Can music and vocal interventions benefit preterm infants and their parents?
The Cochrane Neonatal group has produced several hundred systematic reviews of interventions that might help to improve the care and treatment of preterm infants and their families. In this podcast, one of the group ’s researchers, Dirk Bassler, talks with lead author Friederike Haslbeck, a clinical music therapist and senior researcher at the University Hospital Zurich, Department of Neonatology in Switzerland, about the September 2023 review looking at music and vocal interventions to improve neurodevelopme ntal outcomes for preterm infants. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What are the benefits and risks of drugs acting on the immune system to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis ?
There are more than 60 Cochrane Reviews relevant to multiple sclerosis and, one of these, a network meta-analysis of immunomodulators and immunosuppressants for relapsing ‐remitting multiple sclerosis, was updated in January 2024. We asked the lead author, Francesco Nonino from the Institute of Neurological Science in Bologna, Italy, to tell us more about the condition and the latest evidence in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1092: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 before discussing new vaccine guidelines released by the advisory committee on immunization practices, and reviews the CDC guidelines for quarantine/ isolation following SARS-CoV-2 infection, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, the role of IFN-g in long COVID, if the brain-blood-barrier is compromised in long COVID, meaning of persistent community SARS-CoV-2 RNA findings, and the effe...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 2, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Neurology : Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk
Interview with Andrea L. C. Schneider, MD, PhD, author of Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content: Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - February 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too
TWiV reviews resurgence of Lassa fever in West Africa, at least 3 paralytic cases of cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe, CWD from eating prion-laden plants, measles in New Orleans and Broward County Florida, failure of Florida Surgeon General to support vaccination, a measles variant in Switzerland, SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections, leaky blood-brain-barrier for long COVID brain fog, West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitoes by the excreta, and viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 25, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Cerebrolysin for acute ischaemic stroke
When someone has an acute ischemic stroke, urgent, effective, simple and reliable treatments will reduce their risks of disability or dying from their brain tissue damage. The treatments used vary around the world, and a drug called cerebrolysin and its analogues are widely used in post-Soviet countries, Eastern Europe, and Central and Southeast Asia. In October 2023, the latest update of the Cochrane review was published by researchers from Cochrane Russia based at the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education and two of the authors, Dilyara Nurkhametova and Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina, discuss it for t...
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Neurology : Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction Among Initiators of Triptans
Interview with Jesper Hallas, MD, DMSc, author of Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction Among Initiators of Triptans. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content: Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction Among Initiators of Triptans (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - February 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
A new way for the heart and brain to ‘talk’ to each other, and Earth’s future weather written in ancient coral reefs
A remote island may hold clues for the future of El Niño and La Niña under climate change, and how pressure in the blood sends messages to neurons First up, researchers are digging into thousands of years of coral to chart El Niño’s behavior over time. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Staff Writer Paul Voosen about his travels to the Pacific island of Vanuatu to witness the arduous task of reef drilling. Next on the show, host Sarah Crespi talks with Veronica Egger, a professor of neurophysiology at the Regensburg University Institute of Zoology, about an unexpected method of signaling inside the body. Egger’s wor...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Ancient DNA solves the mystery of who made a set of stone tools
In this episode:0:48 How hominins spread through EuropeAncient stone tools are often uncovered in Europe, but it can be difficult to identify who crafted them, as Neanderthals and Homo sapiens coexisted in the region for several thousand years. The makers of one type of tool found in northern Europe has long puzzled researchers, but now through genetic analysis of nearby skeletal fragments, it has been revealed that they were made by Homo sapiens. The age of these tools suggests that modern humans were more widespread and adaptable to living in colder climates than previously thought.Research article: Mylopotamitaki et al....
Source: Nature Podcast - January 31, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
The top online news from 2023, and using cough sounds to diagnose disease
Best of online news, and screening for tuberculosis using sound This week’s episode starts out with a look back at the top 10 online news stories with Online News Editor David Grimm. There will be cat expressions and mad scientists, but also electric cement and mind reading. Read all top 10 here. Next on the show, can a machine distinguish a tuberculosis cough from other kinds of coughs? Manuja Sharma, who was a Ph.D. student in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Washington at the time of the work, joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about her project collecting a cough data set to p...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Multidomain Interventions for Child Neurodevelopment, Tirzepatide for Obesity, AI in Health Care, and more
Editor’s Summary by Kristin Walter, MD, MS, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the January 2, 2024, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - January 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2023
In this episode:00:54 Franklin’s real roleWhen it comes to the structure of DNA, everyone thinks they know Rosalind Franklin’s role in its discovery. The story goes that her crucial data was taken by James Watson without her knowledge, helping him and Francis Crick solve the structure. However, new evidence has revealed that this wasn’t really the case. Rosalind Franklin was not a ‘wronged heroine’, she was an equal contributor to the discovery.Nature Podcast: 25 April 2023Comment: What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure14:37 An automated way to monitor wildlife recoveryTo p...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Neurology : Risk Factors for Young-Onset Dementia in the UK Biobank
Interview with Stevie Hendriks, PhD, author of Risk Factors for Young-Onset Dementia in the UK Biobank. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content: Risk Factors for Young-Onset Dementia in the UK Biobank (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - December 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Brain Science: 17th Annual Review Episode (BS 214)
Ginger Campbell, MD (click to play episode)
This month we celebrate the 17th anniversary of Brain Science with our 17th Annual Review episode. The first episode aired on December 15, 2006. We review the highlights of 2023, which included both new guests and the return of several favorites.Topics included consciousness, free will, molecular biology, emotion, cognition, and the evidence for plant intelligence. We also reviewed neurotransmitters and how to combat misinformation.Guests included Guy Caldwell, Paco Calvo, Luiz Pessoa, Sander van der Linden, Kevin Mitchell and Seth Grant, w...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - December 17, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1070: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses monkeypox and chickenpox co-infection in southern Nigeria, vaccine effectiveness against influenza A, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk, COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with self-collected vs health care worker–collected nasal and throat swab specimens, four methods for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A virus activity in schools, efficacy and safety of Baricitinib for the treatment of hospitalized adults with COVID-19, a synbiotic preparation (SIM01) for post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in Hong Kong, consisten...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 16, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
