Mental health in conflict zones
Fiona Charlson and Mark van Ommeren talk about the hidden epidemic of severe mental health disorders in conflict zones. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - June 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
A Series on gender norms, equality, and health
Gary Darmstadt (Stanford University, USA) in discussion with Lancet Executive Editor Jocalyn Clark on the priority to transform gender norms and inequalities. The need for more action and accountability on gender equality is clear: introduction of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Universal Health Coverage goals demand greater attention to the social determinants of health, including gender, for the purpose of enabling all people to reach their full human potential. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Mass gatherings medicine
A decade after H1N1 influenza threatened the 2009 Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Ziad Memish (Alfaisal University, and Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) discusses the future priorities for research and global collaboration in the emerging specialty of mass gatherings medicine. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 17, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Prophylactic antibiotics for operative vaginal delivery
Marian Knight (University of Oxford, UK) discusses the ANODE trial, which highlights how prophylactic antibiotics given at 3 hours after birth can substantially reduce infection after operative vaginal delivery. The results should result in an updating of current clinical guidelines. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Law, global health, and sustainable development
Lawrence Gostin (O ’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA), and Luisa Cabal (UNAIDS, Geneva) discuss a new Lancet Commission which highlights how greater collaboration between the spheres of law and health could potentially lead to improvements in sustainable development and global health. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 2, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Nutritional support for inpatients
Philipp Schuetz (University of Basel, Switzerland) discusses a pragmatic randomised trial that highlights the benefit of guided nutritional support for medical inpatients. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Postoperative pain management and opioids
Inappropriate use of opioids after surgery has contributed substantially to the global opioid epidemic. Lead author Paul Myles (Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) discusses a newLancet Series that proposes alternative approaches for pain management after surgery. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
A framework convention for alcohol control?
TH Lam (University of Hong Kong) discusses a proposal for an international framework convention for alcohol control, given the totality of recent evidence that there is no safe limit for alcohol consumption. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet 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
Building a tuberculosis-free world
A newLancet Commission maps out priorities in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and advocacy efforts to end tuberculosis by 2030. Detailed discussion with two of the commissioners: UN Tuberculosis Special Envoy Eric Goosby, and Paula Fujiwara from the International Union against tuberculosis and lung disease. The podcast is introduced by Liz Zuccala fromThe Lancet. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Communicating with children about life-threatening disease
Alan Stein, Brenda Kelly (University of Oxford, UK), and Ruth Bland (Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK) discuss a two-part Series that is helping to develop guidelines for health-care professionals and families concerning life-threatening conditions in children or their parents. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Heart failure Series
Patrick Rossignol (University of Lorraine, Nancy University Hospital/INSERM, France) discusses recent progress and future challenges concerning heart failure, notably a widespread lack of implementation of established clinical guidelines. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Inter-pregnancy interval after stillbirth
Annette Regan (A&M University, Houston, USA) discusses an observational study which assesses an appropriate time interval for conception after stillbirth. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
A once-monthly treatment for opioid use disorder
Mark Greenwald discusses buprenorphine extended release —a once-monthly injected formulation for the treatment of opioid use disorder recently approved by the US FDA. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - February 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
