In episode 322, Mike and James go over a new Tools for Practice that looked at the use of a combination product that may reduce the risk of HIV. It definitely seems to work but adherence is the key.
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Tools for Practice
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): Are you PrEP’d for the future of HIV prevention?
In episode 321, James and Mike discuss two interesting studies. One is on the duration of antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia and the other about the impact of total knee replacement on the overall quality of life. Interestingly, the results of these studies were different although that may have been the fact that one was on pneumonia and the other on TKR.
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1) Duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Community-Acquired Pneumonia A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA Intern Med. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3633
2) A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Total Knee Replacement
In episode 320, Mike and James PREMIUM out yet again and talk about 3 new diabetes publications that our listeners have asked us about.
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1) LEADER Study
Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
2) Lixisenatide in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Acute Coronary Syndrome
N Engl J Med 2015; 373:2247-57
3) Diabetes treatments and risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease, and all cause mortality: cohort study in primary care
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