’Flu vaccine season - with Nikki Turner and Jeff Kwong
With the annual flu season looming, GPs are anticipating a frenzy of vaccinations, perhaps more so than ever this year.
As so many 'flu and respiratory viruses circulate every year, and as the 'flu vaccine is for one strain of influenza only, is the vaccine worth getting, and what are the risks associated with vaccinating vs. not vaccinating?
In this week’s episode, we discuss the high vaccine uptake in New Zealand, and the role that social distancing for COVID-19 may have played in their low numbers of seasonal flu.
We also talk about whether or not the message we give to patients about the benefits and risks of va...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 24, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Talk evidence covid-19 update - covid in kids, and the winter cold season
This episode was recorded on 18 September - just before the news came out about the new lockdown measures. We ’ll hear Carl and Helen’s thoughts, but we also want to hear a broad range of views - so get in touch at bmj.com/podcasts.
(1.15) The kids are back in school, and people are worried about the infection spreading. Helen takes us through the ISCARIC data on children's symptoms and outcomes from covid-19.
(5.50) David Ludwig, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and BMJ editor, joins us to give an overview of paediatric covid.
(15.30) Carl has thoughts about the spread of covid, and how it seems t...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk evidence covid-19 update - covid in kids, and the winter cold season
This episode was recorded on 18 September - just before the news came out about the new lockdown measures. We’ll hear Carl and Helen’s thoughts, but we also want to hear a broad range of views - so get in touch at bmj.com/podcasts.
(1.15) The kids are back in school, and people are worried about the infection spreading. Helen takes us through the ISCARIC data on children's symptoms and outcomes from covid-19.
(5.50) David Ludwig, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and BMJ editor, joins us to give an overview of paediatric covid.
(15.30) Carl has thoughts about the spread of covid, and how it seems to...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Corticosteroids for COVID-19: New Evidence of Benefit
A conversation with Jonathan A. C. Sterne, MA, MSc, PhD, of the University of Bristol, Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, of Vanderbilt University, and Janet V. Diaz, MD, of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the latest research supporting the use of hydrocortisone and dexamethasone for treatment of COVID-19 ARDS. Recorded September 2, 2020. Related Article(s): Effect of Hydrocortisone on 21-Day Mortality or Respiratory Support Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - September 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence Covid-19 Update - Lockdown, a spoonful of honey, and weight loss
There are have been local lockdowns in the UK, in places such as Oldham, Birmingham, Manchester – but what is the criteria for making that decision?
In the non-Covid world: does honey alleviate symptoms in upper-respiratory tract infections? When does unexpected weight-loss warrant further investigation for cancer in primary care?Plus, in the light of findings from the Cumberlege review of safety in medical devices, the team discuss the issue of doctors ’ declaration of interests. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - Lockdown, a spoonful of honey, and weight loss
There are have been local lockdowns in the UK, in places such as Oldham, Birmingham, Manchester – but what is the criteria for making that decision?
In the non-Covid world: does honey alleviate symptoms in upper-respiratory tract infections? When does unexpected weight-loss warrant further investigation for cancer in primary care?Plus, in the light of findings from the Cumberlege review of safety in medical devices, the team discuss the issue of doctors ’ declaration of interests. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence Covid-19 Update - Lockdown, a spoonful of honey, and weight loss
There are have been local lockdowns in the UK, in places such as Oldham, Birmingham, Manchester – but what is the criteria for making that decision?
In the non-Covid world: does honey alleviate symptoms in upper-respiratory tract infections? When does unexpected weight-loss warrant further investigation for cancer in primary care?Plus, in the light of findings from the Cumberlege review of safety in medical devices, the team discuss the issue of doctors ’ declaration of interests. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence Covid-19 Update - Lockdown, a spoonful of honey, and weight loss
There are have been local lockdowns in the UK, in places such as Oldham, Birmingham, Manchester – but what is the criteria for making that decision?
In the non-Covid world: does honey alleviate symptoms in upper-respiratory tract infections? When does unexpected weight-loss warrant further investigation for cancer in primary care?
Plus, in the light of findings from the Cumberlege review of safety in medical devices, the team discuss the issue of doctors’ declaration of interests. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 655: Minority health with Robert Fullilove
Sociomedical scientist Robert Fullilove joins TWiV to discuss disparities in minority health; FDA announces an EUA on Yale's SalivaDirect, protection of the upper and respiratory tract of mice after intranasal inoculation with an adenovirus-vectored SARS-CoV-2 spike gene, and listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Robert Fullilove Click arrow to play Download TWiV 652 (69 MB .mp3, 114 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Health of racial and ethnic minority groups (CDC) COVID-19 deat...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 20, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 648: Life is for learning
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, followed by a review of the findings that children shed as much SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA from the respiratory tract as older patients, the lineage giving rise to SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in bats in China for decades, and answers to listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Guest: Daniel Griffin and Chuck Knirsch Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Roche trial of Actemra for COVID-19 fails (Reuters) Postdoctoral position at RM...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 2, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-417 COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Clinicians are working to understand and formulate an effective treatment for COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - June 25, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence covid-19 update - dexamethosone, testing, rehabilitation after covid.
This week we're looking beyond the press release for dexamethasone, the long awaited review of antibody testing, and how well people are recovering after surviving acute covid-19.
(2.36) The preprint for dexamethasone is finally out - considerably after the press release. Carl digs into it to find out how good the news actually is.
(8.49) There are a couple of newly published systematic reviews on antibody testing, so we return to our testing guru Jon Deeks - professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham to give us an update.
(23.52)Covid-19, it became apparent as the pandemic grew, was more than a respir...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
