Primary Care Update

This week Kate, Mark and Henry talk about empathetic robots, mother-baby singing groups for postpartum depression, and new American College of Cardiology lipid guidelines.
Indiana AFP POEMs course in French Link: https://www.iafp.org/2026ac
Empathetic robots: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41359230/
Weekly singing groups for postpartum depression: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41087020/
ACC/AHA/etc lipid guidelines: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41824552/
A 2025 study in the journal Family Practice finding that the two most trustworthy lipid guidelines recommended against using CAC, while all five less trustworthy guidelines due to poor methods or COI recommended it. Go figure.
Smartphones in schools: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41489912/

Join primary care faculty Gary Ferenchick, Kate Rowland, Henry Barry and Mark Ebell as they discuss 4 important new studies: the value (?) Of biomarkers in cognitive impairment, toilet training, bleeding risk with apixaban versus rivaroxaban for VTE, and diagnosing volume overload in adults  from the JAMA Rational Clinical Exam series.

This week, primary care doctors Kate, Gary, Mark and Henry discuss high vs low dose inhaled steroids for high risk patients with asthma, click based semaglutide titration to reduce GI problems, zoster vaccine and dementia risk, and whether we are trusting AI too much.

This week primary care physicians Kate Rowland, Mark Ebell, Gary Ferenchick and Henry Barry tackle 4 new POEM-worthy studies: new therapy for elevated triglycerides, cannabinoids for chronic pain in adults, the best antithrombotic for patients with AF + drug eluting cardiac stent, and lower versus standard LDL targets for patients with heart disease
Essential Evidence Plus: https://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/
Lower triglycerides: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41211918/
Cannabinoids for pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41429020/
Antithrombotics for AF + stent: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41211917/
LDL target 55 vs 70 for CAD: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41910315/

This week, primary care physicians Henry Barry, Gary Ferenchick and Mark Ebell discuss several new studies: melatonin for older adults with cognitive impairment, new pulmonary embolism guidelines, and inhaled corticosteroid dosing for children and adults with asthma. Kate has the week off.