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/
23 Feb 20244min
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:...
22 Feb 202420min
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...
20 Feb 20244min
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 ...
19 Feb 20246min
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...
16 Feb 20248min
Episode 241: 241. Does Testosterone Therapy Prevent or Cause Fractures?
even at very small some would argue barely even treating doses of testosterone patients had an increase rate of fractures with a NNH of 100—when you add this to the 1 risk of aki and 2 percent risk of...
15 Feb 20245min
Episode 240: 240. Does Testosterone Prevent the Progression of Pre-diabetes to Diabetes?
Risk of progression from prediabetes to diabetes did not differ significantly between testosterone and placebo groups- and they looked for a change at 6,12,24,36,48 months of follow upNot to sound lik...
14 Feb 20245min
Episode 239: 239. TRAVERSE Study...Is Testosterone Therapy Safe for the Heart?
Take awayThe drug companies will say look how safe testosterone therapy is there was no difference in death from cardiovascular causes or myocardial infarction or stroke in those individuals randomize...
13 Feb 202410min
