TWiV 1096: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin highlights measles outbreaks throughout the continental US, reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 before discussing if vaccination protected children from the development of long COVID or cardiovascular diseases associated with virus infection, revised guidelines SARS-CoV-2 treatment and how to treat respiratory viral infections, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how COVID-19 effects the autonomic nervous system, and if nirmatrelvir-ritonavir p...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 16, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
The future of the clinical relationship, code sharing, and a Nye-t at the theatre
In this week's podcast:
How AI will affect the clinician-patient relationship? Our annual Nuffield Summit roundtable asks how the promise of tech tools stacks up against reality, and how the future of the therapeutic relationship can be protected (participants below).
Your code is as important as your methods, which is why The BMJ now requires you to share it - Ben Goldacre and Nick De Vito, from the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford, explain why it's so important, and how The BMJ's new data and code sharing policy could change research transparency.
Nye Bevin set up the NHS ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Is alpha-lipoic acid (a natural antioxidant) better than no treatment or dummy treatment for nerve damage in people with diabetes?
Alpha-lipoic acid is sometimes used for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. In this podcast, one of the authors, Caterina Delcea, talks with lead author Cristian Baicus, consultant in internal medicine from Colentina University Hospital Bucharest in Romania, about the January 2024 Cochrane review of this treatment. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Why babies forget, and how fear lingers in the brain
Investigating “infantile amnesia,” and how generalized fear after acute stress reflects changes in the brain This week we have two neuroscience stories. First up, freelance science journalist Sara Reardon looks at why infants’ memories fade. She joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss ongoing experiments that aim to determine when the forgetting stops and why it happens in the first place. Next on the show, Hui-Quan Li, a senior scientist at Neurocrine Biosciences, talks with Sarah about how the brain encodes generalized fear, a symptom of some anxiety disorders such as social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder....
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why
In this episode:00:45 Making a map of the human heartThe human heart consists of multiple, specialised structures that all work together to enable the organ to beat for a lifetime. But exactly which cells are present in each part of the heart has been difficult to ascertain. Now, a team has combined molecular techniques to create an atlas of the developing human heart at an individual cell level. Their atlas provides insights into how cell communities communicate and form different structures. They hope that this knowledge will ultimately help in the treatment of congenital heart conditions, often caused by irregular devel...
Source: Nature Podcast - March 13, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Can music and vocal interventions benefit preterm infants and their parents?
The Cochrane Neonatal group has produced several hundred systematic reviews of interventions that might help to improve the care and treatment of preterm infants and their families. In this podcast, one of the group ’s researchers, Dirk Bassler, talks with lead author Friederike Haslbeck, a clinical music therapist and senior researcher at the University Hospital Zurich, Department of Neonatology in Switzerland, about the September 2023 review looking at music and vocal interventions to improve neurodevelopme ntal outcomes for preterm infants. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Comparing two methods of wound closure in stoma reversal: purse-string closure versus linear skin closure
The Cochrane Colorectal Group produces reviews across a wide range of conditions affecting the intestines. These were added to in March 2024 with a new review of different ways to close the skin when a person ’s stoma is reversed. We asked lead author, Shahab Hajibandeh from Health Education and Improvement Wales to tell us more and he used the ElevenLabs AI Voice Generator to record this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Should transvaginal mesh, biological grafts, or native tissue be utilised to repair vaginal prolapse?
The Cochrane Collaboration has published more than 30 reviews on interventions for patients with pelvic organ prolapse. Of these, a series of 6 systematic reviews specifically relating to surgical management were first published in 2016. These are currently being updated, with the update for one, on transvaginal mesh or grafts in transvaginal prolapse surgery being published in March 2024. In this podcast, one of the co-authors, Professor Christopher Maher speaks with lead author, Dr Ellen Yeung, a consultant urogynaecologist who works in Brisbane, Australia about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Abbott Recalls HeartMate Touch System
The HeartMate Touch Communication System (version 1.0.32) is being recalled because the pump may unexpectedly stop or start. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - March 12, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotics for acute middle ear infection (acute otitis media) in children
Over nearly 30 years, the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group has produced close to 200 reviews. One of their earliest, antibiotics for acute otitis media in children, was first published in 2000 and it was updated for the fourth time in November 2023. Here ' s two of the authors, Sharon Sanders and Paul Glasziou from the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University in Australia to talk about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Are population-based interventions (those aimed at entire communities rather than individuals) helpful in preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people?
There are several Cochrane reviews of strategies and interventions to reduce falls, particularly in older people. In January 2024, we published a new review of population-based approaches for falls prevention, and, in this podcast, Chris Todd, talks to co-author Lisa McGarrigle, both from the University of Manchester in the UK about the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1095: Monkeys fly and mice exaggerate
TWiV reviews heterosexual transmission of clade I Mpox virus, continued circulation of oropouche virus in South America, herpesviruses in South American fur seals and sea lions, sex-specific differences in physiological responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection, underdetected dispersal and extensive local transmission drove the 2022 mpox epidemic, and a humanized mouse model for adenovirus-associated virus gene therapy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode M...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 10, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1094: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 before discussing revised guidelines for how to treat respiratory viral infection guidelines by the CDC, effectiveness of the new SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and the combination of vaccination and antiviral therapy against the development of disease, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for paxlovid, the lack of evidence supporting ivermectin as an antiviral drug, when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescent plasma, how COVID-19 affects cognitive function and...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 9, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
A dive into the genetic history of India, and the role of vitamin A in skin repair
What modern Indian genomes say about the region’s deep past, and how vitamin A influences stem cell plasticityFirst up this week, Online News Editor Michael Price and host Sarah Crespi talk about a large genome sequencing project in India that reveals past migrations in the region and a unique intermixing with Neanderthals in ancient times. Next on the show, producer Kevin McLean chats with Matthew Tierney, a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University, about how vitamin A and stem cells work together to grow hair and heal wounds. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast A...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 7, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
What is the best medication to stop bleeding in those having non-emergency hip or knee surgery?
There are several Cochrane reviews relevant to hip or knee replacement surgery, covering a variety of interventions. In this podcast, Parag Raval, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, talks with Naomi Gibbs from the Systematic Review Initiative at NHS Blood and Transplant in Oxford, UK, who is one of the authors of the January 2024 review looking at the best medication to stop bleeding in people having this surgery. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 7, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
