POEM of the Week Podcast

167 Episodes

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

   Published: 1/04/2024
2. Episode 694: Patient reminders combined with clinician audit and feedback increases human papillomavirus vaccine uptake

   Published: 25/03/2024
3. Episode 693: Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for pharmacotherapy of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

   Published: 18/03/2024
4. 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: 11/03/2024
5. Episode 691: High-dose recombinant flu vaccine: NNT = 3000 to prevent one more infection, no impact on hospitalization

   Published: 4/03/2024
6. Episode 690: Delivery of bad news via phone = in-person delivery

   Published: 26/02/2024
7. Episode 689: PCI is better than placebo for stable angina in patients who do not take anti-anginal medications (ORBITA-2)

   Published: 19/02/2024
8. Episode 688: Wait-and-watch is an option for patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated gallstones

   Published: 12/02/2024
9. Episode 687: Brexpiprazole improves agitation scores in adults with Alzheimer disease who have agitated behaviors

   Published: 5/02/2024
10. Episode 683: Cognitive behavioral therapy effective for patients with fatigue associated with long COVID

    Published: 30/01/2024
11. Episode 686: ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with chronic coronary disease

    Published: 22/01/2024
12. Episode 685: Positive, rather than negative, messaging of weight loss might motivate patients to try to lose weight

    Published: 18/01/2024
13. Episode 680: Wrong blood pressure cuff size can falsely increase or decrease readings

    Published: 29/12/2023
14. Episode 679: Early BP treatment for acute ischemic stroke has no impact on mortality or functional outcomes (CATIS-2)

    Published: 27/12/2023
15. Episode 682: The risk of breast cancer overdiagnosis is high for older women

    Published: 26/12/2023
16. Episode 681: Esketamine is superior to quetiapine for remission of treatment-resistant depression (ESCAPE-TRD)

    Published: 13/12/2023
17. Episode 678: Acetaminophen and ketorolac are more effective than morphine in alleviating pain in adults with renal colic

    Published: 1/12/2023
18. Episode 677: Terbinafine 250 mg once daily — 12 weeks on, 12 weeks off, 4 weeks on — is preferred for onychomycosis in adults

    Published: 7/08/2023
19. Episode 676: Nearly zero risk of sexually transmitting HIV when viral loads are less than 1000 copies per mL

    Published: 31/07/2023
20. Episode 675: Overweight/obese adults with symptomatic COVID-19 treated with metformin are less likely to develop long COVID (COVID-OUT)

    Published: 24/07/2023