POEM of the Week Podcast

A podcast by Mark Ebell and Michael Wilkes

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167 Episodes

  1. Episode 695: Monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer disease: A lack of clinically meaningful benefits, plus significant harms

    Published: 4/1/2024
  2. Episode 694: Patient reminders combined with clinician audit and feedback increases human papillomavirus vaccine uptake

    Published: 3/25/2024
  3. Episode 693: Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for pharmacotherapy of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Published: 3/18/2024
  4. Episode 692: Scottish screening: 0 cases of invasive cervical cancer in women who received at least 1 dose of bivalent HPV vaccine at 12 or 13 years of age

    Published: 3/11/2024
  5. Episode 691: High-dose recombinant flu vaccine: NNT = 3000 to prevent one more infection, no impact on hospitalization

    Published: 3/4/2024
  6. Episode 690: Delivery of bad news via phone = in-person delivery

    Published: 2/26/2024
  7. Episode 689: PCI is better than placebo for stable angina in patients who do not take anti-anginal medications (ORBITA-2)

    Published: 2/19/2024
  8. Episode 688: Wait-and-watch is an option for patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated gallstones

    Published: 2/12/2024
  9. Episode 687: Brexpiprazole improves agitation scores in adults with Alzheimer disease who have agitated behaviors

    Published: 2/5/2024
  10. Episode 683: Cognitive behavioral therapy effective for patients with fatigue associated with long COVID

    Published: 1/30/2024
  11. Episode 686: ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with chronic coronary disease

    Published: 1/22/2024
  12. Episode 685: Positive, rather than negative, messaging of weight loss might motivate patients to try to lose weight

    Published: 1/18/2024
  13. Episode 680: Wrong blood pressure cuff size can falsely increase or decrease readings

    Published: 12/29/2023
  14. Episode 679: Early BP treatment for acute ischemic stroke has no impact on mortality or functional outcomes (CATIS-2)

    Published: 12/27/2023
  15. Episode 682: The risk of breast cancer overdiagnosis is high for older women

    Published: 12/26/2023
  16. Episode 681: Esketamine is superior to quetiapine for remission of treatment-resistant depression (ESCAPE-TRD)

    Published: 12/13/2023
  17. Episode 678: Acetaminophen and ketorolac are more effective than morphine in alleviating pain in adults with renal colic

    Published: 12/1/2023
  18. Episode 677: Terbinafine 250 mg once daily — 12 weeks on, 12 weeks off, 4 weeks on — is preferred for onychomycosis in adults

    Published: 8/7/2023
  19. Episode 676: Nearly zero risk of sexually transmitting HIV when viral loads are less than 1000 copies per mL

    Published: 7/31/2023
  20. Episode 675: Overweight/obese adults with symptomatic COVID-19 treated with metformin are less likely to develop long COVID (COVID-OUT)

    Published: 7/24/2023

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Each week, Dr. Mark Ebell, POEMs Editor, joins Dr. Michael Wilkes, NPR correspondent and Vice-Dean of the UC-Davis Medical School, for a five minute discussion about an important recent medical study reviewed by the POEMs editors. POEMs provide synopsised reviews of studies that could affect a clinician's practice, and the discussion in this podcast provides additional depth and insight into the issue covered by the POEMs synopsis. More about POEMs and it's companion point-of-care search tool, Essential Evidence Plus, at www.essentialevidenceplus.com.