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February 7, 2025 27 mins

Sugar-sweetened beverages, the epidemiology of driving after an ICD, BP measurements, and massive EBM lesson in EVT for acute stroke are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Sugary Drinks Fuel Millions of Diabetes and CVD Cases https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/sugary-drinks-fuel-millions-diabetes-and-cvd-cases-2025a10002wr

  • Nature Medicin;e Epidemiologic Study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03345-4
  • JAMA-Network Open;  Beverage Tax Observational Study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2829505
  • Lancet Regional Health; Beverage Tax Philadelphia EHR 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100906

II. Driving With an ICD

  • JACC Electrophysiology paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.12.002
  • Earlier HEART paper https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/24/1401

III. Blood Pressure Measurements and Simple RCTs

BP Readings in Noisy Market as Good as Quiet Office?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/bp-readings-noisy-market-good-quiet-office-2025a10002z0

  • Annals of Internal Medicine Study https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-00873

IV. A Big Shake-up in Interventional Stroke Care

  • Endovascular Therapy Fails to Show Benefit in Distal Occlusion Stroke  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/endovascular-therapy-fails-show-benefit-distal-occlusion-2025a100035u
  • ESCAPE-MeVO https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2411668
  • DISTAL trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2408954
  • J. Mocco Editorial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2500492

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The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

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