In episode 503, James and Mike explore the evidence around water for a variety of different health outcomes. How much do we need and does it matter where we get it from? The only thing we know is that 8 glasses a day is wrong.
Show Notes
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In episode 502, James, Mike Kolber and Tony Nickonchuk get together to talk about the easy question (just kidding) of COVID vaccines for children and adolescents. We discuss the best evidence we could find around efficacy and adverse effects in these age groups and hopefully give enough context so that you go from murky to somewhat less cloudy as to what we know and don’t know about this topic.
Show Notes
1) Tools for Practice
CO-KID: Covid vaccine for kids
2) Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Critical Covid-19 in Adolescents
January 12, 2022 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2117995
In episode 501, Mike and James get back to being PREMIUM by talking about the impressive effect of Kangaroo care – listen to find out what that is. We also talk about the problem with guidelines around Vitamin D and yet again more evidence for delayed antibiotics.
Show Notes
1) Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Aug 23;2016(8):CD002771
2) Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight
N Engl J Med 2021;384:2028-38
3) Vitamin D recommendations in clinical guidelines: A systematic review, quality evaluation and analysis of potential predictors
Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Nov;75(11):e14805. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14805. Epub 2021 Sep 15
4) Delayed Antibiotic Prescription for Children With Respiratory Infections: A Randomized Trial
Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3):e20201323. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1323. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
5) Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: individual patient data meta-analysis
BMJ 2021;373:n808
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