New Score Predicts Risk for Death on Heart Transplant List
The new score outperformed the current therapy-based 6-status system of ranking adult heart transplant candidates by medical urgency. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 14, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Use of red flags to screen for vertebral fractures in people with low back pain
The Cochrane Library contains many reviews relevant to the management of low back pain, one of the common health problems in the world. This includes reviews of what to look out for when someone presents with low back pain and the review of red flags that would highlight the need to screen for a spinal fracture was updated in August 2023. Here ’s Chris Han from the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and the University of Sydney in Australia to describe the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1087: Should old infections be forgot
TWiV reviews rhinovirus complications in infants, a new influenza antiviral drug, Oropouche fever in Brazil, measles in Maryland and Ohio, effect of eliminating non-medical vaccine exemptions in NY, foot-and-mouth disease in Europe, severe primary and secondary dengue infections, and therapeutic mitigation of measles-like immune amnesia and exacerbated disease after prior respiratory virus infections. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 11, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1086: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the how the pandemic influenced the healthcare job market and why people conceal their infectious diseases before he reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses if susceptibility and disease severity are inheritable traits, if vaccination during pregnancy protects neonates or leads to adverse effects, the effectiveness of a monovalent XBB.1.5 against disease resulting from infection with Omicron variants, whether vaccination in the same or o...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 10, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Tools on the Horizon for Managing Posttransplant cSCC Risk
Organ transplant recipients have a 200-fold increased incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma compared with immunocompetent individuals, and cSCC accounts for 80% of skin cancers in those recipients. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 9, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Why we need to rethink how we talk about cancer
For over a century, cancer has been classified by areas of the body - lung cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer etc. And yet modern medical research is telling us that the molecular and genetic mechanisms behind cancers are not necessarily tied to parts of the body. Many drugs developed to treat metastatic cancers have the capacity to work across many different cancers, and that presents an opportunity for more tailored and efficient treatments. Oncologists are calling for a change in the way patients, clinicians and regulators think about naming cancers.In this podcast, senior comment editor Lucy Odling-...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
A new kind of magnetism, and how smelly pollution harms pollinators
More than 200 materials could be “altermagnets,” and the impact of odiferous pollutants on nocturnal plant-pollinator interactions First up on the show this week, researchers investigate a new kind of magnetism. Freelance science journalist Zack Savitsky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about recent evidence for “altermagnetism” in nature, which could enable new types of electronics. Next on the show, producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Jeremy Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Naples Federico II, about how air pollution can interfere with pollinator activities—is the modern world too smelly fo...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Cancer's power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells
In this episode:0:46 Borrowing tricks from cancer could help improve immunotherapyT cell based immunotherapies have revolutionised the treatment of certain types of cancer. However these therapies — which involved taking someone’s own T cells and reprogramming them to kill cancer cells — have struggled to treat solid tumours, which put up multiple defences. To overcome these, a team has taken mutations found in cancer cells that help them thrive and put them into therapeutic T cells. Their results show these powered-up cells are more efficient at targeting solid tumours, but don’t turn cancerous themselves.Research...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 7, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
FDA adds Boxed Warning for increased risk of severe hypocalcemia in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease taking osteoporosis medicine Prolia (denosumab)
Listen to FDA Drug Safety Podcast titled, FDA adds Boxed Warning for increased risk of severe hypocalcemia in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease taking osteoporosis medicine Prolia (denosumab). (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - February 6, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
Harvard Docs Train Ukrainian Counterparts 2 Years Into War
Boston program aimed to mentor specialists whose medical education was forged in the remnants of the old Soviet system. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 6, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Cervical cancer could be eliminated: here's how
Cervical cancer is both treatable and preventable, and the WHO has called for countries to come together to to eliminate the disease in the next century.However the disease still kills over 300,000 people each year, and levels of screening, treatment and vaccination need to be stepped up in order to achieve this goal.These challenges are particularly stark in low- and middle-income countries, where a lack of funding, staffing and infrastructure are obstacles. Vaccine hesitancy, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is also a key problem.In this Podcast Extra, two experts share their thoughts on how best to overcome...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1085: When macrophages go to alimentary school
TWiV reviews measles outbreaks in England and Europe, 2 fatal Nipah virus cases in Bangladesh, yellow fever outbreak in Sudan, and discuss how the type of immunodeficiency influences the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and programming of alveolar macrophages by intestinal bacteria that influences severity of respiratory viral infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit 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 p...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 4, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1084: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the how the pandemic influenced the healthcare job market before he reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses the safety of the prefusion RSV vaccine, if high or moderate dose of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine is better for protection against hospitalization, summarizes the new WHO COVID guidelines, revisits how to prevent pathogen transmission in healthcare setting, the under use of COVID oral antiviral and what occurs in persistently...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 3, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
A health and care emergency, the US constitutional weakness for pandemic response, ActionAid in conflict zones
With a new logo, and new music, comes a revamped The BMJ Podcast.
Every two weeks we’ll be bringing you a magazine style show, more variety and perspectives on medicine, health, and wellbeing.
In this episode:
Former chief executive of the NHS, Nigel Crisp, explaining why the UK is facing a national health and care emergency (01:22)
The guest editors of our US covid series, Gavin Yamey and Ana Diez Roux, discuss the US pandemic response, and how problems are built into the US constitution (19:48)
How The BMJ’s ActionAid appeal will help people in Gaza, Syria and Somalia (33:06)
Reading list:
The BMJ Commission ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Organ Donations Increased in Qu ébec After MAiD
Organ donation after medical assistance in dying made up 14% of Qu ébec ' s total deceased donations in 2022. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 2, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
