Episode 55: Type 2 Diabetes - how sweet it isn't
Episode 55 starts off a "sweet" new topic - type 2 diabetes. In the first podcast on this topic we talk about the whole issue of the diagnosis of diabetes, how to make the diagnosis and to some degree...
View ArticleEpisode 56: Type 2 Diabetes - how sweet it isn’t - Part II
Episode 56 continues from where we left off last time with type 2 diabetes. In this podcast, we bring out the numbers and put the risks of diabetes into context by discussing the absolute...
View ArticleEpisode 58: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part IV
In episode 58, the fourth in our installment of podcasts on diabetes, we briefly talk about the evidence surrounding intensive glucose lowering (ACCORD, ADVANCE, VADT and UKPDS trials) - podcasts #9...
View ArticleEpisode 59: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part V
In episode 59, the fifth podcast in our diatribe on type-2 diabetes, we finally get to the evidence surrounding specific treatments. The importance of lifestyle is discussed and then the rest of the...
View ArticleEpisode 60: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part VI
In episode 60, the sixth podcast in our saga on type-2 diabetes, we talk about what to do when metformin is not enough and get to the evidence surrounding other blood glucose lowering treatments. We...
View ArticleEpisode 61: Type 2 Diabetes – how sweet it isn’t – Part VII
In the 61st episode, the seventh podcast in our thesis on type-2 diabetes, we get off the topic of glucose and talk about STENO and blood pressure treatments. We decide the bottom line is control of...
View ArticleEpisode 64: More listener questions with answers leaving more questions -...
In episode 64, we finish off the listener questions and comments and clarify the murkiness, or murkify the clariness, around a number of cardiovascular issues. By the end of the podcast, both Mike and...
View ArticleEpisode 79: Listener comments and questions with an attempt at answers
In episode 79, Mike and James get back to trying to answer questions posed by our wonderful listeners. We both, in our own minds, give wonderful, thoughtful and sensitive answers to issues associated...
View ArticleEpisode 99: Tiotropium, ACCORD and that's it
In episode 99, Mike and James shed light on two useful new trials. We breath air into what to do with patients with asthma who don't respond completely to inhaled corticosteroids and we take a close...
View ArticleEpisode 109: More, questions, questions and more questions
In episode 109, Mike and James continue on with listener questions and start off trying to reduce the risk of using risk assessment tools and risk reduction information. They then delve into questions...
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