Polio could be eradicated within 3 years — what happens then?
In this episode:00:46 What happens after polio is eradicatedSince 1988, cases of polio have fallen by more than 99%, and many observers predict that the disease could be eradicated within the next three years. However, eradication isn’t the same as extinction, so the next challenge is for researchers to make sure the disease won’t return. We discuss what a post-polio future may look like, and how to ensure that the disease is gone for good.News Feature: Polio is on the brink of eradication. Here's how to keep it from coming back09:48 Research HighlightsBotulinum toxin shows promise in treating a common disorder in olde...
Source: Nature Podcast - November 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections
Respiratory infections are one of the commonest reasons for patients to present to primary care or general practice, and antibiotics are widely used as a treatment for them. However, there are increasing concerns about the use of antibiotics and various strategies have been developed to reduce their use. These include something called ' delayed antibiotics ' and, in October 2023, the relevant Cochrane Review was updated. Here ' s Geoff Spurling from the University of Queensland in Australia to tell us about this strategy and the latest findings of the review. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1063: Childhood paralysis with Kevin Messacar
Kevin Messacar visits the Incubator to discuss his career as a pediatric infectious disease physician, and his work on enteroviruses that are associated with acute flaccid myelitis and other diseases. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Kevin Messacar Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) Emergence of EV-D68 (Microbio Spectr) 2014 outbreak of EV-D68 (J Med Virol) EV-D68 shedding in households (...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 19, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1062: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses coverage with selected vaccines and exemption from school vaccine requirements among children in kindergarten, seasonality of endemic COVID-19, mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination before vs during pregnancy and omicron infection among infants, extracting symptoms from free-text responses using ChatGPT among COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong, SARS-CoV-2 virologic rebound with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir therapy, optimization of antiviral therapy in immunocompromised COVID-19 patients, a study to learn about the study medicines (nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir) in people aged 12 years or older...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 18, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Cognitive behavioural interventions for reducing fear of falling in older people living in the community
Alongside the several Cochrane reviews of ways to prevent falls in older people, a new review of the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy on their fear of falling was added in November 2023. Here ' s lead author, Eric Lenouvel from the University Hospital of Psychiatry in Bern Switzerland, to tell us more. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Dust: the tiny substance with enormous power
In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, writer and researcher Jay Owens joins us to discuss her book Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles. Much like dust itself, Jay’s book travels the globe, looking at the impacts that these microscopic particles are having on the world, our health and environment, as well as exploring the role that humanity has played in creating them.Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles Jay Owens Hodder & Stoughton (2023)Music supplied by Airae/Epidemic Sound/Getty images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - November 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
Back in October 1998, we published the first version of the Cochrane review of the effects of cranberry for preventing urinary tract infections. Twenty-five years on, the sixth update was published in November 2023 and here ' s lead author, Gabrielle Williams from University of Sydney in Australia to bring us up to date in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
AI improves weather prediction, and cutting emissions from landfills
What it means that artificial intelligence can now forecast the weather like a supercomputer, and measuring methane emissions from municipal waste First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how artificial intelligence has become shockingly good at forecasting the weather while using way fewer resources than other modeling systems. Read a related Science paper. Next, focusing on municipal solid waste—landfills, compost centers, garbage dumps—may offer a potentially straightforward path to lower carbon emissions. Zheng Xuan Hoy, a recent graduate from the new energy s...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Which medicines, taken by mouth or injected, work best to treat a skin condition called plaque psoriasis?
The Cochrane Skin Group has produced some of the largest Cochrane reviews, providing a “one stop shop” for people interested in a wide range of interventions for a particular skin condition. One such example is the review of systemic medicines to treat psoriasis, which was updated for the fourth time in July 2023. We asked two of the authors, Laurence Le Cleach, head of the French satellite of the Cochrane Skin group, and dermatologist at Henri Mondor hospital, AP-HP in France and Emilie Sbidian, a dermatologist working at the same hospital, to describe the findings. Here ' s Laurence to begin. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How to 3D print fully-formed robots
In this episode:00:46 Machine vision enables multi-material 3D printing3D printers are capable of producing complex shapes, but making functioning objects from multiple materials in a single print-run has proved challenging. To overcome this, a team has combined inkjet printing with an error-correction system guided by machine vision, to allow them to print sophisticated multi-material objects. They used this method to make a bio-inspired robotic hand that combines soft and rigid plastics to make mechanical bones, ligaments, and tendons, as well as a pump based on a mammalian heart.Research article: Buchner et al.News &...
Source: Nature Podcast - November 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Do antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)?
Age-related macular degeneration is a progressive and sight-threatening disease affecting the central area of the retina at the back of the eye. There are Cochrane Reviews of the use of antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent or slow down progression of the disease and the latter was updated in September 2023. Here ' s lead author, Jenny Evans from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK to tell us about the latest evidence. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1061: Seasonal COVID and a niche for cervical cancer
TWiV reveals a prediction of the expected endemic seasonality of COVID-19, based on circulation of human coronaviruses, and ecological clearance of vaccine-targeted human papillomaviruses and an increase in circulation of non-targeted virus types. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommi...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 12, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1060: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses CDC expanding testing of international air traveler samples to include flu, RSV, and other respiratory viruses, missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis, intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong, T-cell immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 measured by an interferon-γ release assay is strongly associated with patient outcomes in vaccinated persons hospitalized with delta or omicron variants, masks during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens, ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 11, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Residual Risk Reduction Podcast Outline 10-7-2023
(Source: Diabetes Core Update)
Source: Diabetes Core Update - November 9, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Special Edition: Residual Risk - A Focus on Triglycerides, Part 2 – November 2023
In this special episode on Residual Risk: A Focus on Triglycerides, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss Residual Risk, Triglycerides and how to reduce residual risk with Dr. Charles Vega, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Dean in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Amarin. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Charles Vega...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - November 9, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
