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FM Rounds #5: Supporting Substance Use Recovery in Primary Care

Claim your Mainpro+ credit here: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/fm-rounds-4-supporting-substance-use-recovery-in-primary-care/ Drs Martell and Holowaty discuss the concept of recovery within addiction medicine and how primary care can support their patients in recovery from substance use disorders.

MIGS Addiction Medicine

Hospital Meicine

FM Rounds #4: Lignes directrices simplifiées de PEER sur la douleur chronique

Claim your Mainpro+ credit:  https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/fm-rounds-4-lignes-directrices-simplifiees-de-peer-sur-la-douleur-chronique-gestion-de-la-douleur-chronique-lombaire-arthrosique-et-neuropathique-en-premiere-ligne/ Gestion de la douleur chronique lombaire, arthrosique et neuropathique en première ligne Discussion des nouvelles lignes directrice simplifiées de PEER sur la douleur chronique. La gestion de la douleur lombaire, arthrosique et neuropathique sont discutées.

FM Rounds #3: PEER chronic pain guideline. Management of low back, osteoarthritic, and neuropathic pain

Claim your Mainpro+ credit: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/fm-rounds-3-peer-simplified-chronic-pain-guideline-management-of-chronic-low-back-osteoarthritic-and-neuropathic-pain-in-primary-care/ Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons to consult their family doctor, but pain management guidelines are rarely written from the primary care provider perspective.  We review the most recent guideline for management of chronic pain in family medicine and reflect on how the detailed informa...

Chronic Pain

FM Rounds #2: Caring for Your Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD) Youth

Claim your credit here: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/fm-rounds-2-caring-for-your-sexual-and-gender-diverse-sgd-youth/  Do you think you may have sexual and gender diverse youth in your practice? This podcast will provide you with information on how to communicate with these young people and explains some of the key theories and principles that will allow you to understand the origin of various health problems that you may encounter in this population.

Caring for Your Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD) youth

FM Rounds #1: Cancer Screening in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients

Claim your credit here: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/cancer-screening-in-transgender-and-gender-diverse-patients/ Cancer screening in trans and gender diverse patients is often missed. Learn more about the importance of cancer screening, how to improve cancer screening rates and how to create a positive experience/safe space for transgender and gender diverse patients with the presentation of 2 cases.

Cancer Screening in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients

BS Medicine Episode #507: Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain – PART II

Claim your credit: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/bs-medicine-episode-507-removing-the-pain-from-dealing-with-chronic-pain-part-ii/  In episode 507, James and Mike and Adrienne continue the discussion about our new clinical practice guideline on pain. We discuss the evidence for the treatments used for back pain and neuropathic pain and give you all the numbers and the nuances.

Episode 507_ Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain - PART II

BS Medicine Episode #506: Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain

Claim your credit here: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/bs-medicine-episode-506-removing-the-pain-from-dealing-with-chronic-pain/  In episode 506, James and Mike invite Adrienne Lindblad to discuss our latest clinical practice guideline on the management of chronic low back, osteoarthritic, and neuropathic pain in primary care. In this episode we describe the development process and then highlight the best available evidence, including both benefits and harms, for chronic osteoarthritis tr...

Episode 506_ Removing the pain from dealing with chronic pain

BS Medicine Episode #505: NephMadness 2022 – albuminuria, basketball and the Great White North

CLaim your credit here: https://cfpclearn.ca/podcast/bs-medicine-episode-505-nephmadness-2022-albuminuria-basketball-and-the-great-white-north/  In episode 505, James and Mike invite nephrologists Samira Farouk and Matthew Sparks to discuss the tricky issue of albuminuria – who to monitor, what to monitor and who to treat. We spend a lot of time dribbling and end up deciding that nothing is a slam dunk, so stay until the end for a real buzzer beater.

Episode 505_ NephMadness 2022 – albuminuria, basketball and the Great White North

BS Medicine Episode #504: Can It Stay or Must It Go? Extended Use of Intrauterine Devices

In episode 504, James and Mike invite Jen Potter back to the podcast to talk about whether or not intrauterine devices for preventing pregnancy can be used beyond the recommended duration of use. It seems one can defer IUD replacement for at least up to 12 months. Have a listen and see what you think.

Can It Stay or Must It Go_ Extended Use of Intrauterine Devices

BS Medicine Episode #504: Can It Stay or Must It Go? Extended Use of Intrauterine Devices

In episode 504, James and Mike invite Jen Potter back to the podcast to talk about whether or not intrauterine devices for preventing pregnancy can be used beyond the recommended duration of use. It seems one can defer IUD replacement for at least up to 12 months. Have a listen and see what you think.

Water, water everywhere

BS Medicine Episode #502: CO-KID – vaccine for kids

In episode 502, James, Mike Kolber and Tony Nickonchuk get together to talk about the easy question (just kidding) of COVID vaccines for children and adolescents. We discuss the best evidence we could find around efficacy and adverse effects in these age groups and hopefully give enough context so that you go from murky to somewhat less cloudy as to what we know and don’t know about this topic.

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The_Spectrum_of_Cancer_Care_from_a_Family_Physician_Perspective__Part_4

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Diagnosis to Survivorship- The Spectrum of Cancer Care from a Family Physician Perspective_ Part 1

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Episode 500_ THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO LISTEN!!!

BS Medicine Episode #500: Thanks to all of you who listen!!!

James and Mike celebrate their 500th, YIKES, podcast episode. You get to hear the entire intro song (Some People) written and recorded by Pete McCormack. We talk about the history of the podcast, thank a lot of people, and talk about the key messages and the philosophy we have tried to impart over the years. We then discuss a few cases that bring all these ideas into focus. THANKS SO MUCH FOR LISTENING and going on this journey with us. We have had a blast.

Episode 499_ No Gain, No Pain_ - Diet-induced weight loss for OA knee pain

BS Medicine Episode #499: No Gain, No Pain? Diet-induced weight loss for OA knee pain

In episode 499, James and Mike invite Tina back again to discuss the evidence we have for dieting to lose weight and the impact of that on osteoarthritis knee pain. Overall, there isn’t a lot of evidence but some observational data suggests a benefit Unfortunately the relatively small weight loss achieved from most diets in RCTs did not demonstrate a difference on OA pain.

Episode 498_ Under Pressure_ Compression stockings for recurrent cellulitis_

BS Medicine Episode #498: Under Pressure: Compression stockings for recurrent cellulitis?

In episode 498, James and Mike invite Tina back yet again to talk about all the evidence we have for using compression stockings in patients with chronic lower limb edema. The NNT for recurrent cellulitis is pretty good (listen to find out the actual number) on the “NNT scale”.

Episode 497_ The Nutrition Proposition - a teaser

BS Medicine Episode #497: The Nutrition Proposition – a teaser

In episode 497, James and Mike decide to go all in on the evidence around nutrition. We start out by going over how we try to actually figure out if a food is beneficial or harmful for you. And for nutrition is it ever tricky.

Medications in HFpEF_ The Fail Trail – PART II

BS Medicine Episode #496: Medications in HFpEF: The Fail Trail – Part II

In episode 496, Mike and James continue the discussion with Ricky around the best available evidence we have for heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction. Unfortunately, not much works but at least you’ll know the evidence.

BS Medicine Episode #495: Medications in HFpEF: The Fail Trail

In episode 495, Mike and James invite Ricky back again to talk about the options (not a lot) we have for heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction. Ricky goes over all the trials and helps put them into context.

Medications in HFpEF_ The Fail Trail

BS Medicine Episode #494: Colchicine for your heart, it may not be just for gout

In episode 494, Mike and James invite Ricky Turgeon to talk about a potential new use for an old drug – colchicine. Ricky explains all the evidence we have for low-dose colchicine in people with a history of cardiovascular disease. We find out that colchicine reduces the risk of a cardiovascular event in a similar magnitude to statins – but will they be used as much as statins.? Find out what we think

Colchicine for your heart – it may not be just for gout

A relatively short podcast on _Long COVID_

BS Medicine Episode #493: A relatively short podcast on “Long COVID”

In episode 493, Mike and James review all the Long COVID data. We talk about how many people get it, what the symptoms are and how long it can persist – and it can be a long time. COVID long-term is different than what we see with the regular flu.

BS Medicine Episode #492: New data on footwear and salt substitutes

In episode 492, Mike and James delve into a couple of potentially practice-changing results. The first trial looked at the effect of different shoes for knee osteoarthritis. You might be surprised by the results. The second trial is the first ever look at a salt substitute and what it does, believe it or not, to cardiovascular events and death. Yeah! You might also be surprised by the results.

New data on footwear and salt substitutes

Keeping it Simple for Emergency Room Dyspepsia

BS Medicine Episode #491: Keeping it Simple for Emergency Room Dyspepsia

In episode 491, Mike and James invite Mike Kolber to talk about Pink Ladies and White Knights. In medical terms we are referring to whether or not it makes sense to add lidocaine and antispasmodics to antacids in patients who present to an emergency room with dyspepsia. Please ignore the parts when both Mikes battle it out for a place at King Arthur’s Round Table and when one of them wears a pink dress for effect.

Opening a can of helminths_ Ivermectin for COVID-19

BS Medicine Episode #490: Opening a can of helminths: Ivermectin for COVID-19

In episode 490, Mike and James invite Tony and Mike to go over the best available evidence for ivermectin. Overall the evidence shows that ivermectin does not improve clinically important outcomes. Unfortunately, much of the evidence for ivermectin is unpublished and some has even been retracted.

Mission Slimpossible - Semaglutide for weight loss

COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events