Episode 249: 249. Is There A Way To Predict Your Risk Of Dementia?
Using the Brain Care Score seem to be effective in predicting the risk of dementia For participants under 50, each five-point higher BCS is associated with a 50% lower risk of dementia or stroke For p...
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Episode 248: 248. Should DAPT To Be Started >24hours After Minor Stroke OR High Risk TIA?
Even when starting DAPT within 72hours of symptom onset for individuals with minor stroke or TIA the benefit of DAPT for the first 21 days was still seen at 90 day follow up in the form of less recurr...
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Episode 247: 247. Should Patients With Cancer Be On Primary Prevention VTE Prophylaxis?
In those high risk patients -- usually with lung or GI cancer they did benefit from primary prevention VTE prophalaxis with a NNT of 6-7 for VTE and death at 6 months. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
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Episode 246: 246. In Giant Cell Arteritis How Soon Do You Need To Get A Biopsy After Starting Steroids?
Just get he biopsy at less than 6 weeks after starting therapy as the yield was the same at 2 weeks as it was at 4-6 weekshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36642440/
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Episode 245: 245. Do Baby Walkers Cause Developmental Delays?
Evidence against baby walker is not enough regarding its negative effect on child development. This subject needs to be addressed more, considering a large number of baby walker users worldwide.https:...
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Episode 244: 244. Does Testosterone CAUSE Prostate Cancer?
During average follow-up of in this study the incidence of prostate cancer was less than 1% — and not significantly different Remember most of these pts had testosterone levels around 350 ish give or...
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Episode 243: 243. Can Testosterone Improve or Treat Depression?
From a mean score of 45 points at baseline, mood improved by about 5 points in the placebo group and 6 points in the testosterone group — a statistically significant but small difference. I think you ...
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Episode 242: 242. Does Testosterone Improve Sexual Function and Erectile Dysfunction?
Erectile disfunction should be treated with the appropriate medications like the PDE5 inhbitors—not testosterone—testosterone may make it so you flirt half a time more a day but that is not likely wor...
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