Current Topics

July 5, 2007 – Introduction, expectations, schedules; Dr. Steve Kizer, Dr. Fred Sparling, Dr. Colin Thomas

July 19, 2007 – The glitazone controversy: Is it premature to discontinue rosiglitazone? Data dredging. Dr. Steve Kizer

August 2, 2007 – Laws to mandate immunizing preteen girls against papilloma virus to prevent cervical cancer. What are the legal arguments – pro and con? Prof. John Connelly, School of Law

August 16, 2007 – Rising male birthrates in world populations. The causes? And the solutions? Dr. John Thorpe

August 30, 2007 - What is the proper role of erythropoietin in patients with chronic medical problems such as cancer and end-stage renal disease? Dr. Alice Ma

September 13, 2007 – The worldwide shortage of organs for transplant -Medical tourism, buying of organs, and harvesting from executed prisoners. Dr. Jeffery Fair and William Finn

September 27, 2007 –. How does the science of evolution inform modern medicine? Dr. James Evans

October 11, 2007 –. Use of antipsychotics in the elderly and mortality. How sure are we? Dr. Anthony Lindsey

October 25, 2007 – Are coated stents better or worse than we think? Dr. Rick Stouffer

November 29, 2007 –. Out of hospital cardiac arrest. Is chest compression without ventilation sufficient? Dr. Kevin Biese

December 13, 2007 –. Watchful waiting for inguinal hernias – Whom do we watch , and is open repair better than laparascopic repair? Dr. Hartwig Bunzendahl
January 10, 2008 – The Boom in Contract Research – what does it augur? Will it kill clinical research? Dr. Charles Van de Horst
January 24, 2008 –The role of cardiac CT angiography in predicting coronary disease outcomes. Dr. Larry Klein
February 7, 2008 – Jaw necrosis with bis-diphosphonates – how big is the problem? Dr. Janet Rubin
February 21, 2008 – Air vs. ground transportation for acute trauma – are the birds worth the expense? Dr. Preston Rich
March 13, 2008 – “In-store clinics” – Is this the “fast food” era of medicine? Dr. Tim Carey
March 27, 2008 - Treatment of dementia – how much value is there in the pharmacotherapy of dementia? Dr. Dan Kaufer
April 10, 2008 – The obesity epidemic – Is it really just McDonald’s? Dr. Tom O’Connell
April 24, 2008 – The BiDil controversy – is it a controversy or the beginning of clinical pharmacogenetics? Dr. Steve Kizer
May 1, 2008 – What causes asthma? Is it an infectious disease from childhood? Dr. Dan Peden
May 8, 2008 – Research presentations by Junior Scholars

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