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Presenter: G. Michael Allan MD CCFP James McCormack BSc (Pharm) Pharm D

Podcast: BS Medicine Episode #484: Vitamin D for respiratory infections and overestimating diagnoses
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In episode 484, Mike and James go PREMIUM on two topics that annoy them – Vitamin D and interpretation of tests. We find there is no value to using Vitamin D to prevent acute respiratory infections and that as health care providers we overestimate the probability of diagnoses before and after testing. Show notes 1)…

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G. Michael Allan MD CCFP James McCormack BSc (Pharm) Pharm D

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  • G. Michael Allan MD CCFP
  • James McCormack BSc (Pharm) Pharm D

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