#235 Spooky Cakes: Dapa-CKD, Turmeric for Knee Pain, Honey for URTI

Time for spooky cakes with a side of candy corn. We discuss Dapagliflozin (SGLT2i) for CKD, Turmeric for knee pain and Honey for URTI (cough) on this halloween themed hotcakes with Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH @rbganatra

 

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Credits

• Producer: Sarah Phoebe Roberts
• Written by: Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH, Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH   
• Cover Art: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
• Hosts: Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH, Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH   
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com

 

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Time Stamps

• 00:00 Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians
• 00:25 Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
• 00:40 Intro, disclaimer, Picks of the Week
• 07:38 Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians
• 08:40 Dapa-CKD
• 20:00 Turmeric for Knee Osteoarthritis
• 32:10 Honey for URTI and Cough
• 46:32 Shout out to @votehealth2020 and PatientVoting.com 
• 48:25 Outro
• Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education

 

Links*

1. Candy Corn (autumn mix) and (classic)
2. Paul’s Halloween movie marathon: Cabin in the Woods, The Descent, The Witch, Ghostbusters

 

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Goal

Listeners will review and perform critical appraisal of recent articles with the potential to change internal medicine practice

 

Learning objectives

After listening to this episode listeners will…  

1. Review the potential benefits of dapagliflozin for prevent of CKD progression and death
2. Evaluate the utility of turmeric for osteoarthritis with inflammatory synovitis
3. Discuss the efficacy of honey for the treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infection and persistent post-infectious cough

 

Disclosures

The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures. 

 

Citation

Watto M, Ganatra R, Williams PN, Brigham SK, Roberts SP. “235 Spooky Cakes”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Final publishing date October 5, 2020.

 

Tags

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