Primary Care POEM of the Week with Drs. Mark Ebell and Mike Wilkes

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Join primary care physicians Michael Wilkes MD from UC Davis and Mark Ebell MD, MS from Michigan State University as they discuss a new practice changing study every week. Studies are selected for their ability to change our practice as primary care physicians for the better: POEMs = Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters.

Episodes

  1. 02/17/2025

    Episode 11: Treatment of acute migraine

    Primary Care POEM of the Week with Drs. Mark Ebell and Mike Wilkes

    6 min

  2. 02/10/2025

    Episode 10: Are skeletal muscle relaxants effective for chronic pain?

    Listen as Drs. Mike Wilkes and Mark Ebell discuss a new systematic review that found some conditions for which skeletal muscle relaxants are effective, and others for which they are not.

    7 min

  3. 01/28/2025

    Episode 9: After an MI, should beta-blockers be continued long-term?

    Join Drs. Ebell and Wilkes as they discuss this weeks POEM. It addresses the question of whether beta-blockers should be continued indefinitely after a myocardial infarction.

    6 min

  4. 01/06/2025

    Episode 8: E-cigarettes can help people quit smoking

    Join Drs. Mike Wilkes and Mark Ebell as they discuss the use of e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking.

    6 min

  5. 12/25/2024

    Episode 7: Self-guided digital behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia

    Join Drs. Mike Wilkes and Mark Ebell as they discuss digital behavioral therapy to treat symptoms of fibromyalgia: Gendreau RM, McCracken LM, Williams DA, et al. Self-guided digital behavioural therapy versus active control for fibromyalgia (PROSPER-FM): A phase 3, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2024;404(10450):364-374.

    6 min

  6. 12/25/2024

    Episode 6: Probiotics reduce likelihood of frequent UTIs

    Join Drs. Mike Wilkes and Mark Ebell as they discuss a new randomized trial of probiotics for UTI: Gupta V, Mastromarino P, Garg R. Effectiveness of prophylactic oral and/or vaginal probiotic supplementation in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis 2024;78(5):1154-1161.

    6 min

  7. 11/25/2024

    Episode 5: SGLT2 inhibitors reduce CV mortality

    This week, Drs Wilkes and Ebell discuss a new meta-analysis of the CV benefit of SGLT-2 inhibitors, which is less dramatic than you might think.

    7 min

  8. 11/14/2024

    Episode 4: Psychedelics for depression

    Primary Care POEM of the Week with Drs. Mark Ebell and Mike Wilkes

    9 min

  9. 10/22/2024

    Episode 3: Consequences of UTIs in children

    This week primary care Drs. Wilkes and Ebell talk about the long term harms of multiple UTIs in children.

    6 min

  10. 10/15/2024

    Episode 2: Antibiotics for kids with acute sinusitis

    This week Mike and Mark discuss a new meta-analysis summarizing all of the data on the benefits of antibiotics for kids.

    5 min

  11. 10/11/2024

    Episode 1: Current mortality in flu, RSV and COVID-19

    Join primary care physicians Drs. Mike Wilkes and Mark Ebell as they discuss the comparative death rates for patients hospitalized with influenza, RSV and COVID-19

    9 min
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Join primary care physicians Michael Wilkes MD from UC Davis and Mark Ebell MD, MS from Michigan State University as they discuss a new practice changing study every week. Studies are selected for their ability to change our practice as primary care physicians for the better: POEMs = Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters.

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