Episode 160: Critical appraisal by and for dummies – PART II

Submitted by JPM on Wed, 2012-05-02 10:53

In episode 160, Mike and James continue to tackle the issue of critical appraisal head on with an even more common-sense approach than the last episode. We talk about ignoring much of the text in the study, how to look at baseline characteristics and how to decipher the information provided in the outcomes table.

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Episode 159: Critical appraisal by and for dummies – PART I

Submitted by JPM on Thu, 2012-04-26 14:22

In episode 159, Mike and James decide to tackle the issue of critical appraisal head on with a common-sense approach. We talk about why we need to do critical appraisal, how to save time by doing a quick scan of the abstract and how to search, identify, and deal with potential sources of bias. Read more »

Episode SPECIAL #2: Insomnia treatments you don't need to lose sleep over

Submitted by JPM on Thu, 2012-04-19 11:34

In this second very special episode our good friend Bruce Arroll comes back to discuss all sorts of issues around insomnia. We learn all about the evidence and an interesting and very effective treatment that uses the concept of restriction of time in bed. Both of us fall asleep during the podcast but at the end realize it in no way interfered with the content. Read more »

MyStudies 1.0 iPad app released today

Check out our new iPad app released to day MyStudies - www.mystudies.org. The app and 10 studies are free - hopefully it will give you enough of an idea of what we have created. To get all the studies requires a subscription. I would love it if you would check it out and support us - this is only a 1.0 version and we have lots of plans for updates in the future. Read more »

Episode SPECIAL: Getting the skinny on a number of skin disorders

Submitted by JPM on Tue, 2012-04-10 10:01

In this very special no-Mike episode, James gets together with our good friend and colleague Bruce Arroll from New Zealand who capably sits in to fill Mike's shoes which Mike actually left in New Zealand last year. We discuss impetigo, otitis externa, chronic supporative otitis media and eczema and decide that the old drugs are still very useful.

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Episode 158: You say chlorthalidone I say hydrochlorothiazide

Submitted by JPM on Fri, 2012-03-09 10:28

In episode 158, Mike and James work under very distressing conditions (no microphones, colds, Bubonic plague) and discuss the issue of which thiazide should you choose. Evidence, personal experience and values swirl continually through the diatribe. Read more »

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Episode 157: A dysfunctional discussion about functional dyspepsia and H pylori eradication

Submitted by JPM on Mon, 2012-02-27 14:31

In episode 157, James and Mike discuss the latest study of H pylori eradication in patients with functional dyspepsia. We discuss what to do in patients who come in with dyspeptic symptoms and when to scope, when to test, when to treat, when to say you aren't taking any new patients. Read more »

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