treatment of pityriasis rosea. Believe it or not there are 2 simple treatments that seem to work really quite well. Tune in to hear what works and how well they work. Show notes Tools for Practice (A)dressing the Christmas Tree? Therapies for […]