Podcasts

Statins have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks, heart disease and death. But this week, the FDA decided that the package inserts of the various statins must now include a warning that these agents may raise blood glucose levels and that they can cause memory loss. Here to put this issue into perspective are Drs Christopher Cannon and Payal Kohli.

Data from a long-term prospective study reveal that for many older women, the pace of bone mass deterioration takes place on the scale of decades, not single years. Here, the lead author of the study describes how to interpret the results to choose the date for your own patient's next bone density test.

In his second podcast, Dr Louis Kuritzky discusses the classes of incretin-based therapies now available for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Louis Kuritzky, MD, talks about this relatively new treatment option.

What exactly are the new guidelines for vaccinating boys against HPV infection-and why is this development good news for both men and women?

In many patients, episodic migraines increase in frequency and transform into a refractory pattern.

What are the factors that underlie the transformation of episodic migraine to refractory migraine? Dr Susan Hutchinson explains.

How does the chronic care model of diabetes care differ from the acute care model-and how might this approach work for you and your patients?

Dr Robert Gabbay discusses strategies to improve patient compliance with insulin therapy.