Podcast 23: An interview with J. Michael Gaziano concerning two JAMA studies on the uselessness of dietary supplements in preventing prostate cancer

A week with just a few notable stories, one of which is about using supplements like vitamin C or selenium to prevent prostate cancer. We interview J. Michael Gaziano about two studies in JAMA on that topic.

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Links for this issue:

FDA advisory panel vote to ban two asthma drugs

• Journal Watch General Medicine backgrounder on long-acting beta agonists

Hemoglobin A1c and the risk of kidney disease in diabetics

• Archives of Internal Medicine abstract
• First Watch coverage

Using dietary supplements to prevent prostate cancer

• JAMA Physicians’ health study II (free)
• JAMA SELECT trial (free)
• JAMA editorial (free)
• First Watch coverage

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