PodMed – Week of December 29, 2014

This week's topics include cytosine for smoking cessation, beta blockers in heart failure and atrial fibrillation, Glp-1 agonists and diabetes management, and clonality and blood cancers.

Program notes:

0:56 Cytisine for smoking cessation

1:58 Cytisine, nicotine replacement, and therapy

2:58 Better that nicotine replacement

3:48 Clonality, age and blood cancers

4:43 In about 4% of individuals

5:42 Which changes occur in what period of time

5:55 Beta blockers in heart failure and atrial fibrillation

6:55 No additional benefit

7:44 GLP-1 agonists

8:44 4300 participants

9:44 Suspicions about new drugs

10:25 End

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