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Sorry for another post linking to Journal Watch, but they really are doing a great job of reading my mind…

In my talk to the residents about osteoporosis, I mentioned that one of the unanswered questions is how long to treat patients with bisphosphonates. Well, a randomized trial published in JAMA says “5 years”. Bone density in placebo-users decreased minimally and hip fracture risk stayed the same. Vertebral fracture risk increased, but vertebral fractures are much less significant than hip fractures. I’m sure more studies will be done, but it’s reassuring to think that bisphosphonates may not be needed lifelong.

I remember telling people at a dinner party that I often entered symptoms into Google to help me diagnose patients. I remember them being apalled.

Turns out that Google is pretty accurate.

I gave the residents a talk on osteoporosis at noon conference on Friday. Here’s the powerpoint slides that I created, in case they might be useful to anyone. They’re licensed under a Creative Commons license and available in 2 formats - ODP (good) and PPT (bad).

Medical information changes constantly, so hopefully these will be useful until at least the end of 2006. I’ve also uploaded slides from previous talks on Abnormal Liver Function Tests and Adult Immunizations.

• Osteoporosis: [ODP] [PPT]
• Adult Immunizations: [ODP] [PPT]
• Abnormal LFT’s: [ODP] [PPT]

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