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POEM of the Week Podcast

POEM of the Week Podcast

29 episodes

Each week, Dr. Mark Ebell, POEMs Editor, joins Dr. Michael Wilkes, NPR correspondent and Vice-Dean of the UC-Davis Medical School, for a five minute discussion about an important recent medical study reviewed by the POEMs editors. POEMs provide synopsised reviews of studies that could affect a clinician's practice, and the discussion in this podcast provides additional depth and insight into the issue covered by the POEMs synopsis. More about POEMs and it's companion point-of-care search tool, Essential Evidence Plus, at www.essentialevidenceplus.com.

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Episode 695: Monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer disease: A lack of clinically meaningful benefits, plus significant harms

Published: April 1, 2024, midnight
Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 694: Patient reminders combined with clinician audit and feedback increases human papillomavirus vaccine uptake

Published: March 25, 2024, midnight
Duration: 5 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 693: Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for pharmacotherapy of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Published: March 18, 2024, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 692: Scottish screening: 0 cases of invasive cervical cancer in women who received at least 1 dose of bivalent HPV vaccine at 12 or 13 years of age

Published: March 11, 2024, midnight
Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 691: High-dose recombinant flu vaccine: NNT = 3000 to prevent one more infection, no impact on hospitalization

Published: March 4, 2024, midnight
Duration: 5 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 690: Delivery of bad news via phone = in-person delivery

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 689: PCI is better than placebo for stable angina in patients who do not take anti-anginal medications (ORBITA-2)

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes

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Episode 688: Wait-and-watch is an option for patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated gallstones

Published: Feb. 12, 2024, midnight
Duration: 5 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 687: Brexpiprazole improves agitation scores in adults with Alzheimer disease who have agitated behaviors

Published: Feb. 5, 2024, midnight
Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 683: Cognitive behavioral therapy effective for patients with fatigue associated with long COVID

Published: Jan. 30, 2024, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 686: ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with chronic coronary disease

Published: Jan. 22, 2024, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 685: Positive, rather than negative, messaging of weight loss might motivate patients to try to lose weight

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, midnight
Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 680: Wrong blood pressure cuff size can falsely increase or decrease readings

Published: Dec. 29, 2023, midnight
Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 679: Early BP treatment for acute ischemic stroke has no impact on mortality or functional outcomes (CATIS-2)

Published: Dec. 27, 2023, midnight
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 682: The risk of breast cancer overdiagnosis is high for older women

Published: Dec. 26, 2023, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 681: Esketamine is superior to quetiapine for remission of treatment-resistant depression (ESCAPE-TRD)

Published: Dec. 13, 2023, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 678: Acetaminophen and ketorolac are more effective than morphine in alleviating pain in adults with renal colic

Published: Dec. 1, 2023, midnight
Duration: 5 minutes 1 second

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Episode 677: Terbinafine 250 mg once daily 12 weeks on, 12 weeks off, 4 weeks on is preferred for onychomycosis in adults

Published: Aug. 7, 2023, midnight
Duration: 7 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 676: Nearly zero risk of sexually transmitting HIV when viral loads are less than 1000 copies per mL

Published: July 31, 2023, midnight
Duration: 5 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 684: Network meta-analysis: Limited data show that high-dose aspirin decreases incidence of colorectal cancer

Published: Jan. 24, 2023, midnight
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 552: Colchicine reduces myocardial infarction and revascularization in patients with established coronary disease (LoDoCo2)

Published: March 15, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 551: Early introduction of dietary gluten delays the diagnosis of celiac disease in breastfed infants (EAT)

Published: March 8, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 550: SGLT2 inhibitors ("-flozin" meds) improve all-cause and CV mortality in patients regardless of diabetes or HF status

Published: March 1, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 549: Screening smokers for lung cancer with low-dose CT decreases lung cancer mortality

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 548: iCanQuit smartphone app is effective in helping with smoking cessation

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 547: Gabapentin is equal to placebo for pain relief in women with chronic pelvic pain (GaPP2), but with more side effects

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 546: Musculoskeletal surgery for nontraumatic pain: not a great analgesic

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 545: In high-risk older patients with atrial fibrillation, rhythm control reduces cardiovascular death and stroke, but at a price

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 544: Human papillomavirus vaccine, especially before age 17, is associated with a large reduction in invasive cervical cancer

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 543: Low-dose edoxaban effective for stroke prevention for elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 542: Three strategies are effective in managing patients with medication overuse headaches

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 541: Better primary care continuity is associated with lower mortality risk

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 540: The balance of benefits and harms no longer favors aspirin for primary prevention

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 539: Pay attention to gut feelings about cancer in patients

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 538: BMD testing: one and done

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 537: Progression of papillary thyroid cancer is lower in older adults

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 536: Negative colonoscopy result predicts no colon cancer for more than 10 years

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 535: Vibegron effective versus placebo but not tolterodine for adults with overactive bladder symptoms (EMPOWUR)

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 1 second

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Episode 534: Fewer subsequent strokes with ticagrelor plus aspirin than with aspirin alone

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 533: 20-year follow-up of WHI trials: lower breast cancer mortality with CEE alone, no difference with CEE plus progesterone

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 532: American College of Rheumatology guideline for managing patients with gout

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 531: Listen for clues that indicate which patients who are taking opioids may be open to other options

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 530: Short-term low back pain relief with placebo

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 529: Triple inhaled therapy provides a small reduction in moderate exacerbations, no effect on severe exacerbations (ETHOS)

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 528: Buffering lidocaine 1%/epinephrine with sodium bicarbonate in a 3:1 ratio is as effective and less painful than a 9:1 ratio

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 527: Self-diagnosis of uncomplicated urinary tract infections usually confirmed and treated via telemedicine visits

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 526: A specific probiotic decreases crying in colicky infants younger than 2 months

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 525: Terbinafine and itraconazole are most effective for toenail onychomycosis

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 524: Low-dose aspirin beneficial for the prevention of preterm birth in nulliparas with singleton pregnancy

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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