Getting Patients to Goal
Heartwire's Shelley Wood sits down with Drs Robert Harrington, Renu Virmani, and Steve Nicholls to talk about how to help patients take the appropriate medications. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - November 11, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Hospital Says No More Dietary Supplements in Formulary
Paul A. Offit, MD, describes the reasoning behind a new policy on dietary supplements at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 22, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotic Resistance Is All Around Us: IDWeek 2013
Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, offers highlights from key sessions on antibiotic resistance at IDWeek, with guidance on resistant infections, drug therapy, and new drugs in the pipeline. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 21, 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 Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 16, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Patients at High Risk for AF: Give Them Anticoagulation
Preliminary results from the GARFIELD AF registry, discussed at ESC 2013, indicate that 40% of patients at high risk for AF aren't getting appropriate anticoagulation. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 15, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Where Do SGLT2 Inhibitors Fit in Diabetes Care?
Dr. Clifford Bailey explains how the mechanism of action differs with the new 'flozin' drugs for type 2 diabetes, and where they fit in the overall armamentarium for this disease. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 15, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception: The Latest Data
Do these new findings change recommendations for rotavirus vaccination of US infants? (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Three Major Advances in Multiple Sclerosis
Drs. Fred Lublin and Robert Fox discuss 3 promising areas of multiple sclerosis research from ECTRIMS 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 10, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Vaccine on the Horizon?
Instead of focusing on a 'cure' for diabetes, some researchers are working on a way to prevent the disease in children who are genetically at risk. Dr. Ezio Bonifacio discusses the latest thinking. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 7, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
New ALK Agents: Lung Cancer's 'Second Miracle'?
Drs. D. Ross Camidge and Giorgio Scagliotti highlight the emerging data in ALK-positive lung cancer that will change the playing field in clinical practice. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - October 7, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Infective Endocarditis: An Antibiotic Class to Avoid?
This F1000 commentary reports on a study which supports a revised approach to treating infective endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - September 17, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
'Do As I Do: Take Aspirin Daily’
The evidence for the benefits of low-dose aspirin in primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer is so compelling that it has convinced CRC specialist Dr. David Kerr to take 100 mg daily. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - August 30, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Is Lithium Antisuicidal?
A large meta-analysis explores the use of lithium to prevent suicide in patients with mood disorders. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - August 26, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
