In episode 549, James and Mike invite Blair MacDonald to the podcast for the first time and we talk about a topic that we haven’t really covered to-date. We discuss the evidence around what happens to the risk of pancreatitis when we use triglyceride-lowering medications (fibrates, statins, niacin, omega-3s) in… Read More
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In episode 548, James and Mike invite Betsy Thomas back to the podcast to talk about whether or not measuring lipoprotein(a) or apolipoprotein B improves cardiovascular risk prediction in a meaningful way over and above using standard risk factors. Many guidelines are now recommending we should do these measurements but… Read More
In episode 547, James and Mike invite Jessica and Scott back again to talk about whether or not COPD patients seen in primary care are like the people studied in the large COPD trials. We talk about how to focus care on the people who are most likely to benefit… Read More
In episode 546, James and Mike invite Jessica Kirkwood and Scott Garrison to talk about a new study they published looking at what proportion of common chronic medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD are handled by family physicians, specialists, and nurse practitioners manage. We find that family physicians… Read More
