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Talk Evidence - excess deaths, the ONS, and the healthcare crisis
In this week's episode, we're focusing on covid and the ongoing crisis in the NHS. Helen Macdonald, Juan Franco and Joseph Ross cast their evidence seeking eyes over research into outcomes as well as the workload of doctors. Firstly, Joe tells us about a new big data study into longer term outcomes after mild covid-19, how those ongoing symptoms relate to long covid, and how often they resolve themselves. Juan looks back to his homeland to see what Argentina which was very early to offer children vaccinations against covid-19. He tells us how a new study design can help understand how effective different combinations of...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Psychiatry : Association Between Childhood Behaviors and Adult Earnings
Interview with Sylvana M. Côté, author of Association Between Childhood Behaviors and Adult Employment Earnings in Canada (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - June 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Research Summaries: Role of test motivation in intelligence testing
IQ is used synonymous and interchangeably with intelligence; however in this paper [pdf] Angela Duckworth et al argue that non-cognitive factors like test motivation also affect the IQ scores and have differential predictive validity. Raven’s Progressive Matrices Example (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Intelligence, which is the ability to flexibly adapt to complex situations, is usually measured using IQ scores on intelligence tests. IQ scores however do not measure juts the raw intelligence; they also measure how motivated someone is to take the test and achieve a high score. Intelligence tests, that lead to IQ Scor...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: Research Summaries Angela Duckworth Intelligence Intelligence quotient Source Type: podcasts

A tale of two diseases
I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). I am also bipolar. Now which of the above statements shocked/ surprised you more? If I am guessing correctly the latter statement about my being bipolar came across as more of a shock/ surprise/ concern. Now what does that say about your own reactions to mental illness and your own involvement in perpetuating the stigma against mental illness? Embed from Getty Images Both of the above are chronic diseases to an extent. My OSA (snoring in popular parlance) cannot be treated by surgery, so the only viable option I have is to use a CPAP machine while sleeping to get a good nightR...
Source: The Mouse Trap - December 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: bipolar personal Bipolar disorder Mental disorder Mental health self-disclosure Source Type: podcasts

The BMJ Awards: Medical Team of the Year
The BMJ Awards were held last Thursday. Fiona Godlee, the BMJ's editor in chief, announced that the Britain Nepal Otology Service (BRINOS) was named Medical Team of the Year. BRINOS (brinos.org.uk) started out in 1988 by setting up joint British and Nepalese surgical camps to treat ear disease among patients living outside the reach of hospitals in the capital of Kathmandu. A national survey in 1991 found that among the 19m people in Nepal, 2.7m were deaf and 1.5m had abnormal ear drums indicative of ear disease. BRINOS has performed more than 4000 major ear operations at 49 surgical day camps since its first expedition in...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 6, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Hidden Dangers in Physician Employment Contracts
Doctors are excited when they get a new job, but there may be elements in the contract that could zap them when they least expect it. An expert in physician contracts tells what to look out for. (Source: Medscape Allergy and Immunology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Allergy and Immunology Podcast - December 3, 2012 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Why Hospital Workers Should Be Forced to Get Flu Shots
Many people say that it's an individual's right to get or not get a flu shot, but bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, says that getting the shot should be a condition of employment for providers. (Source: Medscape Rheumatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Rheumatology Podcast - September 13, 2012 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Employment, legal & insurance
SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT ADELE RAMOS Young Adult Survivor, Ostrosarcoma Poet, Spoken Word Artist JOANNA MORALES Director, Disability Rights Legal Center Cancer Legal Resource Center REBECCA NELLIS Director of Programs Cancer and Careers (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - April 12, 2011 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Employment, legal & insurance - 四月 12,2011
SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT ADELE RAMOS Young Adult Survivor, Ostrosarcoma Poet, Spoken Word Artist JOANNA MORALES Director, Disability Rights Legal Center Cancer Legal Resource Center REBECCA NELLIS Director of Programs Cancer and Careers (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - April 12, 2011 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Supported employment programmes Supported employment programmes
This podcast is about the concept and practice of supported employment programmes. We all have concerns about helping patients maximise their potential, and of course, meaningful work is one of the prime ways in which this is achieved. In an uncommon trial for the UK, Dr Louise Howard and colleagues conducted a randomised controlled trial of an American system called IPS or Individual Placement Support, to see if this evidence based programme would be as effective over here in the UK. Their paper helps shed a lot of light on the challenges that supported employment programme participants and professionals face. (Source: Ra...
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - June 9, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Supported employment programmes
This podcast is about the concept and practice of supported employment programmes. We all have concerns about helping patients maximise their potential, and of course, meaningful work is one of the prime ways in which this is achieved. In an uncommon trial for the UK, Dr Louise Howard and colleagues conducted a randomised controlled trial of an American system called IPS or Individual Placement Support, to see if this evidence based programme would be as effective over here in the UK. Their paper helps shed a lot of light on the challenges that supported employment programme participants and professionals face. (Source: Ra...
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - June 9, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts