New ACG Guideline Offers Recommendations for ALD
The guideline was commissioned in light of the growing incidence of alcohol use disorder, which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 25, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Severe Alcohol-Related Hepatitis, Autotaxin Inhibitor Ziritaxestat for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Review of Cirrhosis, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anne Rentoumis Cappola, MD, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the May 9, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - May 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Addiction in doctors
Everyone has coping mechanisms, but sometimes those ways of coping become problem behaviours - addictions.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, we're focussing on how to spot the signs that you may be sliding into addiction, how to have conversations with friends and colleagues if you worry about their behaviour, and how seeking treatment is the best way to avoid GMC scrutiny.
Joining Clara Munro are Liz Croton and Zaid Al-Najjar, GPs who work for NHS Practitioner health - a mental health and addiction service specifically for health professionals. They are also joined by Ruth Mayall, a retired consultant anaesthetist who...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Addiction in doctors
Everyone has coping mechanisms, but sometimes those ways of coping become problem behaviours - addictions.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, we're focussing on how to spot the signs that you may be sliding into addiction, how to have conversations with friends and colleagues if you worry about their behaviour, and how seeking treatment is the best way to avoid GMC scrutiny.
Joining Clara Munro are Liz Croton and Zaid Al-Najjar, GPs who work for NHS Practitioner health - a mental health and addiction service specifically for health professionals. They are also joined by Ruth Mayall, a retired consultant anaesthetist who...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Nappuccinos and circadian rhythms
Fatigue can have as much of an affect in your ability to function as alcohol, and yet while you would be chastised for drinking before appearing on the ward, hospitals have systematically removed the spaces where tired clinicians can rest and recover.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists have been campaigning to raise awareness of the dangers of fatigue, and it seems that anaesthetic trainees have benefitted from that, with sleep pods and flexible schedules - but other specialties are lagging behind.
In this podcast, Roo McCrossan, a consultant anaesthetist joins our host Clara Munro, a surgical trainee, and Ayesha Ashmore...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Nappuccinos and circadian rhythms
Fatigue can have as much of an affect in your ability to function as alcohol, and yet while you would be chastised for drinking before appearing on the ward, hospitals have systematically removed the spaces where tired clinicians can rest and recover.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists have been campaigning to raise awareness of the dangers of fatigue, and it seems that anaesthetic trainees have benefitted from that, with sleep pods and flexible schedules - but other specialties are lagging behind.
In this podcast, Roo McCrossan, a consultant anaesthetist joins our host Clara Munro, a surgical trainee, and Ayesha Ashmore...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
This mysterious space rock shouldn ’t have a ring — but it does
0:46 The mysterious ring in the distant Solar SystemQuaoar is a small, rocky object that lies beyond Neptune’s orbit. In an unexpected discovery, researchers have shown that this object has its own orbiting ring, similar to those seen encircling planets like Saturn. However, Quaoar’s ring shouldn’t exist, as it is at a distance far outside the theoretical limit at which rings are thought to be stable, and researchers are trying to figure out why.Research article: Morgado et al.News and Views: A planetary ring in a surprising place07:01 Research HighlightsA repurposed skin-disease drug suppresses alcohol consumption i...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 8, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Cannabis and cannabinoids for people with multiple sclerosis
In May 2022, the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis and Rare Diseases of the CNS Group published a new review of the effects of cannabis and cannabinoids for the treatment of people with multiple sclerosis. In this podcast, Silvia Minozzi, Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group and an author on the review talks with lead author and Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis Group, Graziella Filippini, about the review. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - August 25, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Psychiatry : Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy vs Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
Interview with Michael P. Bogenschutz, MD, author of Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy vs Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy vs Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - August 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
FDA warns that getting alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the eyes can cause serious injury
“Listen to FDA Drug Podcast, FDA warns that getting alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the eyes can cause serious injury (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - November 9, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
Platelet-Rich Plasma for Achilles Tendinopathy, Delivery for Suspected Fetal Growth Restriction, Review of Alcohol-Related Liver Disease, and more
Editor's Summary by Mary McDermott, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the July 13, 2021 issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - July 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
FDA warns that vapors from alcohol-based hand sanitizers can have side effects
Listen to an audio podcast of the June 16, 2021 Drug Safety Communication "FDA warns that vapors from alcohol-based hand sanitizers can cause symptoms such as headache, nausea, and dizziness after applying to the skin" (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - June 21, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
Baclofen for ICU Alcohol Withdrawal, Vitamin C and Thiamine for Sepsis, Multiple Sclerosis Review, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 23, 2021 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
