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Poisoning and Drug Reference

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Quick and Accurate Research Evaluation for Busy...

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2011/01/19

Guest: Tom Bartol Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP As medicine takes an increasingly evidence-based approach to care, it's more important than ever for busy clinicians to be able to evaluate the benefits and risk-reduction associated with new treatments and medications. This week's guest, Tom Bartol, nurse practitioner at the Richmond Area Health Center in Richmond, Maine, discusses with host Mimi Secor how to wade through the research data and evaluate statistical significance

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Repurposing Drugs: Challenges and Triumphs from an...

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2010/04/30

Guest: Frances Toneguzzo, PhD Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: David Borsook, MD, PhD The discovery of a new use for a failed or existing drug has often been entirely serendipitous: a drug in development to treat angina failed, but became famous as Viagra when some of the test subjects reported interesting side effects. There are other notable examples, and now scientists are beginning to repurpose drugs in a more systematic way. How is drug repurposing research carried out,

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Understanding Why Drugs are More Dangerous for Some

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2009/06/06

Guest: Arthur Holden, MBA Host: Bruce Japsen Two years after it was formed, the International Serious Adverse Event Consortium, working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is making progress understanding why certain people are predisposed to dangerous drug interactions. Arthur Holdren, founder of the consortium, tells host Bruce Japsen aboutthe discovery of a genetic link between liver injury and some people who received a popularantibiotic.

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A Look Back at Pharmacy Practice Over the Years

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2008/12/19

Guest: Robert Rapp, PharmD Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP The practice of pharmacy has certainly changed over the years, with pharmacy schools and pharmacists making an effort to become more patient-centered. Still, sometimes it takes a retrospective look through the eyes of a healthcare professional who experienced those changes as they happened, to truly appreciate just how far the practice of pharmacy has come, and just how far its place in healthcare has truly evolved

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Troubling Trends in Online Prescription Drug Sales

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2008/07/30

Guest: Susan Foster, MSW Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP We're learning more about the hundreds of Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications by mail. Yet a new set of answers brings a series of worrisome questions: How many of these websites actually require a prescription for controlled substances? Do many of those who buy prescription drugs online do so with nefarious intentions? Dr. Charles Turck probes problematic developments in online drug sales

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Alcohol Use Disorders: Can We Do More?

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2008/05/21

Guest: Mark Willenbring, MD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Given the pervasiveness of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in the United States, Dr. Mark Willenbring says, “we need to be intervening at a much earlier stage and providing treatment to a much broader range of people then we currently do.” Dr. Willenbring, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, joins host Dr. Larry Kaskel to talk about new information from

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Do African Americans Benefit From Beta Blockers?

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2008/05/14

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Gerald Dorn, MD Should African American’s be treated with beta blockers to prevent heart failure? This has been a controversial question in the cardiovascular community. In this segment, Dr. Gerald Dorn of Washington University School of Medicine explains the biological mechanisms in which beta blockers offer protection from heart failure and what led him and his team to more closely examine the African American population who as a group does not seem

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Improving Medication Adherence in Elderly Patients

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2008/02/13

Guest: Jan Berger, MD Host: Bruce Japsen An unprecedented number of elderly leave their doctors' offices with prescriptions thanks to Medicare's drug benefits and the soaring number of aging baby boomers in need of medications. But did you know a large number of these patients don't get their prescriptions filled and don't adhere to what the doctor wrote for them? Dr. Jan Berger, Chief Clinical Officer for CVS/Caremark Corp. tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the latest

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Grapefruit Juice and Drug Metabolism

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2008/01/09

Guest: David Bailey, PhD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD More than 40 drugs have been demonstrated to interact with grapefruit juice, primarily drugs that are first-pass metabolized. Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel and guest Dr. David Baily to discuss the serious nature of potential grapefruit juice/drug interactions and how best to communicate the required cautions to patients. Then learn of current research working to identify other natural foods that may modulate the absorbtion of drugs.

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Defense Against an Anthrax Bioweapon

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2007/08/20

Guest: Nicholas Bergman, PhD Host: Michael Benson, MD In a scene from the recent Bruce Willis movie, Live Free or Die Hard, anthrax sensors were triggered, prompting evacuation of the FBI headquarters. Yet do such sensors really exist, or was this just another flight of Hollywood imagination? Our guest, Doctor Nicholas Bergman, reviews the nation's multi-faceted approach to defense against anthrax. Dr. Bergman received his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at the

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Anthrax as a Bioweapon

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2007/08/20

Guest: Nicholas Bergman, PhD Host: Michael Benson, MD What do sheep, Islamic fascists and Vladimir Putin have in common? Anthrax. The "poor man’s" weapon of mass destruction, this disease has been recognized since Biblical times. Join our guest, Dr. Nicholas Bergman has his discusses the development of anthrax into a weapon of mass destruction. Dr. Bergman received his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently an

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Anthrax: The Natural Born Killer

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2007/08/20

Guest: Nicholas Bergman, PhD Host: Michael Benson, MD Anthrax. Thought to be the sixth plague visited upon Pharoah in the Book of Exodus, the disease only causes episodic illness in humans. Yet it can cause a particularly gruesome death and can be easily treated if caught early. Our guest, Doctor Nicholas Bergman, explores the biology of naturally occurring anthrax infections in humans. Dr. Bergman received his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at the Massachusetts

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Safety Concerns about Supplements: Multi-Vitamins and...

Poisoning and Drug Reference ·

2007/04/30

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Tod Cooperman, MD Todd Cooperman, founder and president of Consumerlabs.com talks about some recent findings including traces of lead in multi-vitamins and a lack of regulatory control in in glucosamine-chondroitin compounds.

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