Episode 6 - Alcohol and AF, Colchicine and Cardiac Events, Anti-virals and Influenza
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English - January 17, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBEducation Health & Fitness Medicine education medicine general practice health hot topics gp update nurse Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this first episode for 2020, Dr Neal Tucker explores new research on alcohol abstinence in improving atrial fibrillation, and colchicine post-myocardial infarction to reduce inflammation and prevent recurrent CVD events. We also look more in depth at the role of anti-viral medication (neuraminidase inhibitors) in the management of influenza, why we don't prescribe and whether the latest research shows any benefit and, if so, in which patients.