Primary Care Update

Primary Care Update

Hosted by Gary Ferenchick and Henry Barry and Mark Ebell and Kate Rowland and Kate and Mark and Henry and Gary · Mark Ebell

4.6from 112 ratings

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52Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
216
Episodes
18
Transcribed
112
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2018
First episode

About Primary Care Update

Four healthily skeptical primary care physicians discuss the latest in primary care medicine. Join Essential Evidence Editor Mark Ebell MD, Rush University's Kate Rowland MD, MSU Professor of Medicine Gary Ferenchick MD, and POEMs co-founder Henry Barry MD, MS for this fast-paced weekly update on evidence-based primary care.

Publisher
Mark Ebell
Category
health & fitness
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
24 Aug 2018
Latest episode
7 Oct 2026
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18 of 216 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Episode 217: AI therapists, theta-bursts for depression, finerenone for CKD, and GLP-1s causing vision loss.

  2. 22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Episode 216: low back pain, nasal saline for URI, non-gated CTs for CAC, and statins after 70,

  3. 9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Episode 215: self collected HPV, AI skin cancer app, electroacupuncture for neuralgia, and asymptomatic cardiac plaque

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Episode 217: AI therapists, theta-bursts for depression, finerenone for CKD, and GLP-1s causing vision loss.

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So as I mentioned, an increasing concern about the possibility, specifically semaglutide or semaglutide, depending on where you put the emphasis, might increase the risk of this condition. And it really isn't retinal damage. It's an ischemic injury to the optic nerve that can cause sudden painless and potentially permanent vision loss. The plausible, at least, you know, theoretically, but unproven mechanism is that rapid reductions in glucose might produce optic nerve swelling and ischemia, somewhat analogous to early worsening of diabetic retinopathy that can occur with rapid improvements in glycemia. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.7 / 5
95 ratings
Spotify
4.3 / 5
17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Gary Ferenchick and Henry Barry and Mark Ebell and Kate Rowland and Kate and Mark and Henry and Gary host the show. Published by Mark Ebell.

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