Podcast 12: News and interview with Dr. Anne Schuchat, Director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

This week’s podcast includes an interview with Anne Schuchat about U.S. childhood immunization rates, along with the usual news roundup.

Journal Watch links

• Physical Activity May Boost Cognitive Function in Older Adults
• Vytorin (Simvastatin + Ezetimibe) Shows Little Benefit for Aortic Stenosis
• New Questions and a Few Answers on Vytorin and Cancer Risks
• Vytorin: Navigating Uncharted Waters
• Omega-3s Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients, Rosuvastatin Does Not

Exercise and cognitive impairment

• http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/903/3
• http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/9/1027
• http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/9/1077

Vytorin’s risks and efficacy

• http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0804602
• http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMsa0806603
• http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/NEJMe0807200v1
• http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/902/1
• http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/902/2
• http://cardiology.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/902/2

Omega-3 versus rosuvastatin in heart failure

• http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608612398/abstract
• http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608612404/abstract
• http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/903/1

Dr. Anne Schuchat interview links

• http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
• http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5735a1.htm

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