The Weekend Effect - what ’s (un)knowable, and what next?
We do we know about the weekend effect? As Martin McKee puts it in an editorial on thebmj.com, "almost nothing is clear in this tangled tale"
In this roundtable, Navjoyt Ladher, Analysis editor for The BMJ is joined by some of the key academics who have published research and commented on the weekend effect to make sense of what we know and don’t know about weekend care in hospitals.
http://www.bmj.com/weekend
Taking part in the discussion are:
Cassie Aldridge, HiSLAC study project manager at the University of Birmingham
Rachel Meacock, research fellow in health economics at Manchester University
Nick Black, professo...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 20, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Breast cancer in Europe: Epidemiology and improving outcomes
At the 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC), held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 9 to 11 March 2016, Jan-Willem Coebergh, MD, PhD, from Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, summarises...
Author: EMJ
Added: 04/29/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Testing multiple genes to determine breast cancer risk
At the 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC), held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 9 to 11 March 2016, Prof Douglas Easton, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology from the University of Cambrid...
Author: PatientPowerEU
Added: 04/26/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Why do we study the genetics of breast cancer?
At the 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC), held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 9 to 11 March 2016, Prof Douglas Easton, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology from the University of Cambrid...
Author: PatientPowerEU
Added: 04/26/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Association between Hepatic Triglyceride Content and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function (May 2016)
ARTICLE DISCUSSED: Association between Hepatic Triglyceride Content and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in a Population-based Cohort: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity Study. Radiology 2016;279(2):443-450. (Source: Radiology Podcasts)
Source: Radiology Podcasts - April 19, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: The Radiological Society of North America Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Hepatic Triglyceride Content and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function (May 2016)
ARTICLE DISCUSSED: Association between Hepatic Triglyceride Content and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in a Population-based Cohort: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity Study. Radiology 2016;279(2):443-450. (Source: Radiology Podcasts)
Source: Radiology Podcasts - April 18, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: The Radiological Society of North America Tags: Podcasts 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 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... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
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... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) 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
Opioid Prescribing: Rising to the Challenge
An opioid abuse epidemic now plagues US healthcare. It was caused, in part, by overzealous advocacy for controlling chronic pain resulting in overuse of narcotics. There are now 2 million Americans addicted to opioids. The approach for treating chronic pain must change. In this podcast, we summarize recent CDC guidelines for the proper use of opioids for treating chronic pain.
Articles discussed in this episode:
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain— United States, 2016
The CDC Guideline on Opioid Prescribing: Rising to the Challenge (Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH)
The DSM-V definition for opioid use diso...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Lung Cancer Demographics/Epidemiology
Dr. Jared Weiss, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the demographics and epidemiology of lung cancer.
http://cancergrace.org/lung......
Author: cancergrace
Added: 03/09/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - March 9, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Acute leukemia: epidemiology and progress in treatment
Elias Jabbour, MD from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX talks about the different forms of acute leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (...
Author: VJHemOnc
Added: 03/01/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - March 1, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Trends in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in 50 Countries
Interview with John G. Laffey, MD, MA, author of Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
February 9 2016 Issue
1) Mid-life milk consumption and substantia nigra neuron density at death2) What's Trending: Interview with Dr. Ray Dorsey about new Neurology site, which will be called Innovations in Care Delivery3) Topic of the month: Neurology Today story about should there be a moratorium on human germline editingThis podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Robert Abbott about his paper on mid-life milk consumption and substantia nigra neuro density at death....
Source: Neurology Podcast - February 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts
