15 Iona Heath
This week a very different kind of conversation on the Recommended Dose – one that considers the art of medicine more than the science. Iona Heath is a long-time family doctor who has worked in a London GP clinic for over 30 years, and at one time became President of the Royal College of General Practitioners. With an international profile, gained in part through her much-loved writing in the BMJ, Iona is unlike many of our previous guests. For a start, she loves words more than numbers, and literature more than clinical guidelines. Host Ray Moynihan caught up with Iona at a recent conference in Helsinki – where she'd ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Recommended Dose with Ray Moynihan Source Type: podcasts

15 Iona Heath
This week a very different kind of conversation on the Recommended Dose – one that considers the art of medicine more than the science. Iona Heath is a long-time family doctor who has worked in a London GP clinic for over 30 years, and at one time became President of the Royal College of General Practitioners. With an international profile, gained in part through her much-loved writing in the BMJ, Iona is unlike many of our previous guests. For a start, she loves words more than numbers, and literature more than clinical guidelines. Host Ray Moynihan caught up with Iona at a recent conference in Helsinki – where she'd ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 511: Accessory found guilty in DC
Ned Landau joins the TWiV team to discuss restriction of HIV replication by SAMHD1, and a viral antagonist that can be used to produce a dendritic cell vaccine. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Guest: Ned Landau Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses Gordon Conference TWiV #124 September 2008 SAMHD1 restricts HIV-1 replication (Nature) SAMHD1 restricts diverse retroviruses (Retrovirology) Vpx degradation of SAMHD1 independent of uncoating (J Virol) Transduction of myeloid cells with Vpx vector (Gene Ther) Letters read on TWiV 511 Timestam...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 16, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Nutritional science - Is quality more important than quantity?
We at The BMJ care about food, and if our listener stats are to be believed, so do you. In this podcast we’re looking at quality as an important driver of a good diet. At our recent food conference - Food For Thought - hosted in Zurich by Swiss Re we brought researchers in many fields of nutritional science together. We asked people with... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Nutritional science - Is quality more important than quantity?
We at The BMJ care about food, and if our listener stats are to be believed, so do you. In this podcast we’re looking at quality as an important driver of a good diet. At our recent food conference - Food For Thought - hosted in Zurich by Swiss Re we brought researchers in many fields of nutritional science together. We asked people with competing ideas to write articles to elucida te where there’s agreement, and where there is still contention. There was lots of disagreement - but one thing that was widely agreed on was that, quality of food matters. Quality is as, if not more, important than quantity. In this pod...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Nutritional science - Is quality more important than quantity?
We at The BMJ care about food, and if our listener stats are to be believed, so do you. In this podcast we’re looking at quality as an important driver of a good diet. At our recent food conference - Food For Thought - hosted in Zurich by Swiss Re we brought researchers in many fields of nutritional science together. We asked people with competing ideas to write articles to elucidate where there’s agreement, and where there is still contention. There was lots of disagreement - but one thing that was widely agreed on was that, quality of food matters. Quality is as, if not more, important than quantity. In this podca...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 509: 41,103 bases under the sea
The TWiV team considers whether those who can do, can't teach, and newly discovered viruses of planarians and Aplysia with the largest RNA genomes. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses Gordon Conference KNAW Beijerinck Prize Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by Seth Carus (free pdf) History of Biological Warfare by Seth Carus (free) Those Who Can Do, Can't Teach (NYTimes) Planarian nidovirus (bioRxiv) Aplysia nidovirus (bioRxiv) Image credit Letters readon TWiV 509 Weekly Science Picks Brianne- Climate ch...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 2, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

How HOPA plays a crucial role as a teaching platform for healthcare professionals
From the 2018 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Annual Conference, held in Denver, CO, Patrick Kiel, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS, of Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN, deli... Author: VJOncology Added: 08/29/2018 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - August 29, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

HOPA: promoting collaboration and engagement
Speaking from the 2018 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Annual Conference, held in Denver, CO, Judith Smith, PharmD, BCOP, CPHQ, FCCP, FISOPP, of UTHealth McGovern Medical School, Houst... Author: VJOncology Added: 08/29/2018 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - August 29, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

Preventing overdiagnosis 2018 - Part 1
This week saw the latest Preventing Overdiagnosis conference - this time in Copenhagen. The conference is a is a forum where researchers and practitioners can present examples of overdiagnosis - and we heard about the various ways which disease definitions are being subtly widened, and diagnostic thresholds lowered. In this podcast we talk to... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 24, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Preventing overdiagnosis 2018 - Part 1
This week saw the latest Preventing Overdiagnosis conference - this time in Copenhagen. The conference is a is a forum where researchers and practitioners can present examples of overdiagnosis - and we heard about the various ways which disease definitions are being subtly widened, and diagnostic thresholds lowered. In this podcast we talk to Allen Frances, psychiatrist and former c hair of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. We also hear from friends of the podcast, Steve Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz about the way in which some disease awareness campaigns fuel inappropriate diagnosis. https://www....
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 24, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Preventing overdiagnosis 2018 - Part 1
This week saw the latest Preventing Overdiagnosis conference - this time in Copenhagen. The conference is a is a forum where researchers and practitioners can present examples of overdiagnosis - and we heard about the various ways which disease definitions are being subtly widened, and diagnostic thresholds lowered. In this podcast we talk to Allen Frances, psychiatrist and former chair of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. We also hear from friends of the podcast, Steve Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz about the way in which some disease awareness campaigns fuel inappropriate diagnosis. https://www.pr...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 24, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

A new role for pharmacists in the personalized treatment of cancer patients?
Speaking from the 2018 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Annual Conference, held in Denver, CO, Christine Walko, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP, of the Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, discusses th... Author: VJOncology Added: 08/23/2018 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - August 23, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts