In episode 551, James and Mike invite Danielle Perry back to the podcast to talk about the best available evidence for the use of statins in people 65 and over. As you’ll hear, we have lots of evidence so all you need to know is what it says. Then, you can have an evidence-based discussion with all your people in this age category. After that discussion, your patient can make a decision one way or another and that means both of you win and you don’t have to care what guidelines say about this topic. Check it out.

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Statins in Older Adults

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In episode 549, James and Mike invite Blair MacDonald to the podcast for the first time and we talk about a topic that we haven’t really covered to-date. We discuss the evidence around what happens to the risk of pancreatitis when we use triglyceride-lowering medications (fibrates, statins, niacin, omega-3s) in patients with hypertriglyceridemia. Have a listen as the results may surprise you somewhat.

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Triglyce-Ride that High?

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In episode 548, James and Mike invite Betsy Thomas back to the podcast to talk about whether or not measuring lipoprotein(a) or apolipoprotein B improves cardiovascular risk prediction in a meaningful way over and above using standard risk factors. Many guidelines are now recommending we should do these measurements but is this an evidence-based recommendation? Give us 30 minutes of your time and you’ll know the answer.

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Less is More Unless it’s Sleep or Toilet Paper: Non-traditional lipoproteins for cardiovascular risk
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In episode 547, James and Mike invite Jessica and Scott back again to talk about whether or not COPD patients seen in primary care are like the people studied in the large COPD trials. We talk about how to focus care on the people who are most likely to benefit from therapy. There are lots of important primary care tips in this one. Have a listen.

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Risk and distribution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease–related hospitalizations among primary care patients
Canadian Family Physician June 2023, 69 (6) 409-414

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Episode 546: Who provides chronic disease management?

In episode 546, James and Mike invite Jessica Kirkwood and Scott Garrison to talk about a new study they published looking at what proportion of common chronic medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD are handled by family physicians, specialists, and nurse practitioners manage. We find that family physicians provide the majority of care for these conditions. Tune in to find out the actual numbers and possibly how these findings should be used.

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Who provides chronic disease management?
Canadian Family Physician June 2023, 69 (6) e127-e133 

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In episode 545, James and Mike invite Samantha Moe back again to the podcast to talk about whether or not statins increase the risk of dementia or worsening of cognitive scores. I forgot the answer so you will have to listen to the podcast.

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Forget about it? Statins and the risk of dementia

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In episode 544, James and Mike invite Samantha Moe to the podcast to talk about whether or not PPIs improve crying, fussiness, irritability, or regurgitation attributed to feeds. If you’ve ever used PPIs for this condition, you may be surprised by the results.

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Crying babies: Can proton pump inhibitors help?
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In episode 543, James and Mike invite Tina Korowynk and Jennifer Young to discuss their recent paper where they talk about the evidence around comprehensive primary care that is led by a family physician. We find out family physician care improves patient outcomes such as mortality, decreased emergency department visits, hospitalizations, readmissions, and health care costs. At the end we discuss a few ideas for how to start to solve some of the issues that have created the present primary care crisis.

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The value of family medicine: An impossible job, done impossibly well
Canadian Family Physician 2023;69:269-270

In episode 542, James and Mike finish their discussion around placebo. We then talk about tips and tricks for how to best use the knowledge about the placebo group effect when it comes to day-to-day decisions of choosing, stopping and starting medications/treatments.

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Placebo handout

In episode 541, James and Mike get into a powerful discussion of placebo. We talk about the evidence around placebo, the placebo effect, the placebo group effect/response and we try to put it all into the context of clinical practice. The bottom line is the placebo effect is likely not what you think it is, however, it is very important you know what it is and what it is not.

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Placebo handout