Statins and Esophageal Cancer
(Source: Mayo Clinic - Medical Edge Radio)
Source: Mayo Clinic - Medical Edge Radio - October 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: podcasts

Trials of esmolol for septic shock, statins for VAP, and risk reduction counseling for STI prevention, review of conjunctivitis management, and more.
Editor's Audio Summary by Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, Associate Editor, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 23/30, 2013 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - October 22, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Raising HDL Cholesterol: The Controversy
In the face of current studies, is raising HDL still a worthwhile hypothesis? Dr. Robert Harrington sits down with Drs. Steven Nicholls and Renu Virmani. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 16, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Raising HDL Cholesterol: The Controversy
In the face of current studies, is raising HDL still a worthwhile hypothesis? Dr. Robert Harrington sits down with Drs. Steven Nicholls and Renu Virmani. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - October 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Polypill in CVD: UMPIRE; populationwide sodium guidance "makes no sense"; e-cigarettes for smoking cessation; lipid-lowering in statin intolerant patients
(Source: Radio TheHeart.org)
Source: Radio TheHeart.org - September 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: This week in cardiology from heartwire Source Type: podcasts

Are statins still safe?
Keith Fox, president of the British Cardiovascular Society, and Rory Collins, co-director of the University of Oxford's Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, discuss the safety of statins, and how clever prescribing can overcome worries about myopathy. Also this week, Tony Delamothe, BMJ deputy editor, explains why the... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Are statins still safe?
Keith Fox, president of the British Cardiovascular Society, and Rory Collins, co-director of the University of Oxford's Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, discuss the safety of statins, and how clever prescribing can overcome worries about myopathy. Also this week, Tony Delamothe, BMJ deputy editor, explains why the sudden interest in atrial fibrillation is making him queasy. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Statins, pharmacogenetics, and muscle pain; heavy coffee consumption linked to all-cause death; inflammation in atherosclerosis: is remnant cholesterol the cause?; Heartware ENDURANCE trial under fire
(Source: Radio TheHeart.org)
Source: Radio TheHeart.org - August 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: This week in cardiology from heartwire Source Type: podcasts

Statins and the Kidney: Good at All Stages
This F1000 commentary reports on a study whose findings conclude that statins should be used in all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), including stage 5. (Source: Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology Podcast - August 2, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Statins protective against Parkinson's: More evidence; abandoning off-pump CABG surgery?; prasugrel 5 mg, clopidogrel similarly safe, effective; perioperative beta-blocker controversy
(Source: Radio TheHeart.org)
Source: Radio TheHeart.org - August 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: This week in cardiology from heartwire Source Type: podcasts

Patients, Restart Your Statins!
Henry Black discusses a cohort study which found that restarting statins in people who had stopped because of adverse effects did not increase the risk for recurrence. (Source: Medscape Nephrology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Nephrology Podcast - July 31, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Kidney-injury analysis "reassuring" for high-potency statins in PROVE-IT, A to Z; triple therapy for new-onset diabetes; ATP 4, JNC 8 guidance out "in a matter of months"; no CVD benefit with lifestyle intervention in diabetics
(Source: Radio TheHeart.org)
Source: Radio TheHeart.org - July 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: This week in cardiology from heartwire Source Type: podcasts