Vitamania, Part 2
In this second part of the 2-part episode "Vitamania," we dig in to the clinical trial data behind vitamins as dietary supplements. In Part 1 of this episode, we met a patient with Scurvy....and said ...
12 Maj 202222min
Vitamania, Part 1
Vitamins are widely used in the U.S., to the tune of between $15-20 billion dollars per year. But what are vitamins and what do they do? How are they regulated by the FDA and does the clinical trial d...
10 Maj 202216min
Drugs (Sometimes) Work: "Do ACE inhibitors treat Diabetes?"
Before we ask a patient to take any drug we should be confident that the benefits outweigh the risks. This involves considerations like duration of therapy and whether the drug is being used to treat ...
2 Juni 202117min
Medicating the Failing Heart, Part 3 of 3: The finale
As we finish up we focus on the contemporary management of systolic heart failure or so called heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Our focus in this episode is on RAAS blockade which include...
18 Maj 202122min
Medicating the Failing Heart; Part 2: The difference between a drug and not a drug is dose
In this continuation of "Medicating the Failing Heart" we pick up the theme of systolic heart failure and how good beta blockers are or aren't compared to our newest agent for systolic heart failure -...
12 Maj 202116min
Episode 9, Medicating the failing heart, Part 1
When it comes to treating symptomatic heart failure, many things have changed but many have not. Some things that haven't changed maybe should change - that depends on who you listen to. In this multi...
7 Maj 202114min
"Ceph-a-Something" Part 2: pesky PK
The cephalosporin antibiotics are a confusing class of medications. We talk about them in "generations" like a pharmacologic family tree. And while there is a general rule regarding which bugs are cov...
23 Apr 202114min
"Ceph-a-Something" Part 1: Genealogy
The cephalosporin antibiotics are a confusing class of medications. We talk about them in "generations" like a pharmacologic family tree. And while there is a general rule regarding which bugs are cov...
23 Apr 202111min
