”Obesity is the last thing it’s OK to discriminate on the basis of”
We have a problem in obesity research — clinical trials continue to prioritise weight loss as a primary outcome and rarely consider patients’ experience, quality of life, or adverse events - and now a new analysis article, "Challenging assumptions in obesity research" questions that focus on weight.
Navjoyt Ladher discusses this thorny topic with Liz Sturgiss, GP, obesity researcher at Australian National University Medical School, and one of the authors of that paper.
Read the full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5303 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Combating AML
Andrew Wei, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, from Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia discusses how a novel molecule, S64315, has the potential to combat acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)....
Author: VJHemOnc
Added: 11/22/2017 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - November 22, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Psychological therapies for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents
Children who are exposed to trauma can experience serious mental health problems and a variety of psychological therapies have been tried to prevent these outcomes. In October 2016, Donna Gillies from the Western Sydney Local Health District in Australia and colleagues brought the evidence together in a new Cochrane Review and she tells us more in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 18, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Furiously beating bat hearts, giant migrating wombats, and puzzling out preprint publishing
This week we hear stories on how a bat varies its heart rate to avoid starving, giant wombatlike creatures that once migrated across Australia, and the downsides of bedbugs ’ preference for dirty laundry with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks Jocelyn Kaiser about her guide to preprint servers for biologists—what they are, how they are used, and why some people are worried about preprint publishing’s rising popularity. For our monthly book segment , Jen Golbeck talks to author Sandra Postel about her book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: tap1...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Furiously beating bat hearts, giant migrating wombats, and puzzling out preprint publishing
This week we hear stories on how a bat varies its heart rate to avoid starving, giant wombatlike creatures that once migrated across Australia, and the downsides of bedbugs’ preference for dirty laundry with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi talks Jocelyn Kaiser about her guide to preprint servers for biologists—what they are, how they are used, and why some people are worried about preprint publishing’s rising popularity.
For our monthly book segment, Jen Golbeck talks to author Sandra Postel about her book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity.
Listen to previous podcasts.
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Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Furiously beating bat hearts, giant migrating wombats, and puzzling out preprint publishing
This week we hear stories on how a bat varies its heart rate to avoid starving, giant wombatlike creatures that once migrated across Australia, and the downsides of bedbugs ’ preference for dirty laundry with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks Jocelyn Kaiser about her guide to preprint servers for biologists—what they are, how they are used, and why some people are worried about preprint publishing’s rising popularity. For our monthly book segment , Jen Golbeck talks to author Sandra Postel about her book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: tap1...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Furiously beating bat hearts, giant migrating wombats, and puzzling out preprint publishing
This week we hear stories on how a bat varies its heart rate to avoid starving, giant wombatlike creatures that once migrated across Australia, and the downsides of bedbugs ’ preference for dirty laundry with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi talks Jocelyn Kaiser about her guide to preprint servers for biologists—what they are, how they are used, and why some people are worried about preprint publishing’s rising popularity.
For our monthly book segme nt, Jen Golbeck talks to author Sandra Postel about her book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity.
Listen to previous podcasts.
[Image: ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
What Choosing Wisely looks like in the UK
Choosing Wisely was launched in the US, to much fanfare. Since then the movement has spread around the world, with successful chapters set up in Canada, Australia Brazil, Italy, Japan, new Zealand - and most recently the UK.
The campaigns have not been without criticism – from how individual recommendations were chosen, to the way in which... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
What Choosing Wisely looks like in the UK
Choosing Wisely was launched in the US, to much fanfare. Since then the movement has spread around the world, with successful chapters set up in Canada, Australia Brazil, Italy, Japan, new Zealand - and most recently the UK.
The campaigns have not been without criticism – from how individual recommendations were chosen, to the way in which patients have been involved.
In this podcast, we're joined by joined by 3 of Choosing Wisely UK’s steering group, professor Sue Bailey, head of the steering committee, Ramai Santhirapala, honorary consultant in anaesthesi a and perioperative medicine, and, Richard Lehman, GP.http:...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
What Choosing Wisely looks like in the UK
Choosing Wisely was launched in the US, to much fanfare. Since then the movement has spread around the world, with successful chapters set up in Canada, Australia Brazil, Italy, Japan, new Zealand - and most recently the UK.
The campaigns have not been without criticism – from how individual recommendations were chosen, to the way in which... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
What Choosing Wisely looks like in the UK
Choosing Wisely was launched in the US, to much fanfare. Since then the movement has spread around the world, with successful chapters set up in Canada, Australia Brazil, Italy, Japan, new Zealand - and most recently the UK.
The campaigns have not been without criticism – from how individual recommendations were chosen, to the way in which patients have been involved.
In this podcast, we're joined by joined by 3 of Choosing Wisely UK’s steering group, professor Sue Bailey, head of the steering committee, Ramai Santhirapala, honorary consultant in anaesthesia and perioperative medicine, and, Richard Lehman, GP.
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Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 457: The Red Queen meets the White Rabbit
Brianne returns to the TWiV Gang to discuss the distribution of proteins on the influenza viral genome, and the evolution of myxoma virus that was released in Australia to control the rabbit population. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Guest: Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode First genetically engineered salmon sold in Canada Nucleoprotein on influenza virus RNA (Nucl Acids Res) Evolution of released myxoma virus in Australia (PNAS) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 457 This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron. Blue Apron is the #1 fresh ingr...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 3, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
