Harold Varmus, MD, former director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about his career and his ideas for improving the biomedical research enterprise.

Polypharmacy is a rapidly worsening problem that hits elderly patients particularly hard.  As patients grow older, they need more medications but at the same time become less capable of managing the complexity of drug treatments.  In order to simplify treatment regimens for older patients, it is necessary to consider the evidence supporting treatment of various conditions and when the evidence is not particularly strong, reduce or eliminate medications accordingly.  Diabetes management in the elderly is highlighted in this podcast with specific attention given to deintensifying diabetes treatment in the elderly.

Articles discussed in this episode:

• Polypharmacy in the Aging Patient: Glycemic Control in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Review (Kasia J. Lipska, MD, MHS)
• Evaluation and Treatment of Older Patients With Hypercholesterolemia: A Clinical Review (Timo E. Strandberg, MD, PhD)
• Trends in Prescription Drug Use Among Adults in the United States From 1999-2012 (Elizabeth D. Kantor, PhD, MPH)

Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, interviews Simon Chapman, MD, author of Association Between Gun Law Reforms and Intentional Firearm Deaths in Australia, 1979-2013

Drug prices continue to rise in the US. Many solutions have been proposed but few have been implemented. Drs. Janet Woodcock from the FDA and Aaron Kesselheim, author of The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States from the Harvard Medical School discuss the role of brand name drugs and generics and how they influence the cost of pharmaceuticals.

Also see The Cost of US Pharmaceutical Price Reductions: A Financial Simulation Model of R&D Decisions by Thomas A. Abbott and John A. Vernon.

What to do when the wrong procedure is performed? In this first installment of JAMA Performance Improvement: Do No Harm we explore the options for dealing with this very difficult problem with Tami Minnier, RN, MSN, Paul Phrampus, MD, Linda Waddell, RN, MSN, and David Baker, MD, MPH, FACP. Air traffic audio courtesy of LiveATC.net, used with permission.

Nuthall, P. L. (Peter Leslie), author

Shorrocks, Victor M., author

Barton, Greg (Gregory Allen), author

Online Resource

Hayden Library - TL789.8.U6 A58258 2018

Online Resource

Hayden Library - TL795.7.S33 2019

Barker Library - TL725.3.P5 T465 2019

Rotch Library - NA6007.S6 S43 2015

Rotch Library - HT395.I5 P47 2016

Rotch Library - DS486.J35 V35 2013

Rotch Library - HQ1728.5.Z75 K37 2015

Rotch Library - PJ5089.E4713 2016

Rotch Library - NA1502.K43 2016

Rotch Library - BP80.P53 M37 2017

Rotch Library - HV4144.J35 S56 2018

Rotch Library - HN670.Z9 V55 2015

Rotch Library - BP195.M66 R66 2003

Rotch Library - GT3912.S37 2018

Rotch Library - N7274.S76 2019

Rotch Library - PN2973.G58 2019

Rotch Library - QC903.2.I4 I53 2019

Taylor Farms Illinois, Inc., a Chicago, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 51 pounds of cheese and bacon quiche products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.

Taylor Farms Inc., a Chicago, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 342 pounds of breaded chicken products due to a processing defect that may have led to undercooking of products.

Jowett Farms Corporation, a Blumenort, Canada establishment, is recalling approximately 42,587 pounds of raw pork trimmings that were not presented for import re-inspection into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

On Monday, the company announced it was buying VWash, an intimate hygiene brand from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Chim, Wai, author