Interview with Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD, author of Effect of Duloxetine on Pain, Function, and Quality of Life Among Patients With Chemotherapy-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Koon Teo, MB, PhD, author of Prevalence of a Healthy Lifestyle Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study

Interview with Hope Weiler, RD, PhD, author of Effect of Different Dosages of Oral Vitamin D Supplementation on Vitamin D Status in Healthy, Breastfed Infants: A Randomized Trial

Interview with Anurag N. Malani, MD, author of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening to Identify Spinal and Paraspinal Infections Associated With Injections of Contaminated Methylprednisolone Acetate

Interview with Jared P. Reis, PhD, author of Association Between Duration of Overall and Abdominal Obesity Beginning in Young Adulthood and Coronary Artery Calcification in Middle Age

Interview with Michael J. Barry, MD, author of Screening for Prostate Cancer With the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test: A Review of Current Evidence

Interview with Henry Waxman (D, Calif) who is retiring from Congress after 20 terms.

Interview with Marco Pahor, MD, author of Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Prevention of Major Mobility Disability in Older Adults: The LIFE Study Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Christianne L. Roumie, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Intensification of Metformin Treatment With Insulin vs Sulfonylureas and Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes

Interview with Allison W. Kurian, MD, MSc, author of Use of and Mortality After Bilateral Mastectomy Compared With Other Surgical Treatments for Breast Cancer in California, 1998-2011

Interview with Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH, author of Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Interview with Ilan Youngster, MD, MMSc, author of Oral, Capsulized, Frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection

Interview with Dale N. Gerding, MD, author of Administration of Spores of Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile Strain M3 for Prevention of Recurrent C difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, author of Variation in Adenoma Detection Rate and the Lifetime Benefits and Cost of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Microsimulation Model

Interview with Anupam Jena, MD, PhD, author of Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools in 2014

Interview with Lee M. Jampol, MD, author of Panretinal Photocoagulation vs Intravitreous Ranibizumab for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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)

Interview with Raj Chetty, PhD, author of The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014, and Angus Deaton, PhD, author of On Death and Money: History, Facts, and Explanations

Interview with Céline Vetter, PhD, author of Association Between Rotating Night Shift Work and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women

Interview with JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, author of Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials

Interview with Sonoo Thadaney-Israni, MBA, and Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, authors of Humanizing Artificial Intelligence

Interview with David M. Cutler, PhD, author of Life and Death in Norway and the United States

Interview with Daniel Brodie, MD, author of Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults With Respiratory Failure and Related Indications: A Review

Interview with John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc, author of Neglecting Major Health Problems and Broadcasting Minor, Uncertain Issues in Lifestyle Science

Interview with Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD, author of Addressing Bias in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Interview with Jenny A. Doust, BMBS, author of Potential Consequences of Changing Disease Classifications

Interview with Paul J. Young, PhD, author of When Should Clinicians Act on Non–Statistically Significant Results From Clinical Trials?

International Controlled and Modified Atmosphere Research Conference.. authoring body (11th : 2013 : Trani, Italy)

Dargavel, John

Isbell, R. F. (Raymond Frederick), 1928-2001, author

Barkat, Eman, author

Sangmanee, Podjanee, author

Blum, Winfried E. H., author

Clarke, James, 1934- author

Aglave, Balaji, author

Muyt, Adam, author

Richardson, F. J

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