Admission avoidance hospital at home
Two of the Cochrane Reviews that investigate different ways to deliver health and social care services look at the qualitative and quantitative research into a strategy called hospital at home. In this podcast, Roses Parker, Cochrane ’s Commissioning Editor talks with lead author of the March 2024 qualitative evidence synthesis of implementing hospital at home, Jason Wallis, a physiotherapist and researcher at Monash University in Australia, and Sasha Shepperd, researcher at Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford in th e UK who led the Cochrane review of the quantitative effects of admission avoidance hospital at...
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 27, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Should transvaginal mesh, biological grafts, or native tissue be utilised to repair vaginal prolapse?
The Cochrane Collaboration has published more than 30 reviews on interventions for patients with pelvic organ prolapse. Of these, a series of 6 systematic reviews specifically relating to surgical management were first published in 2016. These are currently being updated, with the update for one, on transvaginal mesh or grafts in transvaginal prolapse surgery being published in March 2024. In this podcast, one of the co-authors, Professor Christopher Maher speaks with lead author, Dr Ellen Yeung, a consultant urogynaecologist who works in Brisbane, Australia about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotics for acute middle ear infection (acute otitis media) in children
Over nearly 30 years, the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group has produced close to 200 reviews. One of their earliest, antibiotics for acute otitis media in children, was first published in 2000 and it was updated for the fourth time in November 2023. Here ' s two of the authors, Sharon Sanders and Paul Glasziou from the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University in Australia to talk about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Use of red flags to screen for vertebral fractures in people with low back pain
The Cochrane Library contains many reviews relevant to the management of low back pain, one of the common health problems in the world. This includes reviews of what to look out for when someone presents with low back pain and the review of red flags that would highlight the need to screen for a spinal fracture was updated in August 2023. Here ’s Chris Han from the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and the University of Sydney in Australia to describe the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections
Respiratory infections are one of the commonest reasons for patients to present to primary care or general practice, and antibiotics are widely used as a treatment for them. However, there are increasing concerns about the use of antibiotics and various strategies have been developed to reduce their use. These include something called ' delayed antibiotics ' and, in October 2023, the relevant Cochrane Review was updated. Here ' s Geoff Spurling from the University of Queensland in Australia to tell us about this strategy and the latest findings of the review. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
Back in October 1998, we published the first version of the Cochrane review of the effects of cranberry for preventing urinary tract infections. Twenty-five years on, the sixth update was published in November 2023 and here ' s lead author, Gabrielle Williams from University of Sydney in Australia to bring us up to date in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Kevin Mitchell argues for FREE WILL in BS 213
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In the this episode of Brain Science we talk with neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell about his new book Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will. While many neuroscientists and philosophers argue that free will is an illusion, Mitchell argues that the ability to make meaningful choices is part of our evolutionary heritage. He also addresses the important issue of determinism, siding with those physicists who argue that the fundamental nature of our universe is NOT deterministic. These issues are crucial to how we see oursel...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - October 27, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Evolution Decision Making Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
How can we communicate better with people and communities about measures which help to prevent and control COVID-19?
Clear communication with the public is a key part of the response to disasters and health emergencies, and the October 2023 update of a rapid review from 2020 investigates this in relation to measures to help to prevent and control COVID-19. Here ' s lead author Rebecca Ryan from La Trobe University in Australia to tell us more. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 4 - How to transform global health institutions born of colonial eras
Leaders from academic and funding organisations discuss the transformative change required to overcome extractive and inequitable research practices in global health, and the need for examining power and privilege within traditional research institutions.
Our panel
Samuel Oti, senior program specialist, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, and member of the Global Health Decolonization Movement in Africa (GHDM-Africa)
Muneera Rasheed, clinical psychologist and behaviour scientist and former faculty, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Liam Smeeth, professor of clinical epidemiology and director of ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Decolonising health and medicin: Episode 3 - Common terrains of anti-colonial and feminist approaches to the politics of health
International health leaders discuss how feminist and decolonial advocates in health face similar resistance and attempts to sow divisiveness, and how they can join forces to promote health equity and justice for all.
Our panel
Raewyn Connell, sociologist and professor emerita at the University of Sydney, Australia
Sarah Hawkes, professor of global public health and director of the Centre for Gender and Global Health, University College London, UK
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, head of the school of history and professor of medical and global health histories, University of Leeds, UK
Asha George, professor and South African research...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 3 - Common terrains of anti-colonial and feminist approaches to the politics of health
International health leaders discuss how feminist and decolonial advocates in health face similar resistance and attempts to sow divisiveness, and how they can join forces to promote health equity and justice for all.
Our panel
Raewyn Connell, sociologist and professor emerita at the University of Sydney, Australia
Sarah Hawkes, professor of global public health and director of the Centre for Gender and Global Health, University College London, UK
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, head of the school of history and professor of medical and global health histories, University of Leeds, UK
Asha George, professor and South African research...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 2 - Looking back to move forward: missing histories of the decolonisation agenda
Experts discuss how failing to confront colonial pasts is linked to present lack of progress in global health equity, why health leaders need historical educations, and how, for Indigenous peoples, it’s not just a colonial history but a colonial present.
Our panel
Seye Abimbola, editor of BMJ Global Health, and health systems researcher from Nigeria currently based at the University of Sydney, Australia
Catherine Kyobutungi, Ugandan epidemiologist and executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, head of the school of history and professor of medical and glob...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
How to talk about this stuff
We’ve heard throughout the series from people who have a passion for sustainability, and have successfully made changes in their organisations to reduce the planetary impact of their work. In doing so, they will have recruited other people who have a similar outlook - but they will have also convinced people who aren’t prioritising sustainability.
In this last podcast of the series, we’re delving into that - how to talk to colleagues and patients, in ways which connect with their own needs and preferences.
To help with that, we’re joined by David Pencheon, director of the Sustainable Development Unit for NHS ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Planet centered care - How to talk about this stuff
We’ve heard throughout the series from people who have a passion for sustainability, and have successfully made changes in their organisations to reduce the planetary impact of their work. In doing so, they will have recruited other people who have a similar outlook - but they will have also convinced people who aren’t prioritising sustainability.
In this last podcast of the series, we’re delving into that - how to talk to colleagues and patients, in ways which connect with their own needs and preferences.
To help with that, we’re joined by David Pencheon, director of the Sustainable Development Unit for NHS ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Planet centred care - How to talk about this stuff
We’ve heard throughout the series from people who have a passion for sustainability, and have successfully made changes in their organisations to reduce the planetary impact of their work. In doing so, they will have recruited other people who have a similar outlook - but they will have also convinced people who aren’t prioritising sustainability.
In this last podcast of the series, we’re delving into that - how to talk to colleagues and patients, in ways which connect with their own needs and preferences.
To help with that, we’re joined by David Pencheon, director of the Sustainable Development Unit for NHS ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
