Complete BS Medicine Podcast Episode List

2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008

2023

• Mar 27 : Episode 537: A Jab for Your CAD: Influenza vaccination for the prevention of cardiovascular events
• Mar 17 : Episode 536: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly – Don’t drug the bugs?
• Mar 10 : Episode 535: Wouldn’t Bet On it: What is the risk of muscle symptoms on statins?
• Feb 20 : Episode 534: Come Spy with Me: Continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes
• Jan 31 : Episode 533: PREMIUM – 4 new pieces of evidence to add to the puzzle
• Jan 25 : Episode 532: Topical Anal Fissure Treatments – getting to the bottom of it
• Jan 11 : Episode 531: Bronchodilators or inhaled steroids for post-infectious cough

2022

• Dec 29 : Episode 530: Resolving New Year’s Resolutions
• Dec 22 : Episode 529: Tranexamic acid in adult trauma and/or gastrointestinal bleeding
• Dec 18 : Episode 528: Proving you don’t need to repeat cholesterol measurements?
• Nov 30 : Episode 527: To Treat or Not Treat Uncomplicated UTIs
• Nov 25 : Episode 526: PREMIUM – The latest on salt and vitamins
• Nov 16 : Episode 525: Weight – the evidence may be slimmer than you think – PART II
• Oct 26 : Episode 524: Weight – the evidence may be slimmer than you think
• Oct 20 : Episode 523: Is booking an urgent UTI appointment the best sign of a UTI?
• Oct 4 : Episode 522: PREMIUM – Should we ignore expiry dates on medications?
• Sep 25 : Episode 521: A dose a day keeps the UTI away?
• Sep 13 : Episode 520: Ultra-processed food – is it really all “bad” for you?
• Aug 29 : Episode 519: Oh Baby – Combined oral contraceptives during breastfeeding
• Aug 19 : Episode 518: Avoiding lactose-containing products during acute pediatric diarrhea
• Aug 12 : Episode 517: PREMIUM – A podcast that hopefully won’t leave you breathless
• Jul 28 : Episode 516: The LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) Song: Is the etonogestrel implant a hit?
• Jul 24 : Episode 515: Weight to Go: Naltrexone/bupropion for weight loss
• Jun 28 : Episode 514: Antihistamines for allergic rhinosinusitis: ‘Achoo’sing the right treatment
• Jun 23 : Episode 513: To Pee or Not to Pee: Combination agents for benign prostatic hypertrophy
• May 31 : Episode 512: Alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems – PART II
• May 10 : Episode 511: Alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems
• May 3 : Episode 510: PREMIUM – Stopping antidepressants, and starting ASA in pregnancy
• Apr 27 : Episode 509: Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain – PART IV
• Apr 21 : Episode 508: Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain – PART III
• Mar 31 : Episode 507: Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain – PART II
• Mar 24 : Episode 506: Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain
• Mar 2 : Episode 505: NephMadness 2022 – albuminuria, basketball and the Great White North
• Feb 20 : Episode 504: Can It Stay or Must It Go? Extended Use of Intrauterine Devices
• Jan 31 : Episode 503: Water, water everywhere – H-2-woah
• Jan 20 : Episode 502: CO-KID – vaccine for kids
• Jan 4 : Episode 501: PREMIUM – Kangaroos, Vitamin D guidelines and delayed antibiotics

2021

• Dec 17 : Episode 500: THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO LISTEN!!!
• Dec 9 : Episode 499: No Gain, No Pain? – Diet-induced weight loss for OA knee pain
• Nov 27 : Episode 498: Under Pressure: Compression stockings for recurrent cellulitis?
• Nov 15 : Episode 497: The Nutrition Proposition – a teaser
• Nov 7 : Episode 496: Medications in HFpEF: The Fail Trail – PART II
• Oct 30 : Episode 495: Medications in HFpEF: The Fail Trail
• Oct 24 : Episode 494: Colchicine for your heart – it may not be just for gout
• Oct 4 : Episode 493: A relatively short podcast on “Long COVID”
• Sep 29 : Episode 492: PREMIUM – New data on footwear and salt substitutes
• Sep 22 : Episode 491: Keeping it Simple for Emergency Room Dyspepsia
• Sep 15 : Episode 490: Opening a can of helminths: Ivermectin for COVID-19
• Aug 27 : Episode 489: Mission Slimpossible – Semaglutide for weight loss
• Aug 3 : Episode 488: COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events
• Aug 3 : Episode 487: Real World Evidence for COVID-19 Vaccines
• Jul 23 : Episode 486: Needle in a Pain-Stack – Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain
• Jul 6 : Episode 485: Anti-inflammatories for the treatment of community-treated COVID
• Jun 25 : Episode 484: PREMIUM – Vitamin D for respiratory infections and overestimating diagnoses
• Jun 8 : Episode 483: Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s – forget about it?
• Jun 4 : Episode 482: A deep dive into baths for atopic dermatitis
• May 28 : Episode 481: Clearing up the evidence for topical acne combination products
• May 18 : Episode 480: Reducing risk rather than reducing surrogates
• Apr 28 : Episode 479: Cannabinoids – an update (not much) for chronic pain
• Apr 21 : Episode 478: How to slow the flow: NSAIDs for heavy menstrual bleeding
• Apr 18 : Episode 477: Vaccine hesitancy in the office: What can I do?
• Mar 29 : Episode 476: PREMIUM – New evidence around antibiotics in primary care
• Mar 19 : Episode 475: A good sleep would be dop(aminergic) doc! Pramipexole in restless legs syndrome
• Mar 11 : Episode 474: Iron dosing frequency: Is less more or just less?
• Feb 28 : Episode 473: All the numbers for bisphosphonates and denosumab in osteoporosis
• Feb 23 : Episode 472: Glucosamine & Chondroitin: Natural remedies for osteoarthritis?
• Feb 4 : Episode 471: PREMIUM – Vitamin C, iron and diabetes – new evidence and good answers
• Jan 27 : Episode 470: Thinking gooder in medicine – logic missteps – PART III
• Jan 20 : Episode 469: Thinking gooder in medicine – logic missteps – PART II
• Jan 15 : Episode 468: Thinking gooder in medicine – logic missteps

2020

• Dec 18 : Episode 467: COPD inhalers – the evidence leaves you gasping for breath – PART III
• Dec 16 : Episode 466: COPD inhalers – the evidence leaves you gasping for breath – PART II
• Dec 13 : Episode 465: COPD inhalers – the evidence leaves you gasping for breath
• Dec 1 : Episode 464: PREMIUM – 4 new publications that should change your practice
• Nov 20 : Episode 463: The COVID-19 vaccine – all the numbers so far and much more
• Nov 13 : Episode 462: Before you lower blood pressure to 120, listen to this podcast
• Oct 14 : Episode 461: Virtual visits versus face-to-face: Diagnostic accuracy in primary care
• Oct 2 : Episode 460: Be still my quivering heart: alcohol and atrial fibrillation
• Sep 29 : Episode 459: Is 45 really the new 50 in colorectal cancer screening?
• Sep 16 : Episode 458: PREMIUM – So many new studies you need to know about
• Aug 28 : Episode 457: Who let the Gout Out? Targeting Uric Acid Levels in Treating Gout
• Aug 2 : Episode 456: Masks for prevention of viral respiratory infections – PART II The Public
• Aug 2 : Episode 455: Masks for prevention of viral respiratory infections – PART I Healthcare workers
• Jul 31 : Episode 454: Exercise-induced osteoarthritis: Running into problems?
• Jul 28 : Episode 453: Does baby know best? Baby-led weaning for transitioning to solid foods
• Jul 21 : Episode 452: Once upon a time in diabetes land – squirrel!
• Jun 24 : Episode 451: Osteoarthritis – all the evidence for all the treatments – PART III
• Jun 11 : Episode 450: Osteoarthritis – all the evidence for all the treatments – PART II
• Jun 5 : Episode 449: Osteoarthritis – all the evidence for all the treatments
• May 5 : Episode 448: Unmasking the evidence around masks for healthcare workers
• Apr 16 : Episode 447: Stealth style transmission? Covert data on COVID-19
• Apr 16 : Episode 446: COVID -19 A rushed introduction to an uninvited guest
• Apr 9 : Episode 445: COVID and breathlessness – are there any objective tools to assess breathlessness over the phone?
• Mar 31 : Episode 444: Hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin for COVID-19
• Mar 26 : Episode 443: Electronic Cigarettes – Hoot that helps, hurts, or just hype?
• Mar 17 : Episode 442: Are biosimilars similar to biologics for inflammatory conditions?
• Mar 9 : Episode 441: Guidelines could be so much better, but here is why they aren’t, yet
• Feb 28 : Episode 440: Putting the FUN in Fungi: Toenail onychomycosis treatments
• Feb 10 : Episode 439: Taking a hard look at the evidence: PDE5 inhibitors in erectile dysfunction
• Jan 31 : Episode 438: PREMIUM – 4 studies that should change your practice
• Jan 22 : Episode 437: Injecting evidence into Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections
• Jan 16 : Episode 436: Hydrochlorothiazide and squamous cell skin cancer – what we know

2019

• Dec 31 : Episode 435: Unwrapping the subclinical hypothyroidism enigma
• Dec 22 : Episode 434: PREMIUM – finally, an LDL target trial
• Dec 9 : Episode 433: Yes, more diabetes trials
• Nov 22 : Episode 432: All the evidence for all the medications for a failing heart – PART III
• Nov 7 : Episode 431: All the evidence for all the medications for a failing heart – PART II
• Oct 30 : Episode 430: All the evidence for all the medications for a failing heart
• Oct 21 : Episode 429: Deprescribing is an essential part of good prescribing – PART II
• Oct 15 : Episode 428: Deprescribing is an essential part of good prescribing
• Sep 23 : Episode 427: How not to do what didn’t need to be done
• Sep 16 : Episode 426: PREMIUM – if you take the polypill for 5 years, what happens?
• Aug 30 : Episode 425: Does prescribing opioids lead to opioid use disorder?
• Aug 14 : Episode 424: 10 really useful studies for primary care – PART II
• Aug 6 : Episode 423: 10 really useful studies for primary care
• Jul 22 : Episode 422: PREMIUM – Statins do don’t not not work in older people – or do/don’t they?
• Jul 17 : Episode 421: Iron-ing out the wrinkles in anemia management
• Jul 10 : Episode 420: GPs should stop making mental health diagnoses
• Jun 28 : Episode 419: Opioid use disorder in primary care – PART III
• Jun 17 : Episode 418: Opioid use disorder in primary care – PART II
• Jun 7 : Episode 417: Opioid use disorder in primary care
• May 29 : Episode 416: PREMIUM – CABANA – Ablation vs meds for symptomatic atrial fibrillation
• May 21 : Episode 415: Is depression getting you down? We’ll bring you up. PART IV
• May 12 : Episode 414: Is depression getting you down? We’ll bring you up. PART III
• Apr 29 : Episode 413: Is depression getting you down? We’ll bring you up. PART II
• Apr 19 : Episode 412: Is depression getting you down? We’ll bring you up.
• Apr 9 : Episode 411: PREMIUM – Eggs and omega-3s yet again – DIABEGG and REDUCE-IT
• Mar 21 : Episode 410: The depressing evidence for antidepressants in the elderly
• Mar 12 : Episode 409: Are antibiotics in or out for abscess management?
• Mar 4 : Episode 408: Liar, liar, pants on fire – or at least a little bit of smoke
• Feb 13 : Episode 407: PREMIUM – Water, e-cigarettes and acetaminophen
• Feb 6 : Episode 406: How well is opioid agonist therapy managed in primary care?
• Jan 25 : Episode 405: Buprenorphine-naloxone for pharmaceutical opioid use disorder
• Jan 18 : Episode 404: Does your patient have an opioid use disorder?
• Jan 4 : Episode 403: Therapeutic nihilists – I doubt that – PART IV

2018

• Dec 27 : Episode 402: Therapeutic nihilists – I doubt that – PART III
• Dec 14 : Episode 401: Therapeutic nihilists – I doubt that – PART II
• Dec 9 : Episode 400: Therapeutic nihilists – I doubt that
• Nov 28 : Episode 399: What are the most common conditions in primary care?
• Nov 13 : Episode 398: Monoclonal antibodies – trying to put these agents into context – PART II
• Nov 7 : Episode 397: Monoclonal antibodies – trying to put these agents into context
• Oct 17 : Episode 396: PREMIUM – studies about blood pressure and bone density
• Oct 9 : Episode 395: Less Pancakes, More Bacon? The Ketogenic Diet for Weight Loss
• Sep 21 : Episode 394: Omega-3 Supplements for Dry Eye: Fishy evidence or a big catch?
• Sep 12 : Episode 393: CPAP – Breath of life, or just hot air?
• Sep 6 : Episode 392: Aspirin – two more large and maybe unnecessary trials
• Jul 30 : Episode 391: PREMIUM – 3 studies that will leave you short of breath
• Jul 25 : Episode 390: A shared-decision is the only outcome that matters in EBP
• Jul 4 : Episode 389: Is that cabbage in your bra?
• Jun 30 : Episode 388: Smell This: Isopropyl alcohol for nausea/vomiting
• Jun 20 : Episode 387: Nerve-ous about opioids?
• Jun 5 : Episode 386: Low fat, low carbs, low evidence
• May 28 : Episode 385: Talking about stem cell therapies with Tim Caulfield
• May 25 : Episode 384: Talking about personalized medicine with Tim Caulfield
• May 16 : Episode 383: PREMIUM – What IMPACT can we have on COPD?
• Apr 25 : Episode 382: Poverty – the impact it has on health and what we can do about it – PART II
• Apr 18 : Episode 381: Poverty – the impact it has on health and what we can do about it
• Apr 16 : Episode 380: Happy 10th Anniversary and a bunch of silly studies
• Apr 10 : Episode 379: Happy 10th Anniversary and a bunch of silly studies
• Mar 28 : Episode 378: Antidepressants – lots of useful data but many important questions remain
• Mar 19 : Episode 377: Getting higher than a kite with medical cannabinoid evidence – PART IV
• Mar 15 : Episode 376: Getting higher than a kite with medical cannabinoid evidence – PART III
• Feb 27 : Episode 375: Getting higher than a kite with medical cannabinoid evidence – PART II
• Feb 23 : Episode 374: Getting higher than a kite with medical cannabinoid evidence
• Feb 9 : Episode 373: Back to listener questions – finally – PART III
• Jan 26 : Episode 372: Back to listener questions – finally – PART II
• Jan 17 : Episode 371: Back to listener questions – finally
• Jan 15 : Episode 370: PREMIUM – Back pain, knee pain, fractures and skin abscesses

2017

• Dec 29 : Episode 369: Early Peanuts for Little Peanuts: The not so paltry benefits
• Dec 20 : Episode 368: Infant sleep training – Rest easy?
• Dec 6 : Episode 367: PREMIUM – Two anti-inflammatory treatments at very different costs, and one more
• Nov 24 : Episode 366: Social determinants of health – why you need to hear this evidence – PART II
• Nov 14 : Episode 365: Social determinants of health – why you need to hear this evidence
• Nov 2 : Episode 364: Depression in primary care – talk first and prescribe later – PART III
• Oct 24 : Episode 363: Depression in primary care – talk first and prescribe later – PART II
• Oct 12 : Episode 362: Depression in primary care – talk first and prescribe later
• Oct 3 : Episode 361: PREMIUM – The answer to what you should eat is completely obvious
• Sep 25 : Episode 360: Agitation and aggression in the elderly – PART III
• Sep 13 : Episode 359: Agitation and aggression in the elderly – PART II
• Sep 5 : Episode 358: Agitation and aggression in the elderly
• Aug 21 : Episode 357: Riboflavin for migraine prophylaxis: Something “2-B” excited about?
• Aug 15 : Episode 356: PREMIUM – TSH, IBS and more three-letter brilliance
• Jul 27 : Episode 355: Reporting lab results – the cause of, and the solution to, the overdiagnosis problem – Part IV
• Jul 18 : Episode 354: Reporting lab results – the cause of, and the solution to, the overdiagnosis problem – Part III
• Jul 10 : Episode 353: Reporting lab results – the cause of, and the solution to, the overdiagnosis problem – Part II
• Jul 7 : Episode 352: Reporting lab results – the cause of, and the solution to, the overdiagnosis problem
• Jun 20 : Episode 351: PREMIUM – O2 in COPD and bariatric surgery for diabetes
• Jun 13 : Episode 350: Trouble Sleeping: Spend less time in Bed?
• Jun 7 : Episode 349: Screening with a complete blood count is evidently of no value
• May 23 : Episode 348: What is Urgent About Hypertensive Urgency?
• May 15 : Episode 347: Chew on This: Why gum is good for your post-operative bum
• Apr 26 : Episode 346: Regurgitating the evidence around medications for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy – Part II
• Apr 20 : Episode 345: Regurgitating the evidence around medications for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
• Apr 11 : Episode 344: Preventing allergies with Omega-3 in pregnancy: another fishy idea?
• Mar 30 : Episode 343: Confidently speaking about how to confidently understand confidence intervals
• Mar 24 : Episode 342: Nerding out on a Vitamin D flu meta-analysis and much more
• Mar 17 : Episode 341: PREMIUM – Evolocumab and what it does to cardiovascular outcomes
• Feb 21 : Episode 340: Manipulating research for spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain
• Feb 16 : Episode 339: All you need is glove, and tap water
• Feb 3 : Episode 338: Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: Can the yeast be beat?
• Jan 24 : Episode 337: PREMIUM – studies that will make your life even more PREMIUM
• Jan 19 : Episode 336: A guide for where to draw the line on clinical practice guidelines – PART III
• Jan 4 : Episode 335: A guide for where to draw the line on clinical practice guidelines – PART II

2016

• Dec 19 : Episode 334: Santa Claus – is he more important to parents than children?
• Dec 8 : Episode 333: A guide for where to draw the line on clinical practice guidelines
• Dec 1 : Episode 332: Erectile dysfunction – a hard look at the evidence – PART II
• Nov 24 : Episode 331: Erectile dysfunction – a hard look at the evidence
• Nov 18 : Episode 330: PREMIUM – Diabetes, all the good, the bad and the ugly
• Nov 11 : Episode 329: A dementia update you will hopefully remember – PART II
• Oct 27 : Episode 328: A dementia update you will hopefully remember
• Oct 20 : Episode 327: Chocolate – evidently very beneficial, or is it?
• Oct 7 : Episode 326: PREMIUM – New studies on renal stones, testosterone and sleep apnea
• Sep 16 : Episode 325: 1+1 =3 Numeracy and shared-decision making – PART II
• Sep 11 : Episode 324: 1+1 =3 Numeracy and shared-decision making
• Sep 5 : Episode 323: LABA and steroids in asthma – is there any risk?
• Aug 30 : Episode 322: PrEP’d for HIV prevention
• Aug 15 : Episode 321: A couple of new studies that will confirm or change your practice
• Aug 6 : Episode 320: PREMIUM – Our spin on the latest type 2 diabetes publications
• Jul 21 : Episode 319: Listener questions and some questionable answers – PART IV
• Jul 12 : Episode 318: Listener questions and some questionable answers – PART III
• Jul 5 : Episode 317: Listener questions and some questionable answers – PART II
• Jun 24 : Episode 316: Listener questions and some questionable answers
• Jun 20 : Episode 315: A way to think about antidotes for anticoagulants – PART II
• Jun 13 : Episode 314: A way to think about antidotes for anticoagulants
• May 31 : Episode 313: COPD studies – All I need is the air that I breathe
• May 25 : Episode 312: PREMIUM – 4 new studies that you need to know about
• May 3 : Episode 311: Back pain – taking a stab at the evidence – PART III
• Apr 22 : Episode 310: Back pain – taking a stab at the evidence – PART II
• Apr 20 : The Best Science Medicine Podcast Gang make the cover of the Rolling Stone – sort of
• Apr 17 : Episode 309: Back pain – taking a stab at the evidence
• Apr 13 : Episode 308: PREMIUM – The HOPE-3 trial and does it bring hope?
• Apr 5 : Episode 307: Is less more with isotretinoin and acne?
• Mar 29 : Episode 306: Flibanserin: Feeling frisky or falling over?
• Mar 23 : Episode 305: Lipid guidelines done by primary care clinicians – FINALLY – PART II
• Mar 14 : APOLOGIES FOR THE WEBSITE PROBLEMS
• Mar 14 : Episode 304: Lipid guidelines done by primary care clinicians – FINALLY
• Mar 11 : Episode 303: PREMIUM – Blood pressure, back pain, and chlamydia
• Feb 16 : Episode 302: The Top 20 Medications – PART III
• Feb 9 : Episode 301: The Top 20 Medications – PART II
• Feb 5 : Episode 300: The Top 20 Medications
• Jan 26 : Episode 299: Nasal irrigations for rhinosinusitis – take the evidence with a pinch of salt

2015

• Dec 31 : Episode 298: Anti-CCP: A truly helpful Rheumatoid Arthritis lab test?
• Dec 22 : Episode 297: Spinning the evidence around the Epley maneuver
• Dec 10 : Episode 296: MedStopper – a deprescribing resource for healthcare professionals
• Dec 7 : Episode 295: PREMIUM – Taking a run at the SPRINT trial
• Nov 4 : Episode 294: COPD – Continually Offering Puffer Devices – PART III
• Nov 3 : Episode 293: COPD – Continually Offering Puffer Devices – PART II
• Oct 23 : Episode 292: COPD – Continually Offering Puffer Devices
• Oct 17 : Episode 291: Electronic cigarettes – blowing smoke at the evidence
• Oct 6 : Episode 290: PREMIUM – Empagliflozin and the EMPA-REG OUTCOME study
• Sep 29 : Episode 289: Use cream that’s cheaper
• Sep 11 : Episode 288: Media and a machination of the mind – PART II
• Sep 5 : Episode 287: Media and a machination of the mind
• Aug 18 : Episode 286: A premium-like podcast – find out what you’ve been missing
• Aug 8 : Episode 285: Cyclobenzaprine – flexing the data around its use in acute back pain
• Aug 1 : Episode 284: The FODMAP diet – the bottom line around the evidence
• Jul 21 : Episode 283: PREMIUM – Glucose, blood pressure and statin studies to the max
• Jul 14 : Episode 282: Digging digoxin
• Jul 12 : Episode 281: Bedtime restriction instead of pills for primary insomnia
• Jul 2 : Episode 280: Working smarter not harder to answer clinical questions – PART II
• Jun 27 : Episode 279: Working smarter not harder to answer clinical questions
• Jun 4 : Episode 278: PREMIUM – It’s all about the lungs
• Jun 3 : Episode 277: Worrying about anxiety – PART III
• May 29 : Episode 276: Worrying about anxiety – PART II
• May 20 : Episode 275: Worrying about anxiety
• May 11 : Episode 274: Two new drugs that follow all our rules
• Apr 15 : Episode 273: Osteoarthritis treatments – an inflammatory discussion about the evidence – PART II
• Apr 9 : Episode 272: Osteoarthritis treatments – an inflammatory discussion about the evidence
• Apr 3 : Episode 271: PREMIUM – DESCARTES, OSLER, ODYSSEY and what you need to know
• Mar 27 : Episode 270: Antivirals for the flu – something to sneeze about
• Mar 13 : Episode 269: The ins and outs of the HPV vaccine
• Mar 4 : Episode 268: An agitating podcast on benzo’s for agitation in dementia
• Feb 25 : Episode 267: PREMIUM – Guidelines, blood pressure and antiplatelets
• Feb 18 : Episode 266: Questions, questions, questions PART IV
• Feb 13 : Episode 265: Questions, questions, questions PART III
• Jan 31 : Episode 264: Questions, questions, questions PART II
• Jan 25 : Episode 263: Questions, questions, questions

2014

• Dec 17 : Episode 262: Televised medical talk shows – the recommendations and the evidence
• Dec 15 : Episode 261: The periodic health exam gets examined – PART III
• Dec 8 : Episode 260: The periodic health exam gets examined – PART II
• Nov 26 : Episode 259: The periodic health exam gets examined
• Nov 18 : Episode 258: IMPROVE-IT – ezetimibe, what it does and doesn’t do
• Nov 14 : Episode 257: PREMIUM – Coenzyme Q10, antibiotics and alopecia areata
• Oct 22 : Episode 256: How much of CVD is in your genes?
• Oct 17 : Episode 255: We can measure lipoproteins but is there really any point?
• Sep 24 : Episode 254: Food and You – the evidence conundrum – PART III
• Sep 16 : Episode 253: Food and You – the evidence conundrum – PART II
• Sep 10 : Episode 252: Food and You – the evidence conundrum
• Sep 3 : Episode 251: PREMIUM – a new heart failure study and much, much more
• Aug 11 : Episode 250: New Studies – two podcasts for the price of one
• Jul 31 : Episode 249: Is glucosamine inert or does it help if you are inert from osteoarthritis?
• Jul 18 : Episode 248: The effect of NSAIDs on fracture healing – much ado about nothing?
• Jul 10 : Episode 247: How the new anticoagulants compare to warfarin in DVTs and PEs
• Jul 4 : Episode 246: Clearing up the confusion around statin-induced cognitive impairment
• Jun 28 : Episode 245: Three studies you need to know about – so get a PREMIUM membership!
• Jun 18 : Episode 244: Industry and us – PART IV
• Jun 14 : Episode 243: Industry and us – PART III
• Jun 5 : Episode 242: Industry and us – PART II
• May 30 : Episode 241: Industry and us
• May 15 : Episode 240: The futility of trying to hit all those guideline targets
• May 7 : Episode 239: Erecting the evidence around testosterone replacement in men
• Apr 30 : Episode 238: PREMIUM – two new cardiovascular studies and a bit about cough
• Apr 19 : Episode 237: We listen and respond to listener questions – PART II
• Apr 14 : Episode 236: We listen and respond to listener questions
• Mar 29 : Episode 235: Antiplatelets – is a one and a two wonnerful, wonnerful?
• Mar 26 : Episode 234: PREMIUM – Fatty acids and should you eat acetaminophen during pregnancy
• Mar 11 : Episode 233: A passing podcast for the failing heart – PART II
• Mar 5 : Episode 232: A passing podcast for the failing heart
• Feb 15 : Episode 231: Prevention and Treatment of the Common Cold – making sense of the evidence – Part III
• Feb 11 : Tom Hanks and Type 2 Diabetes – an evidence-based discussion I would like to have with Mr. Hanks
• Feb 7 : Episode 230: Prevention and Treatment of the Common Cold – making sense of the evidence – Part II
• Jan 27 : Episode 229: Prevention and Treatment of the Common Cold – making sense of the evidence
• Jan 24 : Episode 228: PREMIUM – The new JNC8 high blood pressure guidelines dissected and exposed
• Jan 16 : Episode 227: Vaccines – how many pricks do you really need? Part III
• Jan 7 : Episode 226: Vaccines – how many pricks do you really need? Part II

2013

• Dec 27 : Episode 225: Vaccines – how many pricks do you really need?
• Dec 17 : Episode 224: Generically speaking
• Dec 10 : Episode 223: PREMIUM – What pioglitazone, fever, bone density and tennis elbow have in common
• Nov 22 : Episode 222: Do we have any treatments for osteoporotic vertebral fracture pain?
• Nov 14 : Episode 221: Finally getting the cholesterol guidelines right – almost
• Nov 8 : Episode 220: Confusing confidence intervals
• Oct 27 : Episode 219: Shining a bright light on the Vitamin D evidence – Part III
• Oct 17 : Episode 218: Shining a bright light on the Vitamin D evidence – Part II
• Oct 12 : Episode 217: Shining a bright light on the Vitamin D evidence
• Oct 4 : Episode 216: Questions that lead to questions and then more questions – Part IV
• Sep 28 : Episode 215: Questions that lead to questions and then more questions – Part III
• Sep 21 : Episode 214: PREMIUM – two more diabetes treatments that fail us yet again
• Sep 14 : Episode 213: Questions that lead to questions and then more questions – Part II
• Sep 5 : Episode 212: Questions that lead to questions and then more questions
• Aug 23 : Viva La Evidence – Evidence based healthcare put to music
• Aug 10 : Episode 211: We told you so, eight times over
• Aug 2 : Episode 210: An explosive look at probiotics for the prevention of C.difficile associated diarrhea
• Jul 26 : Episode 209: A joint look at viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis
• Jul 2 : Episode SUPERLATIVE : A minimally disruptive podcast with Victor Montori
• Jun 20 : Episode 208: PREMIUM – COPD, gout and NSAIDs oh my
• Jun 10 : Episode 207: Please stop measuring all those blood pressures – PART II
• Jun 4 : Episode 206: Please stop measuring all those blood pressures
• May 27 : Episode 205: Please stop measuring all those A1c levels – PART II
• May 24 : Episode 204: Please stop measuring all those A1c levels
• May 12 : Episode 203: PREMIUM – Vitamin D, chelation therapy, and obesity studies you need to know about
• May 3 : Episode 202: Please stop measuring all those bone densities
• Apr 22 : Episode 201: Please stop measuring all those cholesterol levels – Part II
• Apr 17 : Episode 200: Please stop measuring all those cholesterol levels
• Apr 16 : ANNOUNCING – The Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast
• Apr 3 : Episode 199: ADHD – paying attention to the evidence – PART III
• Mar 28 : Episode 198: ADHD – paying attention to the evidence – PART II
• Mar 22 : Episode 197: ADHD – paying attention to the evidence
• Mar 13 : Episode 196: To drink or not drink cranberry juice for urinary tract infections
• Mar 5 : SPECIAL Episode – Bad Science, Bad Pharma, Good Podcast with Ben Goldacre
• Feb 27 : Episode 195: PREMIUM – The Mediterranean cuisine cruises to another win
• Feb 15 : Episode 194: The evidence for Vitamin D and folic acid for depression is not all that depressing
• Feb 7 : Episode 193: Ironing out the evidence for iron supplementation in non-anemic fatigued women
• Feb 1 : Episode 192: PREMIUM – New essential data on warfarin dosing, inhaled steroids, and exercise
• Jan 26 : Episode 191: A New Year brings new questions and some new but mainly old answers – PART III
• Jan 18 : Episode 190: A New Year brings new questions and some new but mainly old answers – PART II
• Jan 9 : Episode 189: A New Year brings new questions and some new but mainly old answers

2012

• Dec 21 : Episode 188: PREMIUM – Taking a bite out of fasting for cholesterol measurements and more bad news about low A1cs
• Dec 16 : Episode 187: A spine-tingling look at neuropathic pain – PART III
• Dec 9 : Episode 186: A spine-tingling look at neuropathic pain – PART II
• Nov 30 : Episode 185: A spine-tingling look at neuropathic pain
• Nov 21 : Episode 184: PREMIUM – Two more blood pressure/chlolesterol changing drugs that are a flop
• Nov 8 : Episode 183: Proton-pump inhibitors – the evidence for the good and the bad
• Nov 3 : Episode 182: The herpes zoster vaccine, the numbers, the decisions
• Oct 29 : Episode 181: Two new and improved drugs that unfortunately aren't
• Oct 22 : Episode 180: A RELYable ARISTOTELian look at ROCKET science
• Oct 12 : Episode 179: Smoking out the evidence around screening for lung cancer
• Oct 7 : Episode 178: Amoxicillin for everything that ails you and your patients
• Sep 28 : Episode 177: The evidence around the health benefits of coffee and organic foods
• Sep 19 : Episode 176: Hormonal contraception – does it give birth to thromboembolic complications?
• Sep 6 : Episode 175: PREMIUM Pyelonephritis and type 2-diabetes – keep changing your previously held beliefs
• Sep 2 : Episode 174: PREMIUM Is salt the spice of life and sitting on the fence about PSA screening
• Aug 26 : Episode 173: A sporting look at sports injuries and their treatments – PART II
• Aug 17 : Episode 172: A sporting look at sports injuries and their treatments
• Aug 15 : How to Critically Appraise an RCT in 10 Minutes
• Aug 10 : Episode 171: Answering questions then questioning the answers – PART III
• Aug 8 : Therapeutics Education Collaboration Podcast Survey and iPad give-away
• Aug 4 : Episode 170: Answering questions then questioning the answers – PART II
• Jul 27 : Episode 169: Answering questions then questioning the answers
• Jul 13 : Episode 168: Crystallizing the evidence for treating and preventing gout
• Jul 5 : Episode 167: An uncommonly good podcast about the common cold
• Jun 29 : Episode 166: The highs and lows of statin dosing
• Jun 24 : Episode 165: Diagnosing type 2 diabetes – as much magic as science
• Jun 11 : Episode 164: PREMIUM Stuff you really need to know about HDL, ASA and metformin
• Jun 5 : Episode 163: How to analyse a meta-analysis and at the end not need analysis – PART II
• May 27 : Episode 162: How to analyse a meta-analysis and at the end not need analysis
• May 20 : Sorry about that!
• May 20 : Episode 161: Critical appraisal by and for dummies – PART III
• May 2 : Episode 160: Critical appraisal by and for dummies – PART II
• Apr 26 : Episode 159: Critical appraisal by and for dummies – PART I
• Apr 19 : Episode SPECIAL #2: Insomnia treatments you don't need to lose sleep over
• Apr 14 : MyStudies 1.0 iPad app released today
• Apr 10 : Episode SPECIAL: Getting the skinny on a number of skin disorders
• Mar 9 : Episode 158: You say chlorthalidone I say hydrochlorothiazide
• Mar 2 : Any problems with the website?
• Feb 27 : Episode 157: A dysfunctional discussion about functional dyspepsia and H pylori eradication
• Feb 21 : Episode 156: PREMIUM Injecting common sense into painful problems
• Feb 4 : Episode 155: Antipsychotics for depression – is the news depressing?
• Jan 23 : Episode 154: Using antibiotics – how to stop being damned if you do, damned if you don't
• Jan 20 : Episode 153: Roflumilast when you add it on for COPD does it add up?
• Jan 13 : Episode 152: Leaking out the evidence around overactive bladders and urge incontinence
• Jan 6 : Episode 151: PREMIUM Aiming high and long with two studies that should impact practice

2011

• Dec 20 : Episode 150: Respecting frailty in a cognitive way
• Dec 9 : Episode 149: Definitively vague questions with vaguely definitive answers – PART III
• Dec 1 : Episode 148: Definitively vague questions with vaguely definitive answers – PART II
• Nov 23 : Episode 147: Definitively vague questions with vaguely definitive answers
• Nov 16 : Episode 146: PREMIUM Two potentially practice changing studies
• Nov 2 : Episode 145: Don't get fooled again and again – New Zealand September 2011
• Oct 24 : Episode 144: A heads-up look at the prevention of headaches – Part II
• Oct 22 : Episode 143: A heads-up look at the prevention of headaches
• Oct 12 : Episode 142: Polypharmacy – a pollyanna approach to a polymorphic problem – Part III
• Oct 4 : Episode 141: Polypharmacy – a pollyanna approach to a polymorphic problem – Part II
• Sep 28 : Episode 140: Polypharmacy – a pollyanna approach to a polymorphic problem
• Sep 21 : Episode 139: PREMIUM – Irritating information about IBS and Cold-FX
• Sep 14 : Episode 138: Seeing right through the evidence for the risk of CT scans
• Aug 12 : Episode 137: Putting the patient back into the diabetes guidelines – the VA perspective
• Aug 5 : Episode 136: PREMIUM – A head-to-head comparison of ezetimibe and prunes
• Jul 29 : Episode 135: Antipsychotics – use in the elderly – part 4
• Jul 22 : Episode 134: Antipsychotics – schizophrenia the drugs – part 3
• Jul 11 : Episode 133: Antipsychotics – schizophrenia the drugs – part 2
• Jul 8 : Episode 132: Antipsychotics – schizophrenia the condition – part 1
• Jun 29 : Episode 131: Multimorbidity: a challenge for EBM and Mike and James
• Jun 21 : Episode 130: Getting exorcised about the evidence around exercise
• Jun 14 : Episode 129: PREMIUM – New studies on old and new diuretics
• Jun 10 : Episode 128: Questions from near and far and answers from way out – Part IV
• May 16 : Episode 127: Questions from near and far and answers from way out – Part III
• May 16 : Episode 126: Questions from near and far and answers from way out – Part II
• May 16 : Episode 125: Questions from near and far and answers from way out
• May 11 : Episode 124: PREMIUM – Two pulmonary studies with useful results and yet again more data on calcium
• May 4 : Episode 123: Eat what you want as long as it comes from the Mediterranean
• Apr 27 : Ahhgg – the completely lost episodes
• Apr 23 : The Lost Podcast Episodes
• Apr 15 : Episode 122: The evolution of an evidence-based doctor
• Apr 8 : Episode 121: An atraumatic way to break down the evidence around bone density measurements
• Mar 31 : Episode 120: PREMIUM – Two interesting studies for your patients with coughs and colds
• Mar 28 : The Last Few Podcasts
• Mar 18 : Episode 119: The mind boggles and the heart goes all a flutter – Part 3
• Mar 9 : Episode 118: The mind boggles and the heart goes all a flutter – Part 2
• Feb 23 : Episode 117: The mind boggles and the heart goes all a flutter
• Feb 15 : Episode 116: New media about otitis media treatment
• Feb 9 : Episode 115: PREMIUM – Honey, should you shoot the NSAIDs?
• Feb 1 : Episode 114: Topical information on topical NSAIDs
• Jan 27 : Episode 113: How to interact with drug interactions
• Jan 16 : Episode 112: Dabigatran versus Warfarin, James versus Mike, Right versus Wrong
• Jan 12 : Introducing The NEW PREMIUM TEC podcast
• Jan 12 : Episode 111: PREMIUM – New stuff you really need to know about

2010

• Dec 30 : Episode 110: Even more, questions, questions and more questions
• Dec 23 : Episode 109: More, questions, questions and more questions
• Dec 16 : Episode 108: Questions, questions and more questions
• Dec 9 : Episode 107: A rash of therapies for common and uncommon skin conditions
• Dec 2 : Episode 106: Treating depression with the ultimate low-dose interventions
• Nov 25 : Episode 105: A higher dose of chronic asthma therapeutics
• Nov 11 : Episode 104: A high dose of acute asthma therapeutics
• Nov 3 : Episode 103: Are there side effects from telling patients about side effects?
• Oct 28 : Episode 102: Blood pressure targets: Bullseye or Bulls–t
• Oct 20 : Episode 101: Target doses for CHF – is there collateral damage when shooting for targets?
• Oct 7 : Episode 100!! Thank you for listening.
• Sep 30 : Episode 99: Tiotropium, ACCORD and that's it
• Sep 14 : New Zealand – shake, rattle and roll
• Aug 12 : Episode 98: Inhaled steroids, LABAs and much much more – breathing life into the evidence
• Aug 6 : Episode 97:New stuff that we found – MMR/autism, metformin, A1c and colchicine
• Jul 30 : Episode 96: Making the treatment of low back pain less of a pain in the derrière – part 2
• Jul 22 : Episode 95: Making the treatment of low back pain less of a pain in the derrière – part 1
• Jul 15 : Episode 94: More questions posed, and more answers composed – Benzos, serotonin syndrome, big pressures and low doses
• Jul 8 : Episode 93: Questions posed, answers (de)composed – N and V, statins, ASA and Alzheimer's
• Jul 2 : Episode 92: Bupropion for sex and surgery for MS
• Jun 24 : Episode 91: A potpourri of osteoporosis stuff
• Jun 18 : Episode 90: Zoster pain and the pain of using PPIs with clopidogrel
• Jun 10 : Episode 89: Warts and all – part three of the New Zealand experience
• Jun 3 : Episode 88: A hodgepodge from down under – smoking, ASA, antibiotics, NSAIDs, warfarin, spironolactone
• May 28 : Episode 87: Increasing the likelihood you will use likelihood ratios?
• May 8 : Drugectomies – DTC 2010
• May 6 : Episode 86: Alzheimer's – unforgettable podcasts – part III – the final tease
• Apr 29 : Episode 85: Alzheimer's – unforgettable podcasts – part II – the scales and the studies
• Apr 23 : Episode 84: Alzheimer's – unforgettable podcasts – part I – the diagnosis
• Apr 15 : Episode 83: Gabapentin and bioidentical hormones – a look at ALL the data
• Apr 8 : Episode 82: Lost faith in surrogates yet? ACCORD challenges beliefs again
• Mar 24 : Episode 81: New studies about Vit K/INR, PUD, GABHS and statins
• Mar 23 : Episode 80: Listener comments and questions with an attempt at answers – Part II
• Mar 18 : Episode 79: Listener comments and questions with an attempt at answers
• Mar 11 : Episode 78: The frail elderly – treat symptoms first, last and in the middle – Part III
• Mar 3 : Episode 77: The frail elderly – blood pressure is good – Part II
• Feb 25 : Episode 76: The frail elderly – “philosophy first” – Part I
• Feb 17 : Episode 75: Starting insulin and stopping pain or is it stopping insulin and starting pain?
• Feb 10 : Episode 74: Vitamin A, B, C, NOT D, and E – not all letters are created equal
• Feb 3 : Episode 73: Vitamin D – dose, diet and dermatologists – Part II
• Jan 28 : Episode 72: WE’RE BACK with Vitamin D, vim, and vigor

2009

• Dec 18 : An update, some gingerbread, drug levels, and more “wineing” please!
• Oct 22 : Episode 71: PBS, PSA and YOU – a plea, a pledge and a prostate
• Oct 15 : Episode 70: More studies you need to know about – Part II
• Oct 8 : Episode 69: More studies you need to know about
• Oct 1 : Episode 68: The “heart of the matter” for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
• Sep 24 : Episode 67: A clot, a clot, I want it not – secondary stroke prevention with antiplatelets
• Sep 17 : Episode 66: A clot, a clot, I want it not – secondary prevention with antiplatelets
• Sep 10 : Episode 65: A clot, a clot, I want it not – primary prevention with antiplatelets
• Aug 20 : Episode 64: More listener questions with answers leaving more questions – Part II
• Aug 13 : Episode 63: More listener questions with answers leaving more questions
• Aug 6 : Episode 62: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – THE END
• Jul 30 : Episode 61: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part VII
• Jul 23 : Episode 60: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part VI
• Jul 16 : Episode 59: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part V
• Jul 9 : Episode 58: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part IV
• Jul 2 : Episode 57: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part III
• Jun 25 : Episode 56: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part II
• Jun 18 : Episode 55: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn't
• Jun 11 : Episode 54: CRP – An important part of a Comprehensive Risk Profile or a Completely Ridiculous Practice- Part III
• Jun 4 : Episode 53: CRP – An important part of a Comprehensive Risk Profile or a Completely Ridiculous Practice- Part II
• May 29 : Episode 52: CRP – An important part of a Comprehensive Risk Profile or a Completely Ridiculous Practice
• May 29 : What is happening with the podcast
• May 14 : Episode 51: More useful clinical trials – with a gentler touch – Part II
• May 7 : Episode 50: More useful clinical trials – with a gentler touch
• May 1 : Episode 49: Becoming less anxious about anxiety disorders – Part II
• Apr 23 : Episode 48: Becoming less anxious about anxiety disorders
• Apr 1 : Episode 47: The April Fools’/Happy 1st Anniversary Podcast
• Mar 26 : Episode 46: High quality information on drug safety – Special Guest Dr. Bruce Psaty
• Mar 19 : Episode 45: Practice Changing Articles – with Double the Mikes Part II
• Mar 12 : Episode 44: Practice Changing Articles – with Double the Mikes
• Mar 5 : Episode 43: Obesity – what’s the big deal? – Part III
• Feb 26 : Episode 42: Obesity – what’s the big deal? – Part II
• Feb 19 : Episode 41: Obesity – what’s the big deal?
• Feb 12 : Episode 40: Keeping up with the medical literature – 101
• Feb 5 : Episode 39: New trials you need to know about – Part II
• Jan 29 : Episode 38: New trials you need to know about
• Jan 23 : Episode 37: Diverse listener questions and comments – Q & A with no QA
• Jan 15 : Episode 36: Information on older drugs from an even older doctor – Part II
• Jan 8 : Episode 35: Information on older drugs from an even older doctor

2008

• Dec 18 : Episode 34: Holiday Extravaganza: Confirming or dispelling myths and beliefs?
• Dec 11 : Episode 33: NSAIDS: Considering the Risks and Benefits
• Dec 4 : Episode 32: Aches and Pains: An Overview of Osteoarthritis Treatment
• Nov 27 : Episode 31: Old Ideas for Coping with New Drugs
• Nov 20 : Episode 30: A New Far-Out Trial: Welcome to Jupiter
• Nov 12 : Episode 29: Creating Confusion or Clarity: Q&A of Listener Mail Part II
• Nov 6 : Episode 28: Creating Confusion or Clarity: Q&A of Listener Mail
• Oct 30 : Episode 27: COPD: Breathing Life into Effective (& some not) COPD Treatments
• Oct 23 : Episode 26: COPD: Confusing Overwhelming Puffer Data leaving us Breathless
• Oct 16 : Episode 25: De-Bugging the Approaches to Sinusitis and Bronchitis
• Oct 9 : Episode 24: De-Bugging the Approaches to Ear Infections and Strep Throat
• Oct 2 : Episode 23: De-Bugging the Approach to Pneumonia
• Sep 25 : Episode 22: The Down-Low on Low Dose: The How-To
• Sep 18 : Episode 21: The Down-Low on Low Dose: The Logic
• Sep 11 : Episode 20: Mysteries within Enigmas: Answering Listener Mail
• Sep 4 : Episode 19: Osteoporosis: Treating for Fracture Reduction
• Aug 28 : Episode 18: Osteoporosis: The Initial Approach to Bone-Density
• Aug 21 : Episode 17: Anti-Depressants: Some Issues in Managing Depression
• Aug 14 : Episode 16: Anti-Depressants: Is there a Drug of Choice?
• Aug 7 : Episode 15: Treating Depression: The Recent Sad News about Anti-Depressants
• Jul 31 : Episode 14: Listener Mail: Addressing the Questions and Confusion
• Jul 24 : Episode 13: Butt-Out:Silencing “The Smoking Gun” in Health
• Jul 17 : Episode 12: Getting Hyper Tense about Monitoring
• Jul 10 : Episode 11: Taking the Pressure off: Other Drugs
• Jul 3 : Episode 10: Taking the Pressure Off: ACE Inhibitors
• Jun 26 : Episode 9: News Flash: Aggressive Blood Sugar Control Not All Sweet
• Jun 19 : Episode 8: Taking the Pressure Off: Hypertension Drugs
• Jun 12 : Episode 7: Hypertension: Taking the Pressure Off
• Jun 5 : Episode 6: Hypertension: Coping with the Pressure
• May 29 : Episode 5: Swiss Cheese & The Evidence Holes in the Lipid Hypothesis
• May 15 : Episode 4: De-constructing Risk (or Benefit)
• May 1 : Episode 3: The Risky Business of CVD Risk Assessment
• Apr 17 : Episode 2: Evidence does not equal decision-making
• Apr 3 : Episode 1: Philosophy, guidelines and the truth