JAMA: 2009-01-14, Vol. 301, No. 2, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Mary M. McDermott, MD, author of Treadmill Exercise and Resistance Training in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease With and Without Intermittent Claudication. Summary Points: 1. Supervised treadmill exercise improves walking performance for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), whether or not the patient has classic symptoms of intermittent claudication. 2. Supervised lower extremity strength training improves quality of life, stair climbing ability, and treadmill walking performance for PAD patients with and without intermittent claudication. 3. Supervised treadmill walking exercise improve...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - February 19, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-12-17, Vol. 300, No. 23, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with David J.A. Jenkins, MD, PhD, author of Effect of a Low Glycemic Index or a High Cereal Fiber Diet on Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial. Summary Points: 1. Drugs such as the a–glucosidase inhibitor acarbose, which reduces the rate of digestion and absorption of carbohydrate and so flattens the post prandial glycemic response, have been shown to improve diabetes control, reduce the risk of developing hypertension, and lower the risk for cardiovascular disease. 2. Can a selection of more slowly digested carbohydrate foods achieve qualitatively similar benefits to drugs? Current data suggest that selection o...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - January 22, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-12-17, Vol. 300, No. 23, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with David J.A. Jenkins, MD, PhD, author of Effect of a Low Glycemic Index or a High Cereal Fiber Diet on Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial. Summary Points: 1. Drugs such as the a–glucosidase inhibitor acarbose, which reduces the rate of digestion and absorption of carbohydrate and so flattens the post prandial glycemic response, have been shown to improve diabetes control, reduce the risk of developing hypertension, and lower the risk for cardiovascular disease. 2. Can a selection of more slowly digested carbohydrate foods achieve qualitatively similar benefits to drugs? Current data suggest that selection o...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - January 22, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-11-12, Vol. 300, No. 18, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Brett D. Thombs, PhD, and Roy Ziegelstein, MD, authors of Depression Screening for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Summary Points: 1. Depression is a common and serious condition in patients with heart disease; therefore health care workers should inquire about symptoms of depression in their heart disease patients. 2. Our recent systematic review shows that there is not sufficient evidence at this time to call for routine screening for depression in patients with heart disease. 3. Additional research is needed to determine the optimal model(s) of care that will allow depression to be appropriately dia...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - December 18, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-11-12, Vol. 300, No. 18, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Brett D. Thombs, PhD, and Roy Ziegelstein, MD, authors of Depression Screening for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Summary Points: 1. Depression is a common and serious condition in patients with heart disease; therefore health care workers should inquire about symptoms of depression in their heart disease patients. 2. Our recent systematic review shows that there is not sufficient evidence at this time to call for routine screening for depression in patients with heart disease. 3. Additional research is needed to determine the optimal model(s) of care that will allow depression to be appropriately dia...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - December 18, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-10-15, Vol. 300, No. 15, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Rita Redberg, MD, MSc, author of Stress Testing to Document Ischemia Prior to Elective PCI. Summary Points: 1. A majority (55.5% ) of Medicare patients with stable coronary artery disease who underwent an elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not have a recommended stress test performed to document ischemia. 2. The rate of stress testing before elective PCI shows significant geographic variation, from a low of 22% in Fresno, CA to a high of 71% in Rochester, MN. 3. Patient characteristics (female sex, age of 85 years or older, and having co-existing illnesses) and physician characteristics (p...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - November 24, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-10-15, Vol. 300, No. 15, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Rita Redberg, MD, MSc, author of Stress Testing to Document Ischemia Prior to Elective PCI. Summary Points: 1. A majority (55.5% ) of Medicare patients with stable coronary artery disease who underwent an elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not have a recommended stress test performed to document ischemia. 2. The rate of stress testing before elective PCI shows significant geographic variation, from a low of 22% in Fresno, CA to a high of 71% in Rochester, MN. 3. Patient characteristics (female sex, age of 85 years or older, and having co-existing illnesses) and physician characteristics (p...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - November 24, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-09-17, Vol. 300, No. 11, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Ingrid E. Nygaard, MD, MS, author of Symptomatic Pelvic Floor Disorders in Women. Summary Points: 1. The three primary pelvic floor disorders include urinary and fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse. 2. In a national population-based sample, nearly one-quarter of U.S. women reported at least one symptomatic pelvic floor disorder: overall, 15.7 percent experienced moderate to severe urinary incontinence, 9.0 percent experienced fecal incontinence at least monthly and 2.9 percent experienced symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (a bulge in the vagina they could see or feel). 3. Older women, overweight an...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - October 16, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-09-17, Vol. 300, No. 11, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Ingrid E. Nygaard, MD, MS, author of Symptomatic Pelvic Floor Disorders in Women. Summary Points: 1. The three primary pelvic floor disorders include urinary and fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse. 2. In a national population-based sample, nearly one-quarter of U.S. women reported at least one symptomatic pelvic floor disorder: overall, 15.7 percent experienced moderate to severe urinary incontinence, 9.0 percent experienced fecal incontinence at least monthly and 2.9 percent experienced symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (a bulge in the vagina they could see or feel). 3. Older women, overweight an...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - October 16, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-07-23, Vol. 300, No. 4, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with H. George Nurnberg, MD, author of Sildenafil Treatment of Women With Antidepressant-Associated Sexual Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Summary Points: 1. Emergent sexual dysfunction (SD) is a principal reason for a three-fold increased risk of non-adherence that leads to increased relapse, recurrence, and poor disease management outcomes. 2. Selective phosphodiesterase-type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is), limited to studies in men, have demonstrated evidence based data to support broad based and clinically meaningful treatment efficacy. 3. In an intention-to-treat analysis, women treated with sildenafil s...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - September 23, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-07-23, Vol. 300, No. 4, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with H. George Nurnberg, MD, author of Sildenafil Treatment of Women With Antidepressant-Associated Sexual Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Summary Points: 1. Emergent sexual dysfunction (SD) is a principal reason for a three-fold increased risk of non-adherence that leads to increased relapse, recurrence, and poor disease management outcomes. 2. Selective phosphodiesterase-type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is), limited to studies in men, have demonstrated evidence based data to support broad based and clinically meaningful treatment efficacy. 3. In an intention-to-treat analysis, women treated with sildenafil s...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - September 23, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-06-25, Vol. 299, No. 24, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Beverly Beth Green, MD, MPH, author of Effectiveness of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Web Communication, and Pharmacist Care on Hypertension Control: The e-BP Randomized Controlled Trial. Summary Points: 1. If blood pressure (BP) control could be improved, many deaths from cardiovascular and renal disease could be prevented. 2. The Chronic Care Model was used to design an intervention that empowered patients to be more involved in their own care using home BP monitoring, a patient shared electronic medical record, and Web-based pharmacist assistance. 3. The group of patients that received BP monitors and t...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - August 26, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-06-25, Vol. 299, No. 24, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Beverly Beth Green, MD, MPH, author of Effectiveness of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Web Communication, and Pharmacist Care on Hypertension Control: The e-BP Randomized Controlled Trial. Summary Points: 1. If blood pressure (BP) control could be improved, many deaths from cardiovascular and renal disease could be prevented. 2. The Chronic Care Model was used to design an intervention that empowered patients to be more involved in their own care using home BP monitoring, a patient shared electronic medical record, and Web-based pharmacist assistance. 3. The group of patients that received BP monitors and t...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - August 26, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-06-18, Vol. 299, No. 23, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS, author of Examining a Bidirectional Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Diabetes. Summary Points: 1. People with symptoms of depression are more likely to engage in diabetes-producing health behaviors, including eating more, exercising less, and smoking more. As a consequence, they were more obese. 2. People with elevated symptoms of depression had a 42 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes over 3 years. This was partially explained by unhealthy behaviors. 3. People with treated Type 2 diabetes had a 52 percent increased risk of developing depressive sympt...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - July 21, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2008-06-18, Vol. 299, No. 23, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS, author of Examining a Bidirectional Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Diabetes. Summary Points: 1. People with symptoms of depression are more likely to engage in diabetes-producing health behaviors, including eating more, exercising less, and smoking more. As a consequence, they were more obese. 2. People with elevated symptoms of depression had a 42 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes over 3 years. This was partially explained by unhealthy behaviors. 3. People with treated Type 2 diabetes had a 52 percent increased risk of developing depressive sympt...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - July 21, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
