The pattern of damage caused by Zika virus in the brains of 23 foetuses
In February World Health Organization (WHO) declared the microcephaly epidemic in South America an international public health emergency. Today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, has confirmed that it ’s is Zika virus which is causing that microcephaly.
The outbreak was originally spotted in Recife, in Brazil, and it’s from there that the authors of this research paper have been carrying out imaging of the skulls of babies born with microcephaly and probable Zika virus infection - to estab lish patterns of damage in the brain.
We're joined by Maria de Fatima Vasco Aragao, professor of radi...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 14, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
The pattern of damage caused by Zika virus in the brains of 23 foetuses
In February World Health Organization (WHO) declared the microcephaly epidemic in South America an international public health emergency. Today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, has confirmed that it’s is Zika virus which is causing that microcephaly.
The outbreak was originally spotted in Recife, in Brazil, and it’s from there that the authors of this research paper have been carrying out imaging of the skulls of babies born with microcephaly and probable Zika virus infection - to establish patterns of damage in the brain.
We're joined by Maria de Fatima Vasco Aragao, professor of radiol...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 14, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Goal setting for adults receiving clinical rehabilitation for disability
Goal setting is considered a key part of the clinical process for adults participating in rehabilitation for injuries or chronic health conditions; but, does it work? A new Cochrane Review from July 2015 brings together the evidence and we asked lead author, William Levack from the University of Otago in New Zealand, to tell us what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Pilates for low back pain
Low back pain is highly prevalent and is the leading cause of disability across the world. The Cochrane Library contains several reviews of possible treatments and these were added to in July 2015, when we published a new review on the effects of Pilates. One of the authors, Leonardo Costa from the University City of São Paulo in Brazil, tells us more in this Evidence Pod. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 5, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How GPs can help carers looking after patients with
By 2050 an estimated 135 million people worldwide will have dementia. Of all chronic diseases, dementia is one of the most important contributors to dependence and disability.
In this part of a 2-part podcast, Sue, who cared for her mother who had dementia, and Louise Robinson, GP and professor of primary care at Newcastle University, join us to... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 23, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
How GPs can help carers looking after patients with
By 2050 an estimated 135 million people worldwide will have dementia. Of all chronic diseases, dementia is one of the most important contributors to dependence and disability.
In this part of a 2-part podcast, Sue, who cared for her mother who had dementia, and Louise Robinson, GP and professor of primary care at Newcastle University, join us to... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
How GPs can help carers looking after patients with
By 2050 an estimated 135 million people worldwide will have dementia. Of all chronic diseases, dementia is one of the most important contributors to dependence and disability.
In this part of a 2-part podcast, Sue, who cared for her mother who had dementia, and Louise Robinson, GP and professor of primary care at Newcastle University, join us to discuss what GPs can do to support carers.
Listen to part 1 of the podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/diagnosis-and-management-of-dementia
Read the full clinical review:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h3029 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 23, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The ADA, Disability, and Identity
Interview with Eve Hill, JD, author of The ADA, Disability, and Identity (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - June 9, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Patient spotlight - Doing it for themselves
In our accompanying roundtable discussion,we hear views from a group of patients and clinicians based largely in the UK on the actions required to advance progress towards providing patient centred care.
To extend the conversation we talked to members of the BMJ's international patient advisory panel and other patient advocates - and what follows are short clips of hour long conversations with people in the US, Europe, India, Equador a nd Uganda.
While the quality of the recordings vary there is no mistaking
the passion of these advocates to improve care for fellow patients and the barriers which need to be overcome...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 10, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Patient spotlight - Doing it for themselves
In our accompanying roundtable discussion,we hear views from a group of patients and clinicians based largely in the UK on the actions required to advance progress towards providing patient centred care.
To extend the conversation we talked to members of the BMJ's international patient advisory panel and other patient advocates - and what follows are short clips of hour long conversations with people in the US, Europe, India, Equador and Uganda.
While the quality of the recordings vary there is no mistaking
the passion of these advocates to improve care for fellow patients and the barriers which need to be overcome ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 10, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis
Interview with Richard K. Burt, MD, author of Association of Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation With Neurological Disability in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 20, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-249 Risk Factors for Acquiring Functional and Cognitive Disabilities During Admission to a PICU
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Meredith F. Bone, MD, MSCI (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - December 22, 2014 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Great leap backwards - austerity measures are hitting the vulnerable hardest
The UK ’s austerity programme has disproportionately affected children and people with disabilities, says David Taylor-Robinson, a senior clinical lecturer in public health at the University of Liverpool.
He joins us to discuss why the evidence shows the vulnerable are hit hardest by the cuts to public services, despite the UN conventions on... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 10, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
