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Past Editions
Digest 37 - 03/10/2023
We’ve got a boxing match between the SGLT2is and the DPP-4is, a role for SGLT2is in mitigating alcoholic flushing (and CAD?), and so much more.
Digest 36 - 02/24/2023
Plus more on fluids in the ICU, eating healthy, and cardiac disease monitoring...
Digest 35 - 02/10/2023
Aspirin for the orthopedic masses, Xylazine intoxication, and Vitamin D (to Defeat) Diabetes?
Digest 34 - 01/27/2023
Today's Menu: Diets, Diuretics, and Disparities in End-of-life Care
Digest 33 - 01/13/2023
An issue packed full of pessaries for prolapse, early fecal transplant, and discussions about multinational trial recruitment.
Digest 32 - 12/30/2022
This week, we’re ringing in the end of 2022 with The Curbsiders’ "2022 Picks of the Year."
Digest 31 - 12/16/2021
2022 in review, from Alzheimer's Therapeutics, to Long COVID, to SGLT2 inhibitors and much more!
Digest 30 - 12/02/2022
Targeting lipoprotein(a), culture-driven prophylaxis after prostate biopsies, Mab for COVID treatment in pregnancy, and so much more!
Digest 29 - 11/11/2022
Follow-up on SPRINT, Acetazolamide to augment diuresis, PSA screening, and comparing DOACs -- Lots of food, hot off the stove!
Digest 28 - 10/28/2022
Get the skinny on the latest pragmatic trial on colonoscopy screening, USPSTF recs on syphilis screens, polypills for CAD, and the GRADE data in T2DM
Digest 27 - 10/07/2022
Read up on the latest data on bivalent COVID vaccines, cancer drug costs, and mortali-tea--as well as a slew of tasty apps!
Digest 26 - 09/16/2022
We talk antibiotic duration in COPD, restricting salt in HFpEF, and racial differences in forehead vs oral temps to assess fever. This one's packed!
Digest 25 - 09/02/2022
We talk the August 2022 USPSTF Statin Updates, Psilocybin, and Legionella Risk Calculators. It's a wild one!
Digest 24 - 08/19/2022
This week, learn just how VITAL Vitamin D is, the value of the weekend warrior, and the dangers of the cascade of care in buprenorphine initiation.
Digest 23 - 07/29/2022
This week, we talk meds and their intended/unintended consequences--from flozins, gliptins, statins, and ezetimibe, to multivitamins and placebo!
Digest 22 - 07/15/2022
We talk 26-year follow up on a historic trial linking H.Pylori to gastric cancer. And too much Vitamin C? Yes, there is such a thing.
Digest 21 - 07/01/2022
JAK inhibitors for COVID, PRN ICS + SABAs for Asthma, CBT for PTSD and headache, and THC/CBD for pain. It's a good one!
Digest 20 - 06/10/2022
SPICE-Y IDSA Updates, Shingles and Exercise, and more on how coffee will save your life (?)!
Digest 19 - 05/27/2022
Is Coffee A Clear Liquid? Should We Discontinue that PPI? There's a new oral carbapenem?
Digest 18 - 05/13/2022
We talk aspirin for primary prevention and cancer prevention, and then round it out with some PICCLE talk.
Digest 17 - 04/22/2022
Hot takes on the 2022 ACC/AHA Heart Failure guidelines, as well as music for mental health, aspirin in COVID, and so much more!
Digest 16 - 4/1/2022
What's the drama with statins?! Benzo-sparing alcohol withdrawal, cannabis and cognitive decline, and MAT expansion--lots of hot takes!
Edition 15 - 3/11/2022
Salt in your Tylenol, Methenamine in your urine, and Steroids in your....lungs? We've got it all.
Edition 14 - 2/25/2022
EBV in MS, STEP 8 and weight loss, self-harm mitigation RCTs, and paying patients to get more affordable care
Edition 13 - 2/11/22
A Hearty Valentine's Digest, complete with STEP 8 for weight loss, and new AFib Recommendations
Edition 12 - 1/28/22
SAGE wisdom about when to intubate in COVID, the latest outpatient therapeutics, and the ultrasound JVP for volume assessment
Edition 11 - 1/14/22
Make like a PINETREE and read: We talk Remdesivir for outpatient COVID, Race in the HPI, intermittent fasting for metabolic syndrome, and the CLICK trial
Edition 10 - 12/31/21
End-of-year favorites from our favorite Curbsiders, including semaglutide for weight loss, High Flow for COVID, Non-profit status, and mRNA booster vaccines in the immunocompromised
Edition 9 - 12/17/21
We talk parathyroidectomies, PICCs vs Midlines, LDL < 40, low dose rivaroxaban for COVID, and Medicare premium increases
Edition 8 - 12/3/21
We've got it all--Early initiation of dialysis, Alcohol in AFib, and the 2021 CHEST updates on VTE management
Edition 7 - 11/12/21
Removing race from the GFR, avoiding stress in heart disease, and relapse after discontinuing antidepressant therapy
Edition 6 - 10/29/21
Take a sneak peek, and learn about E-Cigarettes in smoking cessation, Steroid dosing in COVID, Gabapentin and edema, and early discontinuation of DAPT
Edition 5 - 10/15/21
Dive deep into Rivaroxaban and the isk of GI bleed, consider referring patinets with OSA for surgery, and hold off on those probiotics for your ventilated patients
Edition 4 - 9/22/21
Read up on bariatric surgery and reductions in all cause mortality, low-fat diets for moderate pancreatitis, and the US vaccine mandate
Edition 3 - 9/8/21
We cover ESC Congress on the flu vaccine in acute MI and blood pressure goals, Ivermectin in COVID, and USPSTF screening for Diabetes
Edition 2 - 8/23/21
Wondering about best practices regarding alcohol abstinence prior to liver transplant, how to use midodrine for recurrent vasovagal syncope, or the newest USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening updates? Get your updates right here
Edition 1 - 8/9/21
Welcome to the Digest! We talk JAK2 inhibitors for COVID, shorter courses of Antibiotics, Vitamin D and cancer-related pain, and empagliflozin for HFpEF
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