Blood pressure lowering efficacy of aliskiren
High blood pressure is a chronic condition associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Over the last two decades, the Cochrane Hypertension Group has produced numerous reviews of ways to treat it, including one of the effects of a class of drugs called renin inhibitors. The review was updated in April 2017 and we asked the lead author, Vijaya Musini from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Treatment for hypertension in adults aged 18 to 59 years
Several drugs have been shown to lower blood pressure in people with hypertension, but it ‘s important to know the size of the benefit separately for young healthy adults aged up to 59 years and for those who are 60 or more. A Cochrane Review for the older age group has been available for some time, and Vijaya Musini from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and coll eagues in the Cochrane Hypertension Group published the first Cochrane Review for the younger age group in August 2017. Here’s Vijaya to tell us more. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Blood pressure lowering efficacy of aliskiren
High blood pressure is a chronic condition associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Over the last two decades, the Cochrane Hypertension Group has produced numerous reviews of ways to treat it, including one of the effects of a class of drugs called renin inhibitors. The review was updated in April 2017 and we asked the lead author, Vijaya Musini from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane 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
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - from theory to practice
In our last podcast from Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017, we convened an impromptu roundtable of clinicians who are attending the conference to see how some of the big themes that were discussed at the conference are going to impact their everyday practice.
Joining us were;
Jessica Otte - Family physician from Canada
David Warriner - Cardiologist... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - from theory to practice
In our last podcast from Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017, we convened an impromptu roundtable of clinicians who are attending the conference to see how some of the big themes that were discussed at the conference are going to impact their everyday practice.
Joining us were;
Jessica Otte - Family physician from Canada
David Warriner - Cardiologist from the UK.
Jack O’Sullivan - Junior doctor from Australia
Imran Sajid - GP from the UK
To read more, have a look at our Too much medicine campaign - bmj.com/too-much-medicine. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - Citizen juries
This week we ’re at the over diagnosis conference in Quebec Canada, Preventing overdiangosis is a forum to discuss the harms associated with using uncertain methods to look for disease in apparently healthy people - and is part of the BMJ’s too much medicine campaign.
One of the ways in which the public’ s attitudes and wishes around health is measured are citizen or community juries - set up in a similar way to a criminal jury - with an information gathering, and a deliberation phase - recently one of these citizen juries discussed, whether abortion should be allowed in Ireland (they decided “ye s”).We're joine...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 19, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - Citizen juries
This week we ’re at the over diagnosis conference in Quebec Canada, Preventing overdiangosis is a forum to discuss the harms associated with using uncertain methods to look for disease in apparently healthy people - and is part of the BMJ’s too much medicine campaign.
One of the ways in which the public’ s attitudes and wishes around health is... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 19, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - Citizen juries
This week we’re at the over diagnosis conference in Quebec Canada, Preventing overdiangosis is a forum to discuss the harms associated with using uncertain methods to look for disease in apparently healthy people - and is part of the BMJ’s too much medicine campaign.
One of the ways in which the public’s attitudes and wishes around health is measured are citizen or community juries - set up in a similar way to a criminal jury - with an information gathering, and a deliberation phase - recently one of these citizen juries discussed, whether abortion should be allowed in Ireland (they decided “yes”).
We're joined...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 19, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - Carolyn Canfield
This week we ’re at the over diagnosis conference in Quebec Canada, Preventing overdiagnosis covers how physicians, researchers and, to some extent, what patients can implement solutions to the problems of over diagnosis and overuse in healthcare.
One of those patients is Carolyn Canfield - who describes he rself as an independent citizen patient... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 19, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - Rita Redberg
This week we ’re at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference in Quebec Canada, The conference is a forum to discuss the harms associated with using uncertain methods to look for disease in apparently healthy people - and is part of the BMJ’s too much medicine campaign.
The literature on overdiagnosis has m ostly been published since 2013 - partly... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 18, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 - Rita Redberg
This week we’re at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference in Quebec Canada, The conference is a forum to discuss the harms associated with using uncertain methods to look for disease in apparently healthy people - and is part of the BMJ’s too much medicine campaign.
The literature on overdiagnosis has mostly been published since 2013 - partly because of The BMJ, but in large part because of the work of Rita Redberg, professor of clinical medicine, and a working cardiologist, at UCSF, and editor of JAMA internal medicine who joins us to discuss why less is more. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 18, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
