ASFH The Quantum Retina
Guest: Robert J Casson DPhil FRANZCO South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - January 12, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Graham Barrett and Noel Alpins
Guests: Graham D. Barrett, FRANZCO
City Beach, Western Australia, Australia
Noel Alpins, M.B., B.S., D.O. (MELB), F.R.A.N.Z.C.O., F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.Ophth., F.A.C.S.
Melbourne, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - July 20, 2014 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening in Australia
Read the open access research: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.g1458
Australia was one of the first countries to introduce HPV vaccination, and due to it's cervical cancer screening programme, is one of the first to be able to measure the effectiveness of the vaccine.
In this podcast, 3 of the authors of a new paper on bmj.com discuss... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 6, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening in Australia
Read the open access research: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.g1458
Australia was one of the first countries to introduce HPV vaccination, and due to it's cervical cancer screening programme, is one of the first to be able to measure the effectiveness of the vaccine.
In this podcast, 3 of the authors of a new paper on bmj.com discuss their findings and talk about implications for cervical cancer screening in Australia. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 6, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Hyper hypo
In this week’s podcast Jayati Das-Munshi, from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, talks about her study into the mental health effects of ethnic density.
Also, hyper/hypo - antonyms that can sound almost identical. Adam Frankel and Phillip Vecchio from the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, Australia, explain their their plan to do away with these troublesome prefixes. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Brain drain
How much does it cost sub-Saharan countries to train all the doctors who end up working in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia? Edward Mills from the University of Ottawa explains his economic analysis of healthcare migration. Also Hungarian health minister Mikl ós Szócska talks about his country's challenges and plans when it comes to improving... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Brain drain
How much does it cost sub-Saharan countries to train all the doctors who end up working in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia? Edward Mills from the University of Ottawa explains his economic analysis of healthcare migration. Also Hungarian health minister Miklós Szócska talks about his country's challenges and plans when it comes to improving health outcomes, currently among the worst in Europe. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Warts and all
This week, we discuss how Australia ’s national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme has caused a dramatic drop in genital warts. Does this foretell elimination of all disease caused by HPV in the country?
And some advice on how to diagnose and manage pulmonary hypertension. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 6, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Think then scan, don't scan then think
Until now, the increased risk of cancer from CT scans has been modelled from the data gathered from survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. However, new BMJ research, based on a large Australian cohort, offers new evidence to support the modelling. John Matthews, from the university of Melbourne, joins us to explain what they found.
Also... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 5, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Think then scan, don ’t scan then think
Until now, the increased risk of cancer from CT scans has been modelled from the data gathered from survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. However, new BMJ research, based on a large Australian cohort, offers new evidence to support the modelling. John Matthews, from the university of Melbourne, joins us to explain what they found.
Also this week, social media is relatively new – but did you realise that doctors had been using social networks to improve health for centuries? Enrico Coiera, director of the Centre for Health Informatics at the University of New South Wales, explains more, and how in the digital ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 5, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Plain Packaging
Plain packaging on tobacco products is the latest strategy aimed at reducing smoking. Campaigners had hoped the UK would follow Australia ’s example. But they have been disappointed as the UK government postpones the plans until “more evidence” is available.
We hear from Linda Bauld, professor of public policy at the University of Stirling, about... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 5, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Hepatitis C infection
Dr Sally Bell discusses the problem of hepatitis C infection in Australia, including epidemiology, natural history, co-morbidities and current treatment options (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - June 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Cataract Surgery and AMD
Guest: Jie Jin Wang, MMed, PhD
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Professor
Clinical Ophthalmology & Eye Health, Westmead Clinical School
Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research
The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - December 1, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Experience with the Femtosecond Laser – part 2
Guest: Gerard Sutton, MBBS MD FRANZCO
Sydney Medical School Foundation
Professor of Corneal and Refractive Surgery
Save Sight Institute, Sydney University
Vision Eye Institute
Sydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - July 1, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
