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/...
27 Feb 20245min
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
