"Cognitive Gadgets" with Cecilia Heyes (BS 168
Cecelia Heyes (click to play, right click to download audio) BS 168 is an interview with psychologist Cecilia Heyes from Oxford University in the UK. We talk about her fascinating book "Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking." Our focus is on exploring the evidence that several cognitive skills that appear to be unique to humans are learned from other people rather than being inherited genetically as is often assumed. Her proposal that language is a cognitive gadget NOT a cognitive instinct is controversial and has very important implications.Cognitive Gadgets...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 28, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Evolution Cognitive Science Interviews Language learning Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts

Talk Evidence - aggravating acronyms, a time to prescribe, and screening (again)
Talk Evidence is back, with your monthly take on the world of EBM with Duncan Jarvies and GPs Carl Heneghan (also director for the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford) and Helen Macdonald (also The BMJ's UK research Editor). This month Helen talks about the messy business of colon cancer screening - which modality is best, and in what population is it actually effective (1.40) Carl talks about how the Netherlands did the right research at the right time to stop a new pregnancy scan before it became routine (10.35) The Rant: acronyms in research papers (17.45) Mini Rant: politicisation of the N...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Talk Evidence - aggravating acronyms, a time to prescribe, and screening (again)
Talk Evidence is back, with your monthly take on the world of EBM with Duncan Jarvies and GPs Carl Heneghan (also director for the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford) and Helen Macdonald (also The BMJ's UK research Editor). This month Helen talks about the messy business of colon cancer screening - which modality is best, and in what population is it actually effective (1.40) Carl talks about how the Netherlands did the right research at the right time to stop a new pregnancy scan before it became routine (10.35) The Rant: acronyms in research papers (17.45) Mini Rant: politicisation of the NHS, ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

c-Section in LMICs
Shakila Thangaratinam (Queen Mary University of London, UK) discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis which highlights the increased risk of perinatal trauma and mortality associated with C-section use in low income and middle income countries. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 29, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 540: Wascally wiruses
The TWiVstars reveal the diversity of herpes simplex virus type 2 in a neonatal population, and parallel adaptation of rabbits in three countries to myxoma virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Diversity of HSV2 in neonates (mSphere) Adaptation of rabbits to myxoma virus (Science) Principal component analysis (YouTube) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 540 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Alan- The Quarters Rich- Brian May - New Horizo...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 24, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression
Interview with Elizabeth O'Connor, PHD, author of Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Pediatrics : Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the NICU
Interview with Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, RN, PhD, author of Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 12, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: podcasts

UK children are drinking less and the importance of a publicly provided NHS
Brits have a reputation as Europe ’s boozers - and for good reason, with alcohol consumption higher than much of the rest of the continent. That reputation is extended to our young people too - but is it still deserved? Joanna Inchley, senior research fellow at the University of St Andrews, explains new research on decreasing dri nking - http://www.hbsc.org/ Also this week, as part of our coverage of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, we’ve been running a series of articles exploring this unique institution’s future. Neena Modi, professor of neonatal health, and Jonathan Clarke, clinical research fello...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

UK children are drinking less and the importance of a publicly provided NHS
Brits have a reputation as Europe’s boozers - and for good reason, with alcohol consumption higher than much of the rest of the continent. That reputation is extended to our young people too - but is it still deserved? Joanna Inchley, senior research fellow at the University of St Andrews, explains new research on decreasing drinking - http://www.hbsc.org/ Also this week, as part of our coverage of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, we’ve been running a series of articles exploring this unique institution’s future. Neena Modi, professor of neonatal health, and Jonathan Clarke, clinical research fellow,...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

SCCM Pod-363 Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Joseph A. Carcillo, MD, about the article, American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock, published in the June 2017 issue of Critical Care Medicine. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - June 13, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Wealth Shock and Mortality, Atorvastatin for PCI, BP Targets in Diabetes, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and more
Editor's Summary by Edward H. Livingston, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the April 3, 2018, issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - April 3, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts