Genotype-Guided Drug Therapy in Cardiology
From clopidogrel to warfarin and statins, genotyping can affect drug metabolism but should genetics guide pharmacotherapy? Drs. Harrington, Ohman, Mega, and Robinson have a spirited discussion. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - March 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
2014 hypertension guideline (JNC8), discussion of new 2013 ACC/AHA statin guidelines, and more.
Editor's Audio Summary by Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA, Executive Editor, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 05, 2014 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 4, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Cholesterol Guidelines and CV Risk Calculator Clarifications
Drs. Yancy and Harrington discuss the new ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines and CV risk calculator with committee vice chair Dr. Robinson. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - January 29, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
" Cholester-App " -- The Discovery Files
Engineers at Cornell University have invented a smartphone device that uses the camera inside an iPhone to read your cholesterol level in about a minute. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - January 7, 2014 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
How Do New Statin Guidelines Affect Diabetes Care?
Although the new guidelines make LDL targets unnecessary, Dr. Anne Peters believes they still may have a place in treating patients with diabetes. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - November 21, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Guidelines on Cholesterol, CV Risk, CVD Prevention, Obesity
Join us for a comprehensive review of this week's most important cardiology news. (Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast)
Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast - November 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Guidelines Update 'ATP-4' -- Finally!
Dr. Bilazarian gives his topline take on the new cholesterol, CV risk, and obesity guidelines. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - November 13, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Statins: benefits and harms for low risk patients
NB: In our interview about statins, Abramson quotes the figure of an 18% relative increase in risk of adverse effects of statins. This figure should be couched in uncertainty, and a correction has been posted on bmj.com to reflect that -... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 25, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Statins: benefits and harms for low risk patients
NB: In our interview about statins, Abramson quotes the figure of an 18% relative increase in risk of adverse effects of statins. This figure should be couched in uncertainty, and a correction has been posted on bmj.com to reflect that - http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3329
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It may soon be recommended that statins are prescribed to patients with a low risk of cardiovascular disease. John Abramson from the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School explains why the risks associated with taking the drug may have been underplayed.
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Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 25, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
