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Posts Tagged ‘statins’

Podcast 117: Atorvastatin and new-onset diabetes

Joe Elia • April 1st, 2011

Categories: Atorvastatin, Audio, Diabetes type 2, statins, Uncategorized

(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)

Statins, according to a 2010 meta-analysis in Lancet, are associated with a slightly increased risk for new-onset type 2 diabetes. One, atorvastatin (marketed as Lipitor), was underrepresented in that analysis. Researchers, along with the manufacturer, decided to have a look at data from three trials to see whether atorvastatin also conferred that risk. And, [...]

Podcast 94: What does a new meta-analysis tell us about statins and primary prevention?

Joe Elia • July 1st, 2010

Categories: Audio, Cardiovascular risk, statins, Uncategorized

(9 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

A meta-analysis of 11 studies encompassing more than 60,000 subjects finds that statins don’t lower all-cause mortality in people without cardiovascular disease. One editorialist calls the study, just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, “the cleanest and most complete meta-analysis of pharmacological lipid lowering for primary prevention.” One of the study’s principal authors, [...]

Podcast 21: An interview with Dr. Steven T. DeKosky about his JAMA paper showing that ginkgo extract does not prevent dementia

Joe Elia • November 21st, 2008

Categories: Audio, dementia

(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

It’s the usual offering: the week’s news summarized, an interview, and a quick exit. This week we talk with Steven DeKosky about his JAMA paper on the (lack of) usefulness of ginkgo extract in preventing dementia. The links will point you to a good resource on these alternative therapies and what’s known about them. Don’t [...]

Podcast 18: News plus an interview with Prof. Riccardo Utili about infective endocarditis in the elderly

Joe Elia • October 31st, 2008

Categories: Audio, Elderly, Infectious Diseases

(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)

This week we look at why infective endocarditis among the elderly has characteristics very different from its manifestations in younger patients. Prof. Riccardo Utili of the Second University of Naples is our guest. And of course we start with a brief news roundup. Journal Watch links: Breast Cancer Less Likely to Recur in Women with [...]

Podcast 9: News and interview with Prof. Robert Hogg, British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver.

admin • July 26th, 2008

Categories: epidemiology, HIV, Infectious Diseases

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

This week, Robert Hogg gives us his perspective on the increasing longevity seen with HIV infection in high-income countries. Journal Watch links Lipid Screening in Childhood – New Recommendations from the AAP Consensus Statement Issued for Managing Prediabetes Medicare to Reimburse Doctors Extra for Electronic Prescriptions