Diabetes Core Update – February 2024
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a trea...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - January 24, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Interventions to encourage use of seat belts
Before its closure in 2023, the Cochrane Injuries Group worked on more than 150 reviews and one of these, on interventions to encourage the use of seat belts was published in January 2024. Here ' s the lead author, Andrit Lourens from the Namibia University of Science and Technology to tell us about the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1081: I opened the pig sty and in flew enza
TWiV reviews the latest virology news, how infection with a plant virus causes insect to grow long wings, and reverse zoonoses of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza viruses in US swine. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommier Midwife gave children pellets instead of vaccin...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 21, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1080: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing vaccine effectiveness in children and adolescents, how the pandemic impacted the socioemotional development of infants and toddlers, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for Paxlovid, reviews quarantine guidelines, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, examines the role of immune aberrations in long COVID and how vaccination may protect against developing long COVID. Subscribe (free): Apple ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 20, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: VIncent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Paper mills bribe editors to pass peer review, and detecting tumors with a blood draw
Investigation shows journal editors getting paid to publish bunk papers, and new techniques for finding tumor DNA in the blood First up on this week’s episode, Frederik Joelving, an editor and reporter for the site Retraction Watch, talks with host Sarah Crespi about paper mills—organizations that sell authorship on research papers—that appear to be bribing journal editors to publish bogus articles. They talk about the drivers behind this activity and what publishers can do to stop it. Next, producer Zakiya Whatley of the Dope Labs podcast talks with researcher Carmen Martin-Alonso, a graduate student in the Harvar...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 19, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Legacy of a Medical Crusader: Sidney Wolfe, MD
As the cofounder of the Public Citizen Health Research Group, Wolfe worked for more than five decades to protect patients. But his efforts helped change medicine, too. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 18, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
This AI just figured out geometry — is this a step towards artificial reasoning?
In this episode:0:55 The AI that deduces solutions to complex maths problemsResearchers at Google Deepmind have developed an AI that can solve International Mathematical Olympiad-level geometry problems, something previous AIs have struggled with. They provided the system with a huge number of random mathematical theorems and proofs, which it used to approximate general rules of geometry. The AI then applied these rules to solve the Olympiad problems and show its workings for humans to check. The researchers hope their system shows that it is possible for AIs to ‘learn’ basic principles from large amounts of data and u...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Spain Breaks Own Organ Transplant Record in 2023
Spain carried out more organ transplants than ever before last year, conducting a total of 5,851 such procedures, a 9% jump from 2022, Health Minister Monica Garcia said on... (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 17, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families ’ experiences and understanding of their condition, pain services and treatments: a meta-ethnography
Cochrane has produced more than a dozen systematic reviews of the effects of interventions that might help children who have chronic pain and their parents. In October 2023, these were added to with a review of qualitative research that had explored the experiences and views of children and their families about chronic non-cancer pain and pain services and treatments. In this podcast, Roses Parker, Cochrane ' s Commissioning Editor, talks with lead author Emma France, an associate professor in health research at the University of Stirling in the UK, about the review and its findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent measles outbreaks, prequalification of nOPV2 by the WHO and most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing COVID-19 deaths linked to SNPs in C-reactive protein, spread of recent viral variants, how early vaccination reduced hospitalization of those infected with XBB.1.5, reviewed quarantine guidelines, how oral antivirals reduce hospitalizations, dissociation of antiviral treatment from infection rebound, and long COVID, deaths due to administration of hydroxychloroquine, mus...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 13, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1079: Rock of phages
TWiV reveals how viruses participate in the organomineralization of travertines, and how neutralizing antibodies evolve to exploit vulnerable sites in the hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein E2 and mediate clearance of infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dick...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 13, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Panel Recommends Small Bump in 2025 Medicare Physician Pay
The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission also will urge Congress to establish a safety-net add-on payment for services provided to people with low incomes. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 12, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Can electronic cigarettes help people stop smoking, and do they have any unwanted effects when used for this purpose?
Among the nearly 100 reviews produced by the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group, their review of the use of electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation is now being managed as a living systematic review, with monthly searches to keep an eye on the evidence base, so that the published review can be refreshed as necessary. The review was re-badged as a living review in 2021 and its fourth update in this format was published in January 2024. Here ' s one of the authors, Ailsa Butler from the University of Oxford in the UK to summarise the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What are the benefits and risks of cognitive rehabilitation for people with mild-to-moderate dementia?
In a world searching for medications to reverse or halt the progression of dementia, psychosocial approaches can be overlooked but remain a key part of the support offered to help people live as well as they can with the condition. These approaches include cognitive rehabilitation, and in June 2023, we published a new Cochrane review of its effects. Here ' s lead author, Aleksandra Kudlicka from the University of Exeter in the UK, to explain the therapy and summarize the review findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
The environmental toll of war in Ukraine, and communications between mom and fetus during childbirth
Assessing environmental damage during wartime, and tracking signaling between fetus and mother First up, freelance journalist Richard Stone returns with news from his latest trip to Ukraine. This week, he shares stories with host Sarah Crespi about environmental damage from the war, particularly the grave consequences of the Kakhovka Dam explosion. Next, producer Kevin McLean talks with researcher Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, a professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and pathology and immunology in the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The two discus...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 11, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
